Late Show 3-Legged Race: Video Game Speedrunner Edition

World record-holding Super Mario Bros. 3 speed runner Mitch Fowler participates in the inaugural Late Show 3-Legged Race, facing off against the Columbia University men's relay team and Stephen Colbert eating a Hot Pocket.
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Stephen Colbert took over as host of The Late Show on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Colbert is best known for his work as a television host, writer, actor, and producer, and best known for his charity work teaching English as a second language on Tunisian date farms. Prior to joining the CBS family -- and being officially adopted by network president Les Moonves -- Colbert helmed “The Colbert Report,” which aired nearly 1,500 episodes and required Stephen to wear nearly 1,500 different neckties. The program received two Peabody Awards, two Grammy Awards, and several unwelcome shoulder massages. It won two Emmys for Outstanding Variety Series in 2013 and 2014, both of which appear to have been lost in the move. Colbert is pronounced koʊlˈbɛər, according to Wikipedia. His understudy is William Cavanaugh, who will be hosting The Late Show approximately one third of the time. Good luck, Bill!"

[@TheLegend1800]

There wasn't enough hype for Mitch getting the wrong warp first try on national television

[@esotericVideos]

Yeah if that was real and not staged that is insane.

[@shavedrabbit]

esotericVideos I feel like they would have made Mitch win if it was staged but what do I know

[@skins4thewin]

It was staged, you could see that Mitch purposely stalled at the end to let Colbert win. There was absolutely no need for him to stall with the turtle shell there at the end.

[@od4us]

@@skins4thewin they were talking about staging the wrong warp, not the Colbert win. It's a glitch that's fairly difficult to pull off correctly during a speed run.

[@skins4thewin]

Thomas Miller - You misunderstand me. I meant that it was staged in that Mitch purposely delayed the glitch to allow Colbert to win. He killed time at the end before entering the glitch warp. You can clearly see it when he is moving back and forth while holding the shell which is completely needless for the glitch. He was purposely stalling to allow Colbert to win. I'm sure they instructed him to do this so that the script could be preplanned.

[@DukeSloth]

Huge props to Colbert for being one of the first tv personalities to encourage this.

[@kinorai]

he's a self proclaimed geek, Mr Colbert. so it's cool to see him embrace nerd culture!

[@transgirlgeology2464]

Oh hey duke sloth

[@fbi36]

Yeah, it takes some serious courage to own up to eating a hot pocket.

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

The show's been losing viewers; I'm not surprised if Colbert has to pander to the teenage demographic which forms the bulk of his online audience. We're in for a disastrous future if we actually started "encouraging" speed runs in video games.

[@AmaranthRBY]

What's so bad about speedruns in videogames? lol

[@no9-5]

Mitch just performed one of the most INSANE speedrun glitches of all time live on T.V and the people clap at a man finishing a hotpocket.

[@soyokou.2810]

J It's just for fun. No need to be offended.

[@sensualarmpit3512]

Its ironic. We all know what its about

[@Whitecroc]

Eating a Hot Pocket like that is rather impressive, though.

[@the77don]

@@Whitecroc you know for a FACT that hot pocket wasn't heated all the way through. Everyone who's ever eaten a hot pocket knows that unless you want 3rd degree burns in your mouth you wait at LEAST a couple minutes. Great cause for a promotion but Colbert didnt do shit. All acting from him.

[@dracocrusher]

It's easy to underestimate how nuts this entire thing is. Here are the big conditions: You need to kill all three piranah plants and if you miss one at this speed then you might not even notice Set ALL these shells in super specific pixel-perfect locations. If you're off on jumping on that one just a little, it won't work. Glitch into the SIDE of the pipe which is kind-of rough in itself And do ALL OF THIS while following a precise route to do it as fast as physically possible with no mistakes because if you even breathe at the wrong thing at the wrong time then the whole thing just falls apart!

[@GramGramAnimations]

Anyone else come here after watching Summoning Salts SMB3 World Record Progression?

[@chimertaur]

I did

[@riplix20]

Mitch seems really good at dealing with pressure, gdq and here he was able to do the set up.

