"How Do You Make Gummy Worms?" - Stephen Answers Questions From Real Kids

Kids. They're everywhere! And it's our job as adults to teach them and give them the tools they need to succeed. If your kid has a question for Stephen Colbert, post it to social media using the hashtag #ColbertKidQuestions and you may see your kid on a future episode of The Late Show! #Colbert #Comedy #ColbertKidsQuestions
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[@kyrajager907]

Dear team of The Colbert Show, you've helped me so much in these last years with the pandemic and the state of the world. Nothing but love to all you talented and dedicated people in the team! Best wishes from Germany!

[@famousgoldentouch]

Schön gesagt! Geht mir genauso 👍🙏

[@kimo63kimo1]

From me too! Weilheim (Am Oberbay) ;)

[@04279]

Same here too from West Saxony.

[@NoraBHagen]

Same! (Stuttgart)

[@Author_Alyssa_Taylor]

Same! Canada

[@marybell7253]

Those kids are so cute!! Especially Isla! But as her aunt, I'm partial. 👍 Love these segments. And love Colbert!

[@rosehill9537]

As her aunt its your duty to be partial. Isla did a fantastic job!!

[@canoegirl6335]

I can see Stephen still looks a bit under the weather. I too got covid end of March and still not feeling great. The after fatigue is awful. I’m very impressed he’s back so soon doing the show. Impressed!

[@sevenprovinces]

And feeling a bit loopy too, you can see it in his opening delivery of today's show. Still too funny, but just something in his delivery seemed different and a touch feverish still. I had that for weeks, probably months after having had covid. Still that kinda weird, feverish feeling, incredibly short of breath and way too easily fatigued for my age. A terrible virus which has grown from massively deadly to massively insidious and capable to still seriously throw your life upside down..

[@canoegirl6335]

@@sevenprovinces I had exactly the same thought. I think he’s coming back too soon tbh. He must be exhausted after a show. It definitely is an insidious virus. I can’t believe how utterly wiped out I still feel after going out to do simple errands. There’s so much about this virus we don’t know about. Very scary.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

You will get to full recovery very soon. Hang in there🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jocomfiresin6982]

What right do you have to such a lofty title. I am going to need certifiable proof that you will work as a viable mode of transportation on water, including but limited to whether I can fit inside of, whether you can float on water, and I'ma need proof that you are in fact a female, including but not limited too whether I can fit inside of you... Ok that bit is done... Hope this joke was as intended which is funny... And not just creepy.

[@HH-gv8mx]

Is this the first time he’s had Covid? Or did he have it before like everyone else dead?

[@laalaa99stl]

Loved the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cameo.

[@princem5155]

The sun part was some serious dark humor

[@odradekk]

Brian Stack is the name

[@Styphon]

Dark humour - heh

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Hey, it fits my mood right now, so... 🤷‍♀️

[@Bluesbabesrv]

Noooooooo not Evie! Protect that lovely lady at all costs.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Thank you for finding a way to make me smile, no matter how bleak my world. You and your writers are great! ❤❤

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

In November 2019, there was an AWFUL illness going around here that felt like the flu from hell and asthma. I caught it, and it was so hard to breathe that, when I finally could, I called my husband at work, knowing damned well he was in the middle of a very important meeting with the heads of the company, just to make him listen to me BREATHE. A few months later, we heard about this thing called Covid, and the first known case was in my area. All the Facebook posts made the previous October and November by people asking WTF everyone was sick from suddenly made sense.

[@seanstoyroom7274]

I was horribly sick for two months from September to November of 2019. Everytime I tried to talk, my breath would catch in my throat and I descended into a dry coughing fit. Did I also have COVID back then?

[@kingofnonation5843]

I also had it in early 2019 inwas in my room for 3 weeks with pneumonia

[@M3T2W01f]

I had something January 2020, which I suspect was related to this, so my doc diagnosed it as influenza. That was the sickest I've felt in years, couldn't breathe well, endless body aches, and it was the first time I've had a fever since I was a kid. Could it have been the 'vid? We dunno.

[@UberLummox]

Glad you recovered!!!

[@whoaskedforthisbs]

I had it 2xs in 4 months. Once w/the vaccine, once without. Without it was 100xs worse. Memory loss were effed up.

[@mollyjones2944]

Right when I thought he was burning out on the dad jokes... 😂😂😂

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

That Brilliant stop motion work there. Did Stephen do that himself to kill time during his covid nesting period? Whoever it was, thank you for brining it to the world. I love stop little stop motion bits like that.

