Stephen Colberts final Late Show monologue is packed full of surprise celebrity guests
Stephen Colbert's final monologue on The Late Show featured a series of surprise celebrity guests. Bryan Cranston and Paul Rudd were among those who made appearances, adding humor to the farewell segment. Rudd humorously presented Colbert with six bananas as a retirement gift, leading to a playful exchange about traditional gifts.
- ▪Stephen Colbert's last monologue included surprise guests like Bryan Cranston and Paul Rudd.
- ▪Paul Rudd jokingly presented Colbert with six bananas as a retirement gift.
- ▪The monologue maintained a humorous tone with playful banter between Colbert and his guests.
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"If you're just tuning into The Late Show...you missed a lot."That's how Stephen Colbert begins his last ever Late Show monologue, which he assures us is going to be a just like a regular monologue — until the celebrity guests start showing up.The first is Bryan Cranston, who asks if Colbert is planning to have any surprise cameos. "No Bryan," says Colbert. "Those always feel kind of forced."Next comes Paul Rudd, who wants to know when his interview will start. "I have an extremely long poem I want to recite and I don't want to run out of time," says Rudd, before revealing that he bought Colbert "the traditional retirement gift" of six bananas.Colbert tells him the traditional retirement gift is a gold watch, to which Rudd asks what he's supposed to do with these five bananas?"I thought…
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