Klassic Kolbert: Stephen Colbert on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’

Oh, how I love these vaulted treasures featuring a young Stephen Colbert from the pre-Colbert Report days. Check out this video of Stephen Colbert in the “Animal Interrogation” sketch on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’. Stephen interrogating a puppy is not to be missed!



Big thanks to colbaby and Twitter user (and proud member of Team Coco) janeway529 for the tip!

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  1. Arkadina says:

    Ooooh, look at that pupppppppy! It’s even cuter than Stephen!

    That donkey wants the hell outta there though….

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  2. Ann G says:

    Wow, that’s an oldie but a goodie! Stephen and Conan look so young.

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  3. Lilimich says:

    Gah! Floppy-haired Stephen!

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  4. Tish says:

    I totally misread that misspelling as ‘Animal Integration’ and has weird maths related images. XP
    Such an adorable clip! :D

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  5. Katydidnt says:

    That’s so great! I’d never seen that before!

    The sad thing is, if there were an animal interrogation channel, I’d definitely watch if Stephen were on it.

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  6. MaryLovesColbert says:

    Haha! This is bizarre, but also pretty hilarious. And Stephen’s hair is all floppy! Thanks for the great find, guys. :D

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  7. Christiane says:

    OMG the puppy! it looks so nervous like “Why you mad???” socute.

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  8. janeway529 says:

    Thanks for the shoutout, DB! :)
    -Joanna

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  9. jBirdNZ says:

    The only that would have been better was if Stephen had picked up that puppy and cuddled it, then I would have died from adorableness.

    Thank you for posting!

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    • Tish says:

      jBird, have a search on youtube for the “Gentle News Network” clip from the Dana Carvey Show – Stephen + a golden lab = adorableness overload there! <3

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      • jBirdNZ says:

        Thanks for the heads-up, Tish! Good lord, so *much* cuddlesomeness .

        And I caught Stephen doing his particularly fine Gregory Peck impersonation while I was on YouTube too. He got the voice perfectly.

        My reCaptcha: knerampl thickness. The mind boggles…

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  10. lockhart43 says:

    I totally didn’t know this existed, it’s hilarious! And definitely adorkable. Thanks so much for this! :D

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  11. Karenatasha says:

    And you were asking, DB, why we always come back to this site? Treasures like this! Awwww. So cute.

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  12. Gratefull says:

    “You took the money. You had the gun. You ran for the door!” … LOL … wonderful improv !!!!

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  13. MsWooster says:

    I always watch “Law and Order: Animal Interogation.” How did I miss this?! I also find Stephen in suspenders strangely attractive.

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    • lockhart43 says:

      “I also find Stephen in suspenders strangely attractive.”

      GUH. Me too! :)

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  14. Caoilfhiann says:

    Love his hair. Love the animals. I loved when the turtle tried to make a run for it. How could they be so mean to that puppy. lol. What ever happened to good cop/bad cop? The donkey almost got away, but obviously Stephen is more stubborn than a donkey. Who is the other actor? When was this? How far back do Colbert and Coco go?

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    • Roseha says:

      I agree so totally adorable! As far as how far back Stephen and Conan go, I’m thinking this looks circa 1996 when Stephen was on the short lived Dana Carvey show (mentioned above) along with Robert Smigel who went on to produce Conan’s show for awhile. So I would think the voice of Triumph may be the connection. Just guessing though.

      I love seeing Stephen keeping an absolute straight face with those cute animals. They were framed I’m sure! :)

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  15. Katt says:

    I don’t know who is more adorable, Stephen or the puppy!!

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