Meanwhile... Adele Drops An Instant Hit, Sets Spotify Record

Meanwhile... "Easy On Me," the first single released from Adele's upcoming album, "30," set records on Spotify and across the streaming universe upon release earlier this month. #Colbert #Meanwhile #Adele
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[@kathleenj3647]

I miss Evie! You guys should do a weekly segment with her. Either a full episode of just you two, or even a small segment in meanwhile. You two are just way too cute together and it's lovely to see.

[@tselengbotlhole750]

Nah!!! I missed the audience 😊😊

[@Surge1077]

An occasional video (maybe a Friday offering) with Evie would be welcome. She was a treat during quarantine(while).

[@dianeshelton9592]

Depends what Evie want to do. I got the feeling she was happy to provide support when he needed it but otherwise doesn’t want the attention

[@ruckusrevolution9475]

Leave her alone.... It's cool she was supportive but she has her own life to live I'm sure.

[@missmandyreacts]

Agreed

[@Topaz_Estrella]

"no fauci in my pouchy" is brilliant

[@JosephLattin]

@@daniellamcgee4251 Female koalas 100% do have pouches. They're different from kangaroo pouches, but they're there.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

@@JosephLattin I looked it up. My error! They are backward facing and lower, and different to kangaroos pouches, but you are 100% right! Thankyou for the correction. :)

[@daniellamcgee4251]

@@JosephLattin I deleted my misinformation. :-)

[@mellowmelee5024]

Shout out to John Oliver's Koala Chlamydia Ward. Doing important work keeping the animals healthy.

[@shannond7437]

I literally came down here to see who acknowledged this. I look forward to him discussing on last week tonight soon!

[@duicic8541]

How could Stephen *NOT* make an allusion to that? I was waiting all the time "John Oliver reference, come on, come on..." and nada.

[@jeffs6090]

Yeah, very disappointed in him not referring to John's ward. It's the first thing I thought of, and they're friends so.....

[@duicic8541]

@@jeffs6090 - let's be honest here, has ANYBODY who is not an Australian conservationist or marsupial expert stumbled over chlamydic koalas before the John Oliver connection? And ever since, the link between John and crab-infested furballs is almost indelible. That would be like talking Denny Crane and never mentioning the boatload of Captain Kirk jokes.

[@AshishNaik]

@@jeffs6090 I

[@Tustin2121]

2:33 - Steven: *[glances up at lit Applause sign]* *[gives look at stage manager]* “Really? Really? That’s thirsty.” 😂

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

I love his asides to the producer / stage manager.

[@lolawants2008]

Yeah he wasn’t expecting that large of applause which cued his suspicions to check the sign lol

[@lolawants2008]

Great catch 👌

[@froufroufrou]

I honestly didn’t notice. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@christopherfiore960]

Good catch, that was a solid Ad-lib. Beautiful show.

[@passtheparcel360]

John Batiste is such a style master. Love his outfits and look.

[@cinephile1712]

Giving Jon Batiste a more prominent, bantering role is such a great thing 💯

[@Memme14]

The man doesn’t understand sarcasm, has no comedic timing and no witty banter. All he offers is a big smile - he is human labradoodle. Not a bad thing but it quickly becomes embarrassing when Stephen tries to involve him in the jokes.

[@LilyWohlMezzo-Soprano]

@@Memme14 he’s a very pure spirit. He has a lot to contribute, but it may not be in the highly packaged format YOU are expecting.

[@scottrick7321]

Meh. I'm fine with the banter. I just wish it was in its own vid so I didn't have to skip by it every day. *shrugs*

[@John-pc3cx]

No chemistry. Letterman and Paul Shafer had this down. Same with Johnny and Doc. Just not there with these guys.

[@matildabryant8398]

@@Memme14 I would rather hear him play music. He is a great musician and in that realm a great entertainer.

[@laalaa99stl]

You missed what I feel is an important detail about the koala vax story: it's being deployed at the John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward, made possible by a generous donation of one Russel Crowe!