[@neonshadow5005]

"Kids. They're everywhere! And it's our job as adults to teach them", too bad a lot of parents call in sick on doing that, then blame the kids for it later. At least Stephen is trying to pick up the slack.

[@sailorstarsun]

The next version of this segment is going to be called "Stephen Cares About Your Kids A Lot. Like... A Whole Lot."

[@kathryngibbons1104]

Glad you and your wife are feeling better . Missed your show.

[@jwpipes47]

Okay, they missed a perfect opportunity. If the worm had screamed when Stephen ate it, it would have been the funniest thing all week.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

Probably didn't want to spook the kids 🤣🤣🤣 but yes I agree, it would have been hilarious

[@Styphon]

@@tselengbotlhole750 And kids wouldn't have been freaked out by the dying sun growing to destroy the Earth and everything they know and love?

[@avisrobinson452]

LOL

[@DuchessofEarlGrey]

Right after he picks up the worm, they added in a snapping sound, like he was breaking its...neck? So it couldn't scream.

[@WaywardVet]

Don't get me wrong, that explanation of the sun is a solid 7 out of 10, but Bill Wurtz History of Everything still takes the cake.

[@lalaj5831]

Thanks for reminding me of that.

[@WaywardVet]

@@lalaj5831 Tell me you reacted to that. Now I must investigate.

[@lalaj5831]

I used to watch Bill Wurtz videos with my daughter. My favourite refrain, “how did this happen?”, was used teaching her when she was younger.

[@apatternedhorizon]

The sun is a deadly laser.

[@LadyAneh]

My favorite is these lyrics: “The sun is a mass of incandescent gas that acts like a nuclear furnace-where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees!” -They Might Be Giants (band)

[@229BlackHat]

glad to see Brian Stack is doing well lmaoo

[@brian_mccomedy]

That Sun is Wikibear and we all know it

[@joshchacko7729]

John might not be the most sociable person, but my god is he the most authentically pure spirit I've seen.

[@jorgealfy]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was my hero when I was these kid’s age back in the early 80s.

[@jacquelyncollier3904]

John Batiste is on point love his music and his vibe

[@navneetakumar1814]

He is absolutely wonderful with kids.

[@mariekastler5391]

Hope Evie is feeling better, too!

[@DustyJones1997BGCL]

Kids are so precious and cherishable 😍❤️🥰 they are so curious about everything that's why as a parent it's always good to let them ask all the questions as a parent it's good to give the best of our ability a decent answer if we can. as a future parent👨‍👧👨‍👦👨‍👧‍👧👨‍👦‍👦👨‍👧‍👦 I'm so excited to have my future kids🧒🏼👧🏼🧒🏻👧🏻🧒🏽👧🏽🧒🏾👧🏾🧒👧 because they can ask me so many questions and I'm willing to answer.

[@kurtwhite1498]

next segment "Stephen tells touching stories to your kids"

[@silentjay01]

Next time it should be "Stephen does absolutely nothing suspicious while interacting with your kids". That should clear things up and NOT make it sound like the exact opposite is happening.

[@jwilk5606]

Love the old school trap for those gummy worms!

[@nicolebogda1482]

These are such perfection, please consider a follow-up segment telling people how to be adults??!!

[@peterwarwyk7860]

Sunny needs to have his own show!

[@JBlakSouldOut]

5:05 sounds like the Wiki-bear guy from when Colbert inherited some of Conan’s crew

[@MrSlanderer]

It's the same guy, Brian Stack. He joined The Late Show after leaving Conan.

[@charlesleerae9023]

@5:24 love how Earth is holding on to Saturn for dear life catastrophically hilarious.

[@UberLummox]

I rewindeded 5 times to that 1st. girl. Too much cute! - all of them! So well done LSSC!

[@Anoo19]

That's my li'l one, thank you guys! ❤️❤️❤️

[@UberLummox]

@@Anoo19 Yer one lucky mumma!!!!

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

I had my booster exactly 2 weeks before my daughter caught the Omicron... So I didn't get sick, but I have been mighty exposed to it... Don't know if I have antibodies for it... Could be my immune system was just so much on high alert at that time, so I fought it so quickly it couldn't show up in tests? Anyway, no, it wasn't fun for my daughter either, 4 days with symptoms + 4 days quarantine afterwards. But she's young and strong. So there was never any worry, to her it was indeed "just a bad cold/flu"... But she was grounded, not to pose risk to the public... Thank god for streaming services.

