Stephen Colbert made a guest appearance on the community access program Only in Monroe in southeast Michigan shortly after ending his 11-year run as host of CBS’s The Late Show. The episode included other Michigan-connected figures, with Jack White serving as volunteer musical director and Jeff Daniels interviewed. Steve Buscemi appeared in a filmed bit, and Eminem acted as a fire marshal. Colbert also FaceTimed Byron Allen, whose Comics Unleashed now airs in Colbert’s former CBS time slot. Colbert interviewed the show’s regular hosts, including Miss America 1988 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson. The broadcast aired Friday at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, matching Colbert’s former time slot, and earlier hosting in 2015 was noted as a homecoming. CBS suspended takedown notices related to bootleg YouTube uploads after public outcry.
"Stephen Colbert made a guest appearance on "Only in Monroe," a community access show broadcast in southeast Michigan. And Colbert was far from the only A-lister on the show. Rock star Jack White was a volunteer musical director and Colbert interviewed actor Jeff Daniels. Both White and Daniels are natives of Michigan. Meanwhile, actor Steve Buscemi appeared in a filmed bit, as did rapper Eminem, who acted as a "fire marshal.""
"Colbert also FaceTimed comedian and media mogul Byron Allen, whose "Comics Unleashed" show now airs during Colbert's former time slot on CBS. Colbert also interviewed the show's regular hosts, Michelle Baumann and Monroe-native Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, who was Miss America 1988. It isn't clear when the show was recorded, but it aired on Friday at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, which was Colbert's old time slot."
"In fact, during Colbert's final CBS show, he mentioned that "Only in Monroe" appearance in 2015 and said, "Show business being what it is these days, that's probably where you'll see me next." Meanwhile, there was a little controversy about the appearance, which Variety's Michael Schneider explains in "CBS Suspends Takedown Notices on Bootleg YouTube Uploads of Stephen Colbert's 'Only in Monroe' Public Access Show After Outcry.""
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