“If you’re just tuning into The Late Show…you missed a lot.”
That’s how Stephen Colbert begins his last ever Late Show monologue, which he assures us is going to be a just like a regular monologue — until the celebrity guests start showing up.
The first is Bryan Cranston, who asks if Colbert is planning to have any surprise cameos. “No Bryan,” says Colbert. “Those always feel kind of forced.”
Next comes Paul Rudd, who wants to know when his interview will start. “I have an extremely long poem I want to recite and I don’t want to run out of time,” says Rudd, before revealing that he bought Colbert “the traditional retirement gift” of six bananas.
Colbert tells him the traditional retirement gift is a gold watch, to which Rudd asks what he’s supposed to do with these five bananas?
“I thought just a moment ago you said it was six?” says Colbert.
“I got hungry!” yells Rudd. “Now interview me!”