[@joelworsham134]

yessir

[@dualFace_]

Yep

[@lilgvbjr4683]

yupppppp

[@slavpepe6581]

Summoning salt

[@xRedFlag]

You called? Here I am

[@eboone]

Me too

[@Jmack7861]

Same

[@moviesbye9294]

Yup

[@nokov6517]

Only knew about this from him.

[@Buurazu]

Wasn't expecting the SGDQ shoutout at the end, very cool.

[@Ohrami]

It's clearly an advertisement for SGDQ. With how much money the people running it make, and with how much twitch makes, it's no surprise they would try to increase their publicity. It's a huge thing that brings in huge money for a lot of people.

[@DBZM1k3]

You know SGDQ is a charity event. Right? None of the runners make money from it. Twitch does because obviously they get ad revenue from people watching the event but that is all.

[@Ohrami]

DBZM1k3 None of the runners make money, but the people running the thing do. The CEO makes $250K+ per year.

[@DBZM1k3]

The CEO of what? There is no CEO of SGDQ. The only person who probably makes money from this is Romscout because he works for twitch.

[@Buurazu]

DBZM1k3 Unfortunately, I can't disagree with Ohrami. Look up Mike Uyama. I try not to think about that, though.

[@BentNeatly]

Track team is warming up going "what are we doing again?" Friends like "we're racing a guy playing Mario somewhere in New York."

[@Hyliancreed]

lmao

[@ReisenInaba]

Wrong, "we're racing a guy playing mario somewhere in New York and a man heating up a hot pocket and eating it

[@anachronisticlaserbeams4820]

They were also in New York. The Armory is in manhattan.

[@porsche911sbs]

Colbert and Fowler are in the Ed Sullivan Theater in the Theater District while the runners are in the Armory in Washington Heights... all on the same island.

[@thecianinator]

I'm glad to see somebody playing a video game on TV and not being made fun of for it by smarmy hosts.

[@philollenberg]

Colbert is an extremely gracious host and seems to treat all his guests with genuine interest and respect. :)

[@QuinsonHonQBB123XX]

I think the speedrunner deserves a bit more respect, but hey, at least Colbert isn't hating on him

[@AnArchyRulzz]

Quinson Hon well he still has to make people laugh, and low hanging jokes about any type of person are easy jokes to make. Whether they be a gamer or a lawyer or whatever.

[@Strype13]

I'm glad to see somebody using the word smarmy.

[@joebob4218]

I was expecting him to be called a virgin 500x

[@MelodicQuest]

Man was not meant to eat Hot Pockets at such a dangerous speed.

[@DeathBringer769]

That was like trying to consume lava, lol.

[@the77don]

You guys really think that soggy ass hotpocket was actually heated through.........

[@TheUlquiorraCifer]

@@the77don Looks pretty melty to me and that reaction to the first bite speaks. I know what type of heat a hot pocket needs for that reaction from personal experience.

[@mach6893]

I'm surprised SC didn't sear his esophagus while eating that Hot Pocket so fast.

[@NYCrazyRob]

I was mostly watching the SMB3 footage.

[@tonytang9975]

Cutting away from the smb footage is annoying.

[@seanlewis3381]

i feel like they were purposely cutting away from the in game footage to troll people a bit. I thought it was pretty funny.

[@stealthattack2209]

Same here :)

[@voidofmind]

Really? You don't think they were doing it because 98% of the audience doesn't watch SMB3 speedruns and they're there to see Colbert do his talk show, and not the video game?

[@seanlewis3381]

I don't watch speedruns. I enjoyed watching that speedrun though. They definitely could have cut out during less complicated and more well known parts of the run and let it stay on during the interesting parts of the speed run that were less well known. Then again your right, everyone would prefer to watch colbert eat a hot pocket super fast instead of seeing their childhood video game beat that fast.

[@Zensho]

Laughed at when Mitch quickly wipes his hand after Stephen shakes it.

