In 2015 when Stephen Colbert had done his last Colbert Report but things weren't in place yet for him to do his first Late Show, he did an odd kind of warmup for then-new gig. Completely unannounced, he hosted exactly one episode of Only in Monroe, a public access show produced in Monroe, Michigan that was watched by very few people…that is until it went viral on YouTube. In case you missed it, here is that episode…
To the surprise of many, he turned up again on Only in Monroe last night — again, completely unannounced in advance. This was one of the funniest things I've ever seen him do. If his CBS show had been routinely this funny, even an executive order from Donald Trump couldn't have gotten him off the air. That episode is below.
If you have time to watch both shows, watch them in order. If you only have time to watch one, watch the second one…