Stephen Colbert
speaker
1,440 appearances
49 recordings
16 series
first heard Feb 2024
last heard 4 Sep
Stephen Colbert’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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How then can I...
Use what they've just given me to give them a better rhythm, a better joke the next time around.
How can I slide down the front face of their wave to give them better energy back?
It's like how can I make this a reciprocal relationship?
How can I make this good – this moment feel as good for them as it's feeling for me right now?
What can I give back to them?
And because comedy is about rhythm, it's like where you jump in on their laughter is –
really may be the only decision you're making.
And if you're really feeling it, it's not a decision at all.
So there's nothing to worry about while the audience is laughing.
Exactly.
And if this wasn't radio, I would graph it for you.
Yeah.
When the show first started, I thought, well, it's a giant space.
It's a Broadway stage.
What kind of energy, what level of energy do I need to fill this space that is then sort of captured by the camera?
And because I used to very much do a show that was for the camera that the audience got to witness.
I feel like now I'm doing a show for the room that the cameras witness.
And that's a really big difference.
Yeah.
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