This special episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert serves as a retrospective on the "worst" comedy sketches, segments, and graphics from the show's eleven-season run. Stephen takes viewers behind the scenes to share material that was deemed too messy, outrageous, or failed to make it to air for various reasons.
Key Highlights of the Episode:
- The Graphics Graveyard (16:08 - 32:26): Stephen invites art director Andrew Bunetta to showcase "cut" graphics, including rejected concepts like a fish with three human butts (23:05), the "Patrick Mind Beef" character segment (25:20), and an unfinished book about book banning (27:20).
- Unseen Field Pieces (35:53 - 42:15): The show explores field segments that never aired, such as Bootsie Plunkett interviewing guests in a dark haunted house (37:06) and a planned ride-along with NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace (39:54).
- Shrieking Joe's Return (51:30 - 55:46): The recurring character Shrieking Joe returns, accompanied by his daughter Shrieking Jane, to discuss his "residency" in the theater's HVAC shafts.
- The "Worst" Musical Number (1:00:30 - 1:03:45): Writer Michael Cruz Kane presents a long-rejected parody song titled "It's Raining Fish," which Stephen and Paul Shaffer perform together.
- A Tribute to the Staff (1:05:13 - 1:07:46): Stephen concludes by honoring his longtime executive producer and showrunner, Tom Purcell, highlighting their 18-year collaboration and the "nightly Tomms" emails that have guided the show since 2009.
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