Stephen Colbert reveals never-before-seen ‘Late Show’ photo of Hillary Clinton
Stephen Colbert began his final week behind the “Late Show” desk with a trip down memory lane, uncovering sketches that failed, including the one that declared Hillary Clinton the winner of the 2016 presidential election.
In the “Graphics Graveyard” segment — titled the Slack channel the “Late Show” staff uses to dump failed ideas — Colbert spoke for the first time about Clinton’s unprecedented idea.
The image declared a smiling Clinton as the “Winner” in the 45th presidential election that Donald Trump ended up winning.
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“Wow, grow up. It all worked out,” a member of the cartoon crew sarcastically exclaimed after Colbert revealed a photo of Clinton.
Some failed sketches, sketches and old gags that were never deemed appropriate for the small screen were featured on Monday night’s episode – aptly named “The Worst of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
Other sketches that have never been circulated include a “Thanksgiving sex magazine” called “Giblets” and a “Martha Stewart Living” cover that reads “Donner Party or Dinner Party.”
Colbert’s nearly 11-year run on the “Late Show” will end Thursday, after more than 1,800 episodes on CBS.
Tuesday’s episode will feature “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, filmmaker Steven Spielberg and a special performance by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and Colbert.
Wednesday’s episode will feature unannounced special guests throughout the night and a performance from Bruce Springsteen. The final plan remains unclear.
CBS’ decision to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” sparked an uproar in the entertainment community and led to Paramount Global trying to appease Trump as it finalized its merger with Skydance Media.
The network denied that political motivation was what fueled the election, maintaining that the move was purely financial for the show’s reported loss of $40 million a year.
Critics, including David Letterman and late-night co-host Jimmy Kimmel, remain skeptical of the proposal, especially given Paramount’s efforts to get regulatory approval for the Skydance deal.
Letterman, who founded “The Late Show” in 1993 and hosted it for more than two decades before Colbert took over in 2015, marched back to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday and blasted the network’s decision to cancel the late-night special.
The pair capped the explosive segment by throwing sofas, office chairs, watermelons and a wedding cake from the roof of a historic Manhattan theater.
Trump celebrated Colbert’s firing on Truth Social, writing that he “absolutely loves it[d] that Colbert was fired” while saying the comedian is “talented” less than his standards.
