Today marks the four-month anniversary of Stephen Colbert's tenure on The Late Show (congratulations to our nation's Funny Dad!), and we're all celebrating with a sandwich.
Last night, Colbert went on an amazing, extended rant about a tomato-less BLT he was served at a local diner, then printed out an enlarged photo of said sandwich and brought it to said diner for a bit of comedic confrontation. Perhaps the most important part of this whole situation is that there is very clearly a slice of tomato at the bottom of the sandwich:
Regardless, it's exciting to see Colbert bring new sorts of food segments into his nightly routine. While chefs have been giving cooking demos on late night (and daytime) TV for years, Colbert's shift reflects the ways in which food culture is infiltrating media past the how-to of a fun recipe. Instead of, say, having Danny Bowien come make burritos with him—a very Jimmy Fallon move—Colbert is bringing on mathematicians who work with pastry, taking cooking lessons offered by food startups, and walking through the street with a giant photo of a sandwich. We're excited to see what he (ahem) cooks up next. But so far, here are our 10 favorite food segments on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
You have to watch until the end to see the hilarious, edible peace offering between deli manager and disgruntled talk show host; we're going to start ending all of our disagreements this way.
"Are all the spices in Indian cooking named for Game of Thrones characters?" might be his best dad joke of all time.
Like the chalkboard scene in Good Will Hunting, but with pastry.
Music to the ears of those of us who care deeply about our smothered, covered hash browns.
A classic "grownup complaining about change" rant.
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Such as: "Whole Foods will no longer make our pizza chefs fight in a pit with those wooden paddles."
The video of Schumer biting into an entire quarter of a frozen cake is priceless.
If someone could please make a gif of Jake Gyllenhaal saying "hey princess, what's goin' on?" and biting into a large section of cake that would be great, thanks.
This looks like a whole lot of fun but not the sort of heavy machinery you'd want to operate before you've had your coffee.