[@DoctorProph3t]

More than likely the vaccine booster prevented the virus spike protein from forming in your body so any virus particles that entered your body weren’t able to keep their replication rate beyond their mortality rate.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@DoctorProph3t ehm, I'm sorry to bother you, but is that a yes/no/maybe whether I can expect somewhat protection against the Omicrons? Tho I do know a bit of doctors talk, I'm not sure how to interpret this. Edit: I'm just a programmer that's worked with GP software. I know how to schedule vaccines, and I know a bit about side effects and the medicines used... But I don't understand the biology fully.

[@famousgoldentouch]

Get an antibody test so you know how much/many antibodies you might still have. Over here it’s not that expensive

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@famousgoldentouch i believe it's free here, if I have a valid reason.. but I don't have any relatives at risk, nor do I work with people at risk... But your suggestion makes sense.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@famousgoldentouch can antibody tests see the difference between the different Corona variants already? And as a side note, my wife has now been vaccinated against chicken pox 3 times, those antibody tests keep coming back negative, but neither her or my daughter seems able to get infected, despite exposure. I had it when I was around 8. So, as I said, I may understand much of the logic behind medicine, but I don't understand the biology behind it... Is it possible to simply be immune to that thing without it showing up in tests? ... Never mind, just my mind wandering 🙂 thanks for the answer.

[@BuildinWings]

Cartoon sun sounds suspiciously like WikiBear... Bryan Stack is awesome

[@mayuthedemon33]

Thank u stephan continue educate kids

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

Sure, my comment isn't as cool as the one from Germany, probably above, but I think you guys are totally rock n roll forever!!! Thanks for helping to save our existence! Love...

[@brendaoneill1581]

Thank God 4 u Stephan ❤

[@malissahyatt2425]

I'm watching this at 6:13am as it's just starting to get light. 😂😂

[@susanfanning9480]

Same here in Saramento.

[@AndrewInWinnipeg]

That giant wad of spittle flying out of Stephen at the end of the video. My sides!! LOL🤣😂

[@NewMessage]

Of course, catching a Swedish fish is much more difficult.

[@DerekHoscorner]

Stephen Colbert how do you make a gummy worms reel kids awesomeness job

[@rdoodoo2021]

I love Jon Batiste 😅

[@sarcasmo57]

I hunt my gummy worms with gummy bears.

[@Coastal_Ace]

"forced nesting" lol. Glad you and Evie are on the mend.

[@soth1sol]

I'M WIKIBEAR!

[@broz666]

This is kind of the equivalent of a cat video. The concept is stupid and I really don't have time for that. But when I watch it it's Kind of soothing to the soul and when it ends I am sad and want more.

[@JammastaJ23]

Stack brought back the wikibear voice!

[@DJS11811]

Excellent.

[@geribaldi2]

@2:21 Have to love when they use stock images, not realizing what the kids are doing / not realizing one of those kids is making a rude gesture. Funny.

[@AdMiKa]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe you’re referring to the boy in the orange striped shirt. I kind of remember seeing that gesture in a collection of obscene gestures from around the world.

[@imaoldenueff8110]

That gets very close to the Socko routine in Bo Burnham’s Inside. So close, I think you owe him money.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I would totally take candy from Stephen in a windowless van 🚌👀

[@lavendermagic84]

Is Brian Stack, aka Wikibear, doing the voice of Sunny? I love his characters!

[@PokeBurm]

Hello to everyone who clocked Brian Stack's voice (here as Sunny) from Conan's old wikibear sketch

[@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889]

The cartoon Sun sounds like Conan O'Brien Wiki Bear 😍

[@DirtyInc.]

Because that's Brian Stack (who then voiced Wiki Bear), and he now works on The Late Show. 😀

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

Starch from POTATOES can be used. Then is literal potato.

[@EKAdventures51]

best comedy skit in a while !!!

[@ksmith2852]

Love when he does comedy that is apolitical.

[@highflyerl23]

Omg that Sun ironically made things very factually dark

[@TraderRobin]

Awwww.....that was adorable!!

[@fredricclack7137]

Got C-19 from Booster But symptoms MUCH less severe at 66! 🤢 😷

[@Greenbambu78]

ahahahahahaha....love this one show...

