In order to manage an overabundance of “Colbert Questionert” segments, Late Show host Stephen Colbert has announced the launch of “The Colbert Questionert Extraordinert,” an online-only home for Q&As that don’t make it to air.
Conceived as a segment that poses “15 questions to cover the full spectrum of human experience,” “The Colbert Questionert” to date has been foist upon dozens upon dozens of Late Show guests including Julia Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gary Oldman, Will Ferrell, Chris Hemsworth, Drew Barrymore, Elton John, Nicole Kidman and, most recently, Lady Gaga.
Colbert, though, apparently has been so damn prolific with the Questionert that he has found himself with more than he can ever make time for on CBS’ The Late Show.
“You may be familiar with The Colbert Questionert, a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest’s psyche. Well, it turns out that we may have plumbed far deeper than we could have imagined,” Colbert explains in the intro video above. “And due to what the teleprompter right here assures me is ‘popular demand,’ I’m excited to introduce a new online-only series of Questionerts”—dubbed The Colbert Questionert Extraordinert.
The first “Questionert Extraordinert” to be branded as such features Jeff Bridges (The Old Man, assorted Trons) and is leftover from the Hollywood vet’s September 2024—yes, 2024—appearance on the late-night program.
“You know him from The Big Lebowski. You know him from Crazy Heart. You might even know him from one episode of Lassie in 1969. But do you really know him?” Colbert says in the set-up for the 14-minute quiz. “You will after he takes the Colbert Questionert!”
With the online-only Questionert and Inside Entertainwood, looks like the Late Show team have found an outlet for extra celebrity content while cleaning up the digital shop.
I’m making a forecast that the last crucial months of the show remaining, Colbert and co. are mapping out a finale while giving the celebrity guest filler its own space, which is a gud sign. I want all meaty, no holding back, definitive monologues, segments and special appearances curated for and by Colbert so that he gets the proper late night finale he deserves~