Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell sing the National Anthem – VIDEO

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.

(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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    1. W&M_NU says:

      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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    2. Noreen says:

      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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      • Jenny with a Y says:

        Welcome to the NFZ community Noreen. We always love getting new zoners.

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      • ColbertGirl27 says:

        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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    3. Laaaura says:

      Haha, they’re both such great singers!

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    4. storm_03 says:

      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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      • Jenny with a Y says:

        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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        • storm_03 says:

          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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          • ColbertGirl27 says:

            Thanks for the link! Yeah, Stephen looked simultaneously worried and amused when he heard the knife was broken.

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          • Jenny says:

            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

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    5. Olivia says:

      The podcast is up? Woohoo!

      (Yeah, that’s right, I said “Woohoo!”)

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    6. Olivia says:

      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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      • mrtigger001 says:

        haha, yeah i noticed he consistently does that every time he sings the national anthem.

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    7. Dee says:

      i hope they give us the video of the entire interview…!

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      • storm_03 says:

        yeah i know, it’s a pain to have to search for little bits at a time

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    8. truth says:

      PLAY BALL!

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    9. looped linear says:

      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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    10. tiger says:

      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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    11. ColbertGirl27 says:

      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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    12. eirracoes says:

      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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    13. GabbyD says:

      love that standing ovation at the end. fitting!

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    14. Jeeves says:

      So so happy right now.

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