[@ReisenInaba]

prob because that hand was too hot, that hot pocket was probably molten lava in Stephen's mouth

[@morphius747]

or sweaty gamer hand

[@AlexanderHarris]

+Adrian Moreno - Or a greasy pizza hand. XD

[@JVarni]

He was wiping his hands constantly from the moment he got to World 7, and for what I think are obvious reasons. Dude killed it in a super high pressure situation.

[@mach6893]

Mitch: Eww! Hot Pocket Grease!

[@Chimpmanboom]

People don't understand how difficult it is for Mitch to do that trick he did. He has gone entire streams before without being able to get it. But it could have been prerecorded and all set up which it probably was. But for a good cause getting gdq a shoutout

[@bakaron7842]

I know this is old, but Mitch did a completely different set up. This on is different from the world record one. It is 100% consistent. I’ve done it multiple times.

[@tyo6896]

I spent weeks and hundreds of attempts getting it right, finally did it yesterday, which led me here.

[@SquareSquidStudios]

Wow! Not many hosts would put so much on the line for the show. He could have seriously injured himself with that hot pocket~

[@thecataking6933]

It was basically like eating lava, I'm surprised he can even talk

[@uba754]

That SGDQ event just finished and they raised $1.3 million for Doctors Without Borders! AMAZING WORK!!!

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Amazing! Those doctors will have their borders back in no time!

[@EmanuelHoogeveen]

Wow, he actually got that super hard glitch about 1 second after the Columbia guys finished (you can see him going down a non-existent pipe). It takes a while after that for the game to glitch its way into the credits, but if you time the run by when he lost control (which is a common way to time them), he almost got 2nd! And considering it looked like he started ~2.6 seconds late on the camera, he *would* have finished 2nd if not for his bad start (signal must have been unclear on his end). That was ridiculously close for racing such different things :)

[@ShaunDreclin]

Emanuel Hoogeveen I don't think you lose control when you go in the pipe, you still have to move to the right side of the screen when you come out at the end

[@m.o.cfitnessrolemodels3642]

man, this was more exciting than any sports or competition event i have seen this year.

[@planetnine6546]

lol then clearly you're not a true sports fan. if you've seen Cleveland win in the final minute of game 7, coming back from a 3-1 deficit, against a team who has 73 wins, you wouldn't be saying that.

[@uome20bukz]

+Planet Nine neato

[@qwertylool4293]

+Planet Nine "I have seen". He might not have seen every football game this year.

[@banklikefrankwhite1]

+Planet Nine I think it's pretty clear that you clearly didn't need to point out the fact that he clearly isn't a "true sports fan" (whatever the hell that means). But since I obviously have no idea what a "true sports fan" is, can you explain it to me?

[@planetnine6546]

Uh, someone who watches sports?

[@avasam06]

Holy shit a TV show that empowers gamers instead of trying to make fun of AND promotes a GamesDoneQuick event. I already loved Colbert but now he really has all my respect.

[@honeydew1]

im glad to see a positive thing about esports/video games in popular media

[@tidegoesin_tidegoesout]

6:04 that handshake is just a gross mess of hot pocket grease and controller sweat

[@domlee5902]

The audience has no idea how hard Wrong warp is. Insane that he did it under that pressure

[@jamesthenabignumber]

Mitch is smiling and thinking, "you have no idea how amazing that was to do live on air, but the community will know!"

[@bradsum87]

this might be the greatest thing to find it's way onto the internet

[@MrGrunge88]

With the help of a Colbert Bump this year's SGDQ could absolutely shatter the previous donation record. Big props to Big Poppa Stephen for this segment - it was both highly entertaining and very respectful to the world of speedrunning (a hobby most other shows would've used as a stupid punchline).

[@sarysa]

Kudos to Colbert for giving the bump to (A/S)GDQ.

[@lucassleasman6421]

As a speedrunner myself. I can say with complete certainty that seeing this last Friday means a lot to both me and the community. Thank you very much Mr. Colbert for both advocating our cause and promoting it. We really need the support from people like you.

[@SamHuang69]

HOLY FUCK, l can't believe SGDQ is getting recognition on TV! Props to them for the bump!

