In the interest of balance, Stephen Colbert had rushed the stage at the Republican National Convention as his Hunger Games inspired character Julius Flickerman last week and thought it only fair that he did the same at the Democratic National Convention this week.
Turns out rushing the stage was much harder at the DNC.
See if Colbert got away with it here.
That’s right, Stephen Colbert pulled out all the stops in his live broadcast of The Late Show last night, following the kick-off of the Republican National Convention.
Not only did he have his former boss, Jon Stewart, do a fun bit, but he also brought back Stephen Colbert, the character, for The Colbert Report segment “The Word”.
Also, Colbert went on a tour through the RNC set up at Quicken Loans Arena and roasted the whole venue as Julius Flickerman in a new Hungry for Power Games segment. He indeed did take the stage when he probably wasn’t supposed to.
All in all, we hope Stephen keeps up this pace for his convention coverage.
Stephen Colbert Rushes RNC Podium In ‘Late Show’ Convention Coverage Stunt
It will be great if Colbert goes for broke like this (and maybe go a little further like he might in The Daily Show/Colbert Report days) during his whole RNC/DNC coverage run.