Stephen Colbert launched his final live show of The Late Show with a playful spoof of Wicked, visibly thrilled to be hosting one last time.
The show aired live, following President Donald Trump’s inaugural State of the Union address of his second term, which began nearly half an hour late due to the President’s speech setting a new record for the longest SOTU address at over one hour and forty-five minutes.
“Unbelievably lengthy,” Colbert commented, adding humorously that the speech lasted so long, Senator Jon Ossoff seemed to transform into Jon Voight as the night progressed.
“Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Trump’s addresses can be pretty tough, so to mellow out right before the speech, I popped an edible and hunkered down,” Colbert shared. “I took a page from Michelle Obama’s book—when they go low, we get high.”
Colbert didn’t hold back on his critique of the speech’s proclaimed theme, “America at 250: strong, prosperous, and respected.” He quipped, “You know, if you have to assert that you’re strong, prosperous, and respected, it probably means you’re not. It’s like an invitation to Sheila’s 50th birthday reading, ‘Single, happy, and absolutely loving menopause. Is it warm in here? Yeah, it’s definitely warm. I might just punch a wall.’”
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Colbert highlighted President Trump’s notably low approval rating, sitting at 36%. He also lampooned Trump for his boasts about the Trump Account for Kids (which he claimed not to have named), removing 2.4 million people from food stamp benefits, and his desire to award himself the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
“Throughout tonight’s speech, Trump demonstrated a surprising amount of flexibility for someone his age in tooting his own horn,” Colbert remarked. “It was a somber speech filled with polarizing falsehoods, unlikely to sway the voters disenchanted by the turmoil and dysfunction of his second term.”
Later in the episode, Colbert was joined by former CBS News anchor John Dickerson.
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