[@darkstorminc]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@ramenai]

stephen might still be getting over john oliver insulting his wax president

[@victoriamilonas1942]

Oh yeah. Followed it on Oliver's show, but I failed to appreciate how big the problem was, or, to be frank, that it WAS a problem. I just thought the guys were ragging on each other.

[@darylingoteborg3178]

As an Aussie I’ve wondered for many years why they haven’t tried vaxing koalas instead of just chuckling at the fact they’re all like (insert your mum joke here)

[@yahighness9055]

Demi Lovato Found Dead In Hollywood Hills Home 💔💔kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2nJgJ59mryWgLs

[@legacytesla]

Thanks Colbert, my dinner burned because you canceled my Alexa timer.

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

That's a pretty lighthearted way to say "Amazon is using Alexa to collect your personal data"...

[@kimberelydavis379]

Stephen is one handsome man, but Jon’s wardrobe is perfection! 😍

[@Cypresssina]

He wears it well as well. Most people could not look half as good as he does in that gorgeous wardrobe.

[@coolbluesman]

Congrats on the .5 seconds of exposure to whoever wrote that "marspui-ill" joke.

[@Smeginator]

“No Fauci In my pouchy”

[@fungeneer]

@@daniellamcgee4251 what?? Yeah they do!

[@ruckusrevolution9475]

Shout out to graphics!

[@geraltrivia6148]

@@daniellamcgee4251 Koalas are marsupials; they have pouches.

[@KyleJMitchell]

@@Smeginator I want to infiltrate anti-mandate protests holding this sign and see if anyone asks me to explain it.

[@jennifergridley8111]

I just gotta say, Jon Batiste is the best band leader on any late night show ever. I love Reggie, but Jon is just something special 🥰

[@marissa5017]

“Whoever’s f***ing our koalas, knock it off!” - “Stephen Colbert” on The Colbert Report

[@mooingAlong]

"I already have a mug for my teabag" Such an under-rated line.

[@yahighness9055]

Demi Lovato Found Dead In Hollywood Hills Home 💔💔kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2nJgJ59mryWgLs

[@ammaleslie509]

Was i supposed to think of Evvie?

[@jasong9492]

I was drinking tea as I watched that line, almost spat

[@justadad6677]

I love Meanwhile

[@MulrySquare]

I grin like an idiot watching this show. Such an up.

[@johnyoung4163]

My Alexa informed me I had no timer set 👍🏽

[@terrangelica3505]

I’ll be eating my Black Market American Cone Dream while listening to your new podcast!

[@jimmolyneaux1932]

sending you the bill for my computer monitor... The "already have a mug for my teabag" joke made me spit-take my coffee all over my screen! LOL!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

A pod show, eh? The dolphins will love it!

[@LaurieH57]

Native Americans lived (and still live) in Utah 12,000 years ago. Yes, they used tobacco ritually. This is not actually surprising. What’s surprising to me is that the show used an illustration of while people, not Natives. That was wrong.

[@pechaa]

I agree - the drawing was weird. Come on, graphics people!

[@arctic_haze]

True but I think they used a generic "artistic impression of cavemen" without thinking.

[@arctic_haze]

I found it. It was painted by Tancredi Scarpelli, a pre-war Italian artist specializing in historic illustrations. The title is "The original Italians. The cavemen". So definitely not Native Americans.

[@LaurieH57]

@Arctic Haze, yep. It’s the “without thinking” part. :(

[@rugby_jtizzle]

I’m pretty sure they purposely made the cave people white cuz it’s Utah. Like it was part of the joke to make it funnier cuz we all know white people were not originally here,. I highly doubt Stephen would do this to be a hater. Been watching him and listening to his writers for years and they’re pretty intelligent and aware

[@xpkareem]

Jokes aside that ball blaster is pretty cool.

[@notaginger6148]

The perfectly timed musical eyebrow cue is the only reason I will ever need to check out your podcast dude.

