Stephen Colbert Brings Out Robert De Niro, Martha Stewart
On Wednesday night time’s episode of “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert was on the other end of “The Colbert Questionnaire,” and he had an all-star lineup of friends to ship the questions.
Journalist John Dickerson launched every visitor as they appeared, and first as much as bat was Billy Crystal. He requested Colbert, “What is the best sandwich?”
While “a tomato sandwich” was Colbert’s favourite summertime snack, he added, “The rest of the year, wherever you are, hot pastrami on rye with a little bit of mustard, and if the guy behind the counter is willing, little coleslaw. And if it’s not kosher deli, I’ll take a little muenster on there.”
Later got here Josh Brolin, who requested Colbert, “What’s the scariest animal?” Colbert answered, “The scariest animal to me is a trapdoor spider. Little sand, nothing wrong. They come out, and they pull you back in. Here’s the part that’s even scarier than that, Josh Brolin. A scientist named a trapdoor spider after me.”
Before leaving, Brolin gifted Colbert a ship in a bottle. It was engraved with the phrase, “May you always glide through life’s sometime tulutous waters.”
Martha Stewart adopted Brolin. She requested Colbert if he most popular apples or oranges. Colbert responded, “You can’t put peanut butter on an orange. So I’m going to risk the wrath of the seraphim and say I will bite the apple.”
Mark Hamill got here subsequent. He requested Colbert, “Have you ever asked someone else for their autograph?” Colbert admitted he as soon as requested Steve Martin for his signature when he got here on “The Colbert Report.”
“As part of it, we were talking about a painting, and we added to the painting a little cutout of Steve’s head,” Colbert recalled. “After the present was over, I mentioned, ‘Would you thoughts signing this?’ “He signed across the top of his face, and I had it framed.”
A bit later, Ben Stiller joined the present to ask Colbert about his earliest reminiscence. Colbert mentioned it was from his early childhood in Washington, DC
“I was born in Washington, DC,” Colbert mentioned. “I remember, I have a memory of my mom on a short ladder with her hair in a little scarf. Either painting the bedroom brown, and it was blue, or it was blue, and she was painting it brown.”
Aubrey Plaza got here subsequent. She requested Colbert to choose cats or canine. Colbert gave a one-word reply: “Dogs.”
Robert DeNiro got here shortly after. The two-time Oscar winner requested Colbert, “What number am I thinking of?” Colbert guessed three. De Niro quipped again, “Okay. Cause I thought it would’ve been 2.5 million. That’s the number of Epstein files Trump still hasn’t released.”
Other visitor stars included Weird Al Yankovic, Jim Gaffigan, Tiffany Haddish, Colbert’s spouse Evelyn, Amy Sedaris, James Taylor and Jeff Daniels.
The ultimate episode of “The Late Show” premieres Thursday, May 21. Guests for the sequence finale have remained below wraps.