The greatest performance ever by a late night talk show host?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hmhESUZOY
Alicia Keys singing and Stephen Colbert rapping a parody of Jay-Z’s rap verse. New York!
LYRICS:
Yea yea yea
I love New York- King of all the cities
Lived up by the Guggenheim, till i got some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, bye George Pataki
Go to the dry cleaners, pick up my khaki’s
Shopping malls close, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home Theatre System - 60 inch plasma
Clean suburban air - much better for my asthma
Still hit the city - Times Square keep it real
Hard Rock Cafe for the appetizer deal
M&M Store, Disney Store, I’m in heaven
I own this town from 41st to 47th
Addicted to the Lion King - That show is fantastic
Leave half an hour early so that I can beat the traffic
I can get home really fast
Driver rocks an EZ Pass
Land of turbo gas and the upper middle class
This was a serious debate. This is one of the greatest things ever done on a late-night talk show. He basically said that it needed a shout-out to the suburbs, and then he not only did it, he NAILED it. We were sitting around playing poker trying to think of anything comparible as a performance by a late-night host. A hit song and he shows up the hitmaker, in a way, and she is into it…not like he was snubbing her; he stood his ground as good.
It’s the best one hour on TV when Stewart and Colbert are on since Cheers and Night Court (I just said that as a random reference to sound Thursday night NBC-retro cool).