Stephen Colbert: How “Breaking” on Stage Unlocked His Comedic Powers (2022)
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
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The Power of Jokes
There were so many jokes packed into like 30 seconds that you wouldn't even stop to land those jokes. We gave every writer who came on a year to try to get the voice because we just, we thought they deserve an entire year as it's a difficult thing to write. My present executive producer, Tom Purcell, on day one wrote three pages of jokes every single one of them worked for the character. But some people took a long time and then I myself could write the character and I could improvise the character. And so, and we never went up on time. That's like, yes, we did a lot of jokes, but I also want to let everybody know we
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