[@tadcraze5432]

To be fair, I listened to Adele’s new single on Spotify on repeat over 10 times.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Can't think what for....wasn't all that good ....makes sense if all her STANS engineered it

[@ayush9791]

@@curiositypiqued6573 u need a life and let other people live and enjoy whatever they want

[@ebthedoc4992]

Thanks. This old urologist had to laugh at your bewilderment concerning testicular ultrasound. Oh, and I think vasectomy is far more effective, contraceptually…

[@RandallChase1]

Whoever writes all of these meanwhile intros needs a raise!

[@msevergreen7289]

I wish Jon Batiste had a morning show so I could wake up feeling super awesome like him everyday 🎹😎

[@justgno4242]

"Meanwhile knows all.. it forgives all"

[@mattoconnor7]

"The Anti Vax Marsupials" sounds like a new punk band name Lmao!!!

[@gordonanderson3111]

Another Platypus bites the dust... ...sorry I had to.

[@cleverusername9369]

DIBS

[@john-paulhunt2604]

oh it just werks colbert in mocking the church of commie sjws says sexist cynical philosopher.

[@romxxii]

@@gordonanderson3111 Platypi are monotremes, not marsupials.

[@gordonanderson3111]

@@romxxii OK...whew they dodged a shot there.

[@blkcatzette]

Jon looking good as ever. Go Jon and the Band!!!

[@Clyde]

Stephen has been my lockdown companion. I am so very grateful..although this segment was called Quarantinewhile

[@boomxmilizexpathacks9440]

And Ellie!!!

[@Clyde]

@@boomxmilizexpathacks9440 do you mean Evie?

[@boomxmilizexpathacks9440]

@@Clyde Of course I do🤣 Spell check?? I must proof read 🤓

[@Clyde]

@@boomxmilizexpathacks9440 I don't even know if that's how you spell it..it may be with a Y!!😅😅 but yeah..I love Colbert!

[@specialpatrolgroup92]

5:35 "They never do lose suction... I don't know what that means." It means don't interrupt Dewey from Scary Movie while he's "cleaning his room."

[@johnjhill3]

I'm so glad that Alexa finally got User Recognition on Kindle. Previously that bit at 04:05 with four shouts of "Alexa!" would have had my Kindle dinging off the table!

[@somishows2020]

OMG, the koala protest signs! 🤣🤣🤣

[@raleghhowes2778]

“No Fauci in my pouchy” give that writer a raise

[@gingercat777]

Koalas don't have a pouch.... Kangaroos do 😉

[@sophiophile]

@@gingercat777 koalas do as well. They are both marsupials.

[@gingercat777]

@@sophiophile Whale Oil Beef Hooked

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

4:13 Stephen, you realise anyone who has an Alexa now hates you?

[@vladimiralexanderlagos1477]

You've got to love how as per Stephen Colbert's graphic department there was already an all white Caucasian population inhabiting UTAH twelve thousand years ago. The only thing missing from that precious visual gem was a book of Mormon casually tucked in the front pocket of a caveman's long sleeved fur cloth.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Lol! That was my first thought!! Oh yeah, and the breast feeding!

[@rstainsbury]

Yeah...I knocked hard on that one, too! Talk about white-washing prehistory!

[@margaretpeabody243]

Rivaling Adele, Stephen was hit after hit after hit with this "Meanwhile".

[@AJ42K]

No Fauci in my Pouchie. That literally had me on the floor.

[@pushinkeys]

The guy that had to make that testicle bath animation….

[@gogetter0009]

🤣

[@manishreal8095]

Queen ❤ Adele

[@embreis2257]

7:46 'no Fauci in my pouchy' - that killed me^^

[@karen5670]

I've waited a lifetime for your pod casts!!! Save the date ;)

[@lexslate2476]

Wow that Dyson thing is nuts.

[@Kingatje]

*golf clap*

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Hehe...I see what you did there. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis

[@NoMoreLullabies]

Adele is so inspiring! Easy on Me is such an incredible song.

[@22Phantasm]

No she isn't and no it isn't. That's just my opinion which cannot be changed.

[@Juniorverse]

I’m tired of all the tear jerker ballads from her. Would it kill her to put out a mid-tempo song?