[@Daniel-uj1nu]

Amazing ahahhahaa

[@imanebelakhdim7959]

I am happy to see you back and doing better. I hope Evie is doing well too. Lots of love ❤

[@tylerwunder]

I like that once in a great while that you do some subversive and dark comedy. Just sneaking your roots in there.

[@BigBoogookie]

That sun bit was spot on.

[@kuroexmachina]

5:5 this kid is going to places

[@teeluh1]

The Sun has to be the guy who did Wiki Bear on Conan, that voice was the same and so was the style.

[@Bzuhl]

Not sure if demonstrating the "Bannon's stretch" is suitable for children

[@joycedavis9996]

❤️you & Evie!

[@stevenqu3]

That Sun sounded a lot like Wikibear

[@Alt3Tab]

I thought steve was protecting kids on the gummy worm question and then comes Sunny. And it got dark really quickly, which is ironic...

[@albertfeng]

Dear Sun, you sounds exactly like the Wikibear.

[@adiagy9283]

Awesome. I'm going fishing gummy worms.

[@cherylsibson2529]

Glad your feeling better.

[@emu_warrior]

They were channeling Wiki bear with the same voice actor and writer with that sun lol

[@hamandcheeseadobo3322]

That sun was definitely WikiBear from Conan 😂

[@panmrow5009]

I’d love to see Steven answering questions from artificial kids.

[@johndor7793]

I dont get it

[@whocares9033]

The title is "... Answers Questions from Real Kids"

[@sherryelle225]

@@whocares9033 Oh I get it now.

[@estherthorp1608]

Oh we missed you glad your better😁🌻

[@fernkitten]

thank you graphics department

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Trump should’ve asked here “how to president”.

[@satyangunasekaran9961]

6:20 Colbert spit

[@DungeonStudio]

How about "Stephen Tackles Your Kids And Their Questions" or "Stephen Touches Your Kids Queries". Or how be "Stephen's Bits & Pieces For Children"?

[@lucygibson5664]

I just noticed that it seems like Stephen's right ear sticks out more than his left ear.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

5:05 just a shout out to WikiBear (I scrolled the comments and didn't see anyone make a connection!) (Brian Stack)

[@devlinburgess2463]

So, Gummy Worms are Bugsnax?

[@captvalstrax]

Hey that's that pilot Roger Murdock!

[@barrettpickett5603]

When you eat to many gummy worms and take theater class you become very flexible. That is why Barry fell in love with another actor on the series.

[@leedublin320]

"Steven, the answer man."

[@marathuzula9024]

Kid sitting in the cloth swing... hula hoop in the back ground... someones mom is a stripper!!! Looking good mama, props to all single moms.

[@williameichner7177]

I beg to differ you don't go to college get smart you go to college to get educated. Case in point I have eighth grade education and a GED with 142 IQ. Most notably in my life I can figure out complex problems with little to no education. In fact I was taken out of public school rubber-stamped learning disabled in second grade.

[@jbodden6977]

Easy, I feed my worms Juicy Fruit...

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Anybody else loves KAREEM?!

[@HH-gv8mx]

Is this the first time Stephen got Covid? Or did he have it before when everyone got it?

[@stephaniediazcortez3192]

And me and the kids are the only ones protected

[@MB5rider81]

Colbert Youth Camp

[@dyskover]

no mention of Trevor's home run at the journalist's convention.

[@justsaying14]

😱

[@YeeSoest]

I JUST got the Rona... I can testify already: Double vaxxed and boosted and still the first 2 days SUCKED, now it's already much improved but those 2 days scared me...i'm not gonna say it's over yet because it initially went downhill fast and out of nowhere so there's some fear that it could easily return just as quickly as long as i'm positive... But those joint pains, headaches, muscle pains, random intense fevers and absolutely hilarious levels of confusion and sheer numbmindedness...those sucked!! Random Corona Symptom of my case study: Peeing 7 times in 3 hours in the first night of symptoms, each time wondering "lord, where is all this coming from?" On that day I lost 3 lbs just in liquids my scales tell me

[@ninjavanishh]

Why does the sun sound like Wikibear?

[@adrock1011]

Is that the voice of wikibear i hear, sunny?

[@jasonflay8818]

When did Wiki bear become the sun??!!

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Anybody else loves Chamberlain!

[@hairdresser1300]

20 days were the worst vaxed and boosted

[@whoaskedforthisbs]

So this a permanent segment pls?