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Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell sing the National Anthem – VIDEO
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I know how wonderful Stephen sings, but it always amazes me how wonderful Steve Carell sings (even if he is camping it up).
Here are some more links to the event at the iTunes store, courtesy of an amazing fan blog for “The Office” that I highly recommend, OfficeTally.
- Audio podcast
- Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
- Anne Hathaway talks about Barbara Feldon
- Steve Carell talks about the Swiss army knife flame thrower
(h/t Amanda, Jenny with a Y, Sadie07, D.J.)
And, just for the fun of it, here’s some more of Stephen singing the National Anthem, behind the cut. He really likes that harmony! (Yes, we’ve done this before, and no, I don’t care.)
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27 Comments
June 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Thank-you, thank-you Apple!
That interview between Stephen and Steve is priceless.
Stephen singing the National Anthem will never get old either.
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June 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Well that is just brilliant! I am waiting on word of their invitation to sing the National Anthem at a MLB event. What lucky team will get them? First time visiting ‘The Zone’ and I am hooked
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June 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Welcome to the NFZ community Noreen. We always love getting new zoners.
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June 28th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Welcome Noreen! I’ve been a Zoner since April and, as you suggested, you become addicted pretty quickly.
I was thinking the same thing regarding their need to sing at an MLB game and I don’t think it’s really out of reach!
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June 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Haha, they’re both such great singers!
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June 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i know it was awesome… and carell does have a great voice… like when he sang “let my love open the door” in “dan in real life”
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June 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Storm_03, I just finished watching “Dan in Real LIfe” for the fourth time. “Let My Love Open the Door” gets to me every time.
Thank you for posting the National Anthem videos DB. Watching Stephen sing the National Anthem is always a treat.
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June 28th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
yeah i love that movie so much…
i just love colbert’s reactions to steve in this clip, also from the apple store…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUD_jE8MqJw
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June 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Thanks for the link! Yeah, Stephen looked simultaneously worried and amused when he heard the knife was broken.
June 28th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
yeah i love in this clip how he is genuinely interested in what steve is saying about the knife, like he’s listening so intently ;) lol
June 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
The podcast is up? Woohoo!
(Yeah, that’s right, I said “Woohoo!”)
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June 28th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Oh, and I love how Stephen always sings the “bum, BUM, bump-bump bum bum bum” on “that our flag was still there.” I’m so used to standing in the middle of a bunch of band kids at a school assembly or game when the chorus is singing and hearing that from all sides.
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June 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
haha, yeah i noticed he consistently does that every time he sings the national anthem.
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June 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
i hope they give us the video of the entire interview…!
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June 28th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
yeah i know, it’s a pain to have to search for little bits at a time
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June 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
PLAY BALL!
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June 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
This is a fabulous selection of national anthems; thanks DB.
The way that both Colbert and Carell’s voices seemed to be somehow weaving in and out around the harmonies was really impressive.
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June 28th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
yes, this is just really cool! they are both so awesome. I’m sitting here soaking up the awesomeness. this fangirl gig definitely works for me.
earlier I left them a nice comment over at OfficeTally. I didn’t see if it was approved, but I was just thanking them for putting it up, from the perspective of a Colbert fan. I should have know it would eventually end up at our fandom’s best blog!
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June 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Can anyone give me the link to the Colbert-Carell National Anthem on YouTube? I can’t seem to find it and I want to save it to my favorites. Thanks!
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June 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Nevermind. It’s searchable now.
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June 28th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
That man makes me so much more patriotic than I could have ever wished to be in the light of past eight years.
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June 29th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Seconded! I know exactly what you mean.
Also, jesus christ that clip was amazing.
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July 1st, 2008 at 3:06 am
Thirded!
BTW, those two have sing beautifully together!
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July 1st, 2008 at 3:08 am
Oops, that should be: “those two sing”…
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June 30th, 2008 at 4:33 am
love that standing ovation at the end. fitting!
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July 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
So so happy right now.
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October 21st, 2008 at 1:29 am
[...] Although I enjoyed the entire show, the segment with Wynton Marsalis was definitely my favorite because of the HipHopketball clip and Stephen’s “horn” playing. The Marsalis/Colbert performance was all kinds of awesome! It reminded me of how much I love it when Stephen sings the National Anthem. [...]