[@malavoy1]

@@Juniorverse Yeah, pair her up with Metallica 😁😁

[@lolajaramillo4620]

@@Juniorverse She put out, ‘Rolling In The Deep’..

[@raidenspark6629]

How does this dude do it!

[@chrisandersen5635]

When is Jon's Broadway Musical coming out? The Man is going to be an EGOT winner for sure. Snappy dresser too. If you like the new Adele song, check out Rick Beato's new video about it. It a full on appreciation video for the music, the producer, engineer, singing, etc. Well worth the time.

[@jalabi99]

Anyone talking about Rick Beato is a friend in my book. He's a national treasure

[@missmandyreacts]

That about Alexa is SO TRUE

[@TheBasher-_-]

Adele's new single is definitely fire.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Nothing new....same old same old

[@TheBasher-_-]

@@curiositypiqued6573 You mean like nothing new because her albums are always amazing?

[@ArkydeZomBiez]

Sweet! A podcast for my birthday!

[@rachelgallagher6214]

Happy birthday ✌💙 from Montana

[@IamthNight]

"No Fauci in my pouchy" 😂

[@ViroVV]

Segment does not begin until 2:29. If you want to skip the meanwhile intro, move along home to 3:20

[@pthelo]

**Hold on. You don't dig Stephen vibing with Jon Batiste and the band?! Also, WHO SKIPS THE MEANWHILE INTRO, YOU MONSTER?‽!! (**Also, just to be safe let me say; this comment is meant only in good fun. No offense intended!)

[@brandondavidson4085]

Wait, there's a chlamydia vaccine and we're not getting it for free in grade school? So much for "greatest country on earth"!

[@aesinam]

Unlike koalas, you can actually protect yourself from chlamydia

[@catherinejohnson1354]

Only for koalas because if you don't use protection you deserve the lesson

[@BullShitThat]

There's also a HPV vaccine that somehow isn't a given for children

[@jasonbolding3481]

@@BullShitThat basically a cancer vaccine. And people vigorously fight it

[@fenecofeneco19]

@@BullShitThat Educate yourself, please. There are hundred types of hpvs that can hit that area and the vaccine only covers very few ,less than 5 .The clinical pros and cos clearly showed it's more harmful than good. If you teach regular sexual safety like wearing a condom and checking once in a while through a Pap test you're more than good with that .It's a very slow growing cancer and it's very easy to destroy once detect it .Those countries whose virologists think they are superior to gynecologists are putting young girls' health at risk,just to play ignorant "primos uomos"

[@damienblomeley6139]

I don’t understand how so many Koalas have Chlamydia…I almost always use protection…😜

[@simond.455]

Maybe they're seeing someone else?

[@elizabethreynolds6874]

Love the tie.

[@christopherfiore960]

Plop plop fizz fizz. Oh what a relief it is

[@gawainfraites7994]

Wow that's just how it is with me and Alexa. Thought was just me shouting stop timer Lol

[@KealohaHarrison]

2:04 so is he saying Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend is actually about a serial killer murdering his friends on his own podcast? Cause that would explain a lot lol

[@sealyoness]

Nock looks a lot like my dad. And my cousin, his nephew! Also, I love the Travolta look on Jon. He has serious style, and a great smile! :D

[@223Drone]

Some of those Koala's will probably be vaccinated at the John Oliver Chlaydia ward.

[@locutusdborg126]

Stephen, I loved you in Law and Order when you played a forger. Good acting.

[@alisonbird6737]

I have an ultrasound contact lense case, I wonder if it is a similar idea since it sterilises my contact lenses.

[@yangto996]

the podcast-finally!!

[@accam6734]

MEANWHILE STARTS AT 3:34

[@LuCKyDuCKy881]

Just signed up on Spotify. Love your work sooo much!

[@AnnoyingMoose]

As a Canadian diabetic who is a fan of the Coca-Cola company I would like to point out to Stephen that they also make sugar free pop such as Coke Zero and Diet Coke.

