Stephen Colbert: How “Breaking” on Stage Unlocked His Comedic Powers

The Great Creators with Guy Raz

Stephen Colbert has played many roles--an officious high school teacher in Strangers with Candy, and a bumbling blowhard on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Now, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, he's facing his biggest challenge: being himself. Stephen talks to Guy about working through that challenge, about the early and enduring influence Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello had on his work, and about how Stephen Colbert the man related to Stephen Colbert the blustering pundit.

Links from the show:

• The Second City improv troupe
• The Dana Carvey Show
• Dana Carvey and Stephen play clips Of "The Dana Carvey Show"
• Strangers with Candy
• Strangers with Candy clip
• President Obama on The Colbert Report
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS
• NASA's COLBERT treadmill

Full show notes:

• thegreatcreators.com/colbert

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