[@brandonyu9602]

Who eats only 1 hot pocket when they come in packs of 2? Dam im fat.

[@Eltrotraw]

so basically you're saying colbert cheated

[@SeanBryantHayes]

Did you just call shenanigans? That's a very serious allegation.

[@lazyassslothin]

Who eats a hot pocket without the paper thing? Pizza burns fuckin suck

[@wiiztec]

Who eats a hot pocket when you can eat a lean pocket that doesn't taste like they melted a stick of butter into the cheese

[@brandonyu9602]

+wiiztec what's lean? Lol

[@Brutalious]

Cook AND eat a hot pocket in 3 minutes? I guess its possible if you never wanna taste anything again.

[@TheReal7Bit]

Please go and check him out on twitch: www.twitch.tv/mitchflowerpower He's a really relaxed and cool guy, I think it's fucking amazing that Colbert has guests like this

[@breetaylor5249]

As a food junkie, video game enthusiast, and former track runner, this was pretty epic to watch

[@Patrick_3751]

When he said he could beat Mario 3 in 3 minutes 8 seconds, I immediately thought bullshit since I thought back to the video where it's beaten in 11 minutes (which is actually sped up). Consider my mind blown! Also ANYONE that thinks 3 minutes is enough time to eat a hot pocket has never eaten a hot pocket and Stephen perfectly demonstrates why.

[@TompaA]

That 11 minutes run, I suppose you mean the old Tool-Assisted Speedrun by Morimoto, is not sped up at all. And that 11 minutes run is for the "No Wrong Warp" category. The current WR for that, also held by Mitch, is 10:47.

[@ThatPianoNoob]

somebody knows his shit :P

[@TompaA]

Exosus I've been TASing the game for the past 7 years or so, every category and some multiple times. I know a lot more than this basic and casual info ;). But yeah, there's still a lot of misunderstanding with that old TAS, ever since it was made almost 13 years ago, which is unfortunate.

[@ThatPianoNoob]

Man TASing must be so much. Like getting to understand the game so much better and figuring out the perfect movement for things. Too bad I would prolly lack the motivation over longer time :/

[@LordTyph]

It's like pre-time skip Second Gear in One Piece. Just because you CAN do it doesn't mean you won't regret it after the accomplishments are done.

[@vishalsundaram9827]

Stephen's "non-carousel microwave" is clearly labeled "Sharp Carousel" at 3:31 lol

[@LittleGreyBag]

Oh my god, one of the most enjoyable races I have ever seen.

[@Scixxy]

More of this kind of quality entertainment!

[@slr-d]

hell yea'

[@Burnthefirst]

this is why Colbert is just way ahead of the curve

[@VGjakeg]

huge up to Colbert for having on Mitch and shouting out SGDQ #GDQHYPE

[@BranceCrantly]

When he took that first molten bite of that Hot Pocket, I thought he was done. Surprised he could talk after that.

[@DodderingOldMan]

Oh hey, there's a Games Done Quick thing happening soon? I might actually remember to watch some of it live this time. Thanks Stephen!

[@IncoherentOrange]

It starts in roughly nine hours.

[@Monado.]

Yeah there are 2 every yeah, SGDQ and AGDQ. SGDQ being in the Summer and AGDQ being in the Winter. :) Starts in about 20 mins

[@LezardValeth-nn2gl]

it just started today

[@LezardValeth-nn2gl]

mighta missed alot of it tho

[@Ennuitk]

Wow I'm so glad sgdq has gotten some support from places that isn't Twitter or twitch. So great to see video games growing along side tv to get a broader support instead of the under 25

[@elSethro]

Did anyone else not care about the relay? haha I was just going back and forth between Stephen and Mario

[@spencexxx]

I couldn't give afuck about anything but the game. Sports and an unfunny man eating. Woopie.

[@CosmicAnimosty138]

@@spencexxx exactly

[@Kohaku9002]

Also worth nothing, that wrong warp is nothing to sneeze at, it is incredibly difficult to even get to work, and even if you do, if you're one pixel off, the game just crashes.