[@aesinam]

Joke still makes sense since the cans in question include the regular sugar ones too

[@ecbrown6151]

If cancer had a flavor it would be “Coke Zero”

[@McCrapweasel]

Whenever I think of chlamydia-ridden koala bears, I think of John Oliver.

[@LucyLynette]

Stephen, I am mesmerized by that tie. I like the colors, but I can't figure out the design. I also don't know if it's too shiny or if there's just too high a contrast between shiny and matte parts. I'm nowhere close to figuring out if I like it or not. I just know I can't take my eyes off it. It's weirdly distracting. ...You were saying something about a podcast format?

[@WormholeJim]

"Hahahaha haaaaahahahahaah aha ahhaha" Alexa laughing in the dead of night with no timer having been triggered.

[@el_ra]

Miss this Colbert

[@ruckusrevolution9475]

I already listen to this show lol ...

[@KevinClem]

This video made my Echo's go berserk

[@izzyxblades]

I often play the KZbin clips and am only listening while washing dishes or some other thing

[@LindaC616]

But the graphics are sometimes worth it (I'm thinking the koalas)

[@Jackie371]

Love Jon's suit!

[@djschultz1970]

My Alexa is laughing out loud at you Stephen!

[@lindapindabelinda3570]

Yay, podcast! You have finally set up some Steven that I can listen to while doing yardwork.

[@marvinmartion1178]

Nick is a great guest!

[@ChineduOpara]

That pic of Adele makes it look like she's about to climax

[@sylviekahindo6749]

yEAH FOR THE PODCAST

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

As a British person I obviously heard your comment about putting the teabag in the mug although as you Americans tend to leave the teabag in while you're drinking the tea you'll probably do likewise with this knacker heater device and overdo things and manage to geld yourselves, won't you?

[@j.c.85]

Alternative title: ADELE ENDED BTS

[@thearabicmusicland]

stop making fan wars, there's a place for everyone.

[@s.susanmarandi9080]

You know, the very fact that out of all the singers worldwide you felt that Adele's competition is BTS is actually a huge tribute to their achievements.

[@catherinejohnson1354]

Jon really needed to do the pose from disco That would have been awesome. Jon is the only one who could put dance Travolta.

[@gailmork53]

J-hope from BTS is my fav dancer these days

[@paulthepainter2366]

That's a brilliant idea

[@paulthepainter2366]

The podcast

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Odd that a carpenter would be Stephen's next guest. I wood not have expected that.

[@FirestoneX]

I already listen to the show like a podcast going to work. I don't have time for more

[@cjcottell]

Alexa's sent crazy across the world just there

[@berengerchristy6256]

it actually starts at 2:42

[@CoachVGarrett]

POV: Me in the living room as Stephen sets off my Alexa.😳

[@aaa8509]

Koala are in the last of animals that would have basically gone extinct without humans help. Right up there with pandas, turns out being cute and high on drugs is not a survival trait in nature but it is for surviving humans.

[@stephenworthington-white8294]

we used to joke about the "Ballcuzzi" in the kitchen I worked in and now it's a thing!!

[@SpaceForceCommander]

My Testicle Sense is tingling!

[@ewartsmith7490]

6:15 My friend wants to know where he can get one 👀

[@MarieHP]

I just got my arm cut open to switch my Nexplanon, and dudes get a bubblebath as contraception?!

[@Svol09]

Miss the old times when living age was up to 29, those were som good time. Minus constant diareea.

[@timan2039]

The John Oliver Koala Chlamydia clinic comes to mind

[@patrickskramstad1485]

4:56

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

I wonder if the makers of *coso* know it means thingamabob or what’s-its-name in Italian 🤨

[@yosefalaric7858]

That picture of cavemen with the tobacco story looked amazingly Caucasian for a story about early Native Americans... Really surprised Stephen didn't make a joke about that

[@malavoy1]

Or Mormons, it was in Utah, after all 😁😁

[@janellemccoy09]

Good morning.

[@sweetsue4204]

Stephen in pod form! WooHoo! 🎉🥳🎉