[@dicehands]

Very cool of Colbert to advertise GDQ and let Mitch be on a public stage like that. Good on him.

[@BizerkPixel]

especially awesome how he plugged in the GDQ marathon!

[@jacobszukalo6615]

This is genuinely one of the most fun things that have happened in video game speed runs. Summoning salt is such a hero for keeping speedrunnings famous into the 3rd decade of the 2000’s. What an incredible run. What an incredible set of videos. Seriously anyone who cares about video games at all check out summoning salt. He will make you care about video games in a way you never have even thought of before. As a bonus, his voice is the perfect noise to fall asleep with

[@jacobszukalo6615]

On another note, thanks to Colbert for embrasssing the inner nerd he attributes to getting him where he is for bringing a speed runner on live TV. Just so awesome to watch as as avid gamer, even 4-5 years after it happened

[@linky0064]

I have a never ending supply of respect for Colbert.

[@leprechaunluck24]

IKR!

[@jhsevs]

I also have a never ending supply of respect for Mitch.

[@zacharycollins9485]

Loved him since The Daily Show back in the Day...ly Show. Haha 😃

[@DeathBringer769]

Yea, trying to eat a hot pocket that soon out of the microwave takes one tough dude, lol. Shit is like lava right out of the microwave.

[@mistrofelis6600]

Oh, my, God. Colbert, you were my favorite Host already, now you are a legend dude. Thank you for giving visibility to the Speedrunning community. I'm actually emotional right now hahahah

[@treyphillips9191]

A fellow cookie clicker I see?

[@squachotic7000]

How is no one talking about how Mitch pulled off the wrong warp on live TV!

[@samkellman]

SO MUCH TO LOOK AT @_@

[@onlyrock1]

Always cool seeing one of your highschool buddies on an international tv show. Burlington, ON, Represent!!

[@kamrongrant]

2m into the run and I'm on the edge of my seat! :P Awesome commentator, this bit was far funnier than I had anticipated!

[@spicytuna62]

"Stephen has picked a non-carousel microwave!" SHARP Carousel in the upper left corner of the door and I'm in tears :'D

[@ZeroG84]

So, no-one realized that the dude actually won the game?

[@Forslimjims]

He did not eat it normally, he clearly rushed eating it before it was cool. I call for a rematch where Stephen accurately represents the general population. He must take a bite, spit it out, wash his mouth out with cold water, wait a minute for it to cooldown, and only then can he eat it.

[@totallytherealpewdiepie1643]

what about the part where he gets it out of the freezer

[@jamesrelich8210]

If Mitch is allowed to skip World 8, I don't see why Colbert can't skip the cooldown.

[@anrina]

This was ridiculously fun! Definitely one of my favorite segments ever. I was highly skeptical and thought it was going to be really dumb. But it was SO EXCITING!!!!

[@chayblay]

huge props for not dismissing this skit and actually executing the idea. the commentary alone was obviously scripted to a tee, hilarious

[@mikewilliams6025]

Steven could have shaved off some major time. Sloppy run.

[@abhineetsingh7836]

3 years late but *you* do it then

[@cookieface80]

@@abhineetsingh7836 He's joking...

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

Shame, but OHD (object heat displacement) wasn't discovered until over a year later... by Andrew G, funnily enough. Would have let him eat the hot pocket almost immediately.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

This is the dumbest thing I've seen in a while, and I absolutely love it. Leave it to Colbert to plug charity and Hot Pockets at the same time!

[@SentinelPrimek]

Colbert pretend to spit out the 2nd to last bite to give the speedrunner some time.

[@karkinissan]

TBH, it could've been too hot to chew.

[@Numbingbird]

Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that, lol

[@anrina]

It was SO GROSS LOL

[@theworstchannelonjewtube789]

That's part of the joke though. With microwave food some parts are like way too fucking hot and you have to spit out out or bare with the blisters as it cools on your tongue. It doubles as giving him some time.

[@sw204me]

You don't eat a lot of hot pockets do you? It's like lava when it comes out of the microwave.

[@ISing2Liv1142]

This was actually one of the most entertaining things I've ever watched

[@unforseenconsequense]

I was kinda hoping Colbert would look at the screen near the end and be like "what the hell did you do?"

[@XTZTwinTurbo]

Colbert should have had to walk to the freezer first.. And who has a microwave next to their recliner?? :P

[@ReisenInaba]

true convenience

[@artemi7]

Well, if that's the case, speedrunners should have to do the proper rituals to get their NES to work. I mean, who's game just... worked the moment you slide it into the slot? ;P

[@XTZTwinTurbo]

True. Rematch then. :)

[@jacobp7037]

+artemi7 neither had to do the customary blowing

[@NathanWubs]

My nes is still working fine. After we got it in 1992. Same with the carts. It's all about maintenance, that many people cannot or will not do. But speedrunners, will always have working carts, controllers and consoles.

[@LysolPionex]

good job Mitch! we're all super-proud of you!

[@Kn1cknackz0]

Smart on Stephen and his team! It can be tough to get a live audience excited about video games because usually they're not always the kind of people who know anything about that scene. But by making it a challenge against athletes and Stephen himself, he was able to keep them engaged.

[@chaosawaits]

I like how Mitch casually beats the game still while Colbert is shouting about how great he is

[@CynAnne1]

Between Colbert's impromptu 'F-bombs' and priceless sight-gags, this was one of THE funniest sketches so far! Have a Happy 4th o' July weekend, everybody...! :D

[@NanoSwarm]

Write a letter to the FCC

[@ozmondjohn2216]

It's crazy to think the niche hobby of the Internet is now on the Late Show... We have come a ways

[@MaudLouth]

This was an all around great segment. A friendly competition between three things that are impressive in their own right, total commitment to doing them live on TV, and charity shoutout at the end. It's just great!

[@fey0217]

mitch executes a series of complicated and intricate moves and all the audience can focus on is colbert eating a hot pocket

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

In a few years from now speedrunning events will become a televised event for the (not very regularly playing) mainstream, as opposed to an obscure event with 'nerds' and 'virgins'. Guys like Stephen open-mindedly making time for Mitch and not roasting him for being 'no lifer' is a great step.

[@Strype13]

Reminding people that they are, in fact, "no lifers" is probably a step in the wrong direction, though.

[@BaconSenpai]

Delusional.

[@the77don]

Since this video speedrunning events have only lost value........... sorry bud

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

Nah. Esports yes, speedrunning no.

[@bradleymoore2797]

tv is close to dying. There will only be netflex and everything will be broadcasted directly to the internet and from there to your computers/tablets/phones.

[@GnlMachoman]

He cheated, he didn't finish swallowing and then he distract the player with a premature victory celebration.

[@PsychoPenguin1919]

So incredibly awesome to see a shoutout and guest appearance like this on a popular Late Show. Thanks Stephen, for making this segment light-hearted but still respectful and entertaining.

[@mizuhonova]

I felt like having Colbert win was a bit anti-climatic. The purpose of this interview/skit should have been to promote interest in the charity event and the final scene when Mitch beat the game was overshadowed by Stephen's win. That being said, props to him for having Mitch on in the first place.

[@FattSnider]

dude he did a PIXEL perfect trick and no one noticed. as mitch has said himself "1 in a billion of that happening" and ppl are cheering the dude that microwaved a fucking hot pocket. are you serious?

[@FattSnider]

its multiple pixel perfect things wraped in one big trick to, btw

[@Zanador]

Yeah I agree. I get that Colbert winning was the "joke" since he was the non-serious competitor, but I feel like that kind of undermines the whole bit. It makes the speedrun seem not as impressive especially since the commentary just stops and the camera stops focusing on Mitch at all as soon as Stephen finishes. It wasn't even mentioned how precise and rare it is to pull this trick off so to a viewer who doesn't know shit about SMB3 or speedrunning it's probably not clear what happened or why they should care.

[@c24c24c24]

damn it, i wanted to see how the guy finished the video game lol

[@IMBAtvMoley]

It was still playing in the background, you didn't miss much, he goes though a pipe (That doesn't really exist) and the game thinks he walked though the boss door at the end of the game, and then it rolls credits

[@dan7564]

so basically, he cheated

[@lordbread2083]

+Alucard that's speed running in a nutshell

[@Hotshots2890]

its no considered a cheat if its in the game already, its a bug exploit. get it right and when you speed run its allowed. check any other nintendo game speed run before you post a stupid comment and get blasted liked this for it ;) have a nice day +Alucard

[@dan7564]

Hotshots2890 lol, Then the "sport" is a problem, if there happened to be a bit of paint missing in a marathon and an athlete used it to cut half the field, no one would be impressed.

[@EnderSword]

Very happy they had this sort of thing on, though a tiny bit disappointed they didn't at least for half a second point to the screen and show he had beaten it. The 'Race' part was silly so it doesn't matter if he 'won' the race, but not acknowledging that he beat the game a few seconds after is weird.

[@voidofmind]

What you're complaining about affects the expose of this event by roughly 0%.

[@EnderSword]

Yeah, it doesn't, it's just strange to showcase it and not point out the finish. .5 seconds yelling 'And He's done!' if the audience doesn't know what the end looks like, leaves them thinking he failed to finish.

[@SagaciousSilence]

It's segments like this that shows how amazing Stephen Colbert is. He treats the speedrun/gaming community with respect just like he would any other hobby or sport. Amazing man.

[@tempatempo3805]

Repsect for the SGDQ Shoutout + the commentator for actually saying vaild things in the speedrun

[@607]

He did it!! The chances of success are actually really slim, aren't they? Why wasn't there more attention for Mitch actually doing it?

[@etou1146]

Most people just see someone playing Mario. They wouldn't even be able to recognize which title he played.

[@Icedpyro21]

yay gdq's getting major coverage from big names

[@jcompton3947]

Obsessed with this. Ian Eagle just commentating about warp whistles is everything.

[@jcompton3947]

Legitimately two of my favorite people. Had no idea Mitch had been on national TV. This is so cool!

[@TheChromaKid]

This was actually really fun to watch xD I was worried they might try make speedrunning sound dumb. Good job everyone!

[@JohnnyFlash-]

Mitch always gets an anonymous $10,000 donation during his GDQ runs. I wonder where that could could be coming from?

[@Daniel-be6cj]

I legit didn't know you could drop behind the scenery without being Super Mario, the wiggle he does with the koopa shell is insane

[@mangaluver1231]

This was incredibly enjoyable to watch. Please do something like this again!!

[@stixtheminer]

This was incredibly entertaining.

[@jaydsrimjobs]

shit he pulled it off on television?!

[@jacoboblanco1555]

So happy for Mitch, I love his stream!

[@Magitroopa]

This is why Colbert is awesome.

[@michellefenton1377]

Hope this becomes a regular segment. Very funny!

[@jadedtrekkie150]

Actually surprising that the commentator knew what he was talking about when discussing smb3

[@TakeMinamoto]

well, props to him for doing his research before the show... but then again... MASSIVE props to Mitch for doing the wrong warp on live TV, holy shit!!

[@pageup213]

Awesome that SGDQ has this kind of exposure these days. Such a great event and raises some much needed $ for charity, all in the name of gaming, and our love for it. Keep doing the great things you are speedrunners, and the event organisers, and last but not least the gaming community as a whole.

[@matthewevans3543]

This is why I love Stephen, he brings games into his show

[@TheUltimateGamer07]

Amazing. Games Done Quick now getting national exposure. Sweet.

[@Whatthetrash]

Well, THIS was awesome. :)

[@tobikurashiki5800]

I love the knowledgeable commentary. It's hilarious.

[@BrentWigginsWords]

The level of precision you have to go through is insane.

[@ethanklahn9799]

Next episode: sethbling

[@klyffjohnson]

This looks rigged to me. I think Stephen pre-thawed his Hot Pocket.

[@ericsbuds]

love Mr Colbert. I mean cmon! this is the best race ever and the crowd was loving it. too good.

[@mistadomino]

this was so cool thanks Stephen for doing this!