This week "Late Night" and Stephen Colbert did a cross-show promotion in order to raise money for charity. The end result of this was that Colbert had to sing Rebecca Black's biggest hit "Friday".
With backing from The Roots, he did just that:
The previous night the following dialogue took place on the show as Jimmy announced how much money they had raised:
Jimmy: $50,000!
Announcer Steve Higgins: You could buy a lot of Soul Patrol sweatshirts with that.
Jimmy: Yeah, you could- you could- I lost a lot of money; you made me invest in Soul Patrol sweatshirts.
Higgins: Yes.
Jimmy: Taylor- Taylor Hicks.
Higgins: Taylor Hicks... Soul Patrol... you gotta remember they're hyper--
Jimmy: Hypercolor sweatshirts that they don't make anymore.
Higgins: Yeah. But--
Jimmy: You made me lose a lot of money.
Higgins: The money's still there! That's an investment. In the future. Soul Patrol.
Jimmy: Taylor Hicks is- is- he's a great talent, I love that guy--
Higgins: What about the Sanjaya hair clips? And hair extensions?
Jimmy: I lost a lot of money.
Higgins: That's like money in the bank.
And you'll find in the "Friday" performance Jimmy is wearing a Hypercolor Soul Patrol sweatshirt.
March 25, 2011 - a date that will live in Late Night history. This is the rundown of the music which the Roots played during Late Night:
Opening: Late Night Theme.
Jimmy's Walkover: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Throw to Commercial #1: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Start of Segment #2: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Throw to Commercial #2: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Start of Segment #3: "Careless Whisper"
Guest #1 Walk-On: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #3: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Segment #4: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #4: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Segment #5: "Careless Whisper"
Guest #2 Walk-On: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #5: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Final Segment: "Careless Whisper"
End Credits: Something different - a "Disco" rendition of "Careless Whisper".
Now THAT'S a show!
Although it was never explained, sitting in with the Roots tonight was the "Sexy Sax Man" Sergio Flores. And when you have a big star like that on your show, you gotta have him play all the hits.
If you're not familiar with this particular phenomenon, prepare for greatness:
The Wolfwaker was born to a nomadic tribe that wandered the barren plains of Cyrus 6 - a small, rocky world orbiting a dying sun in a forgotten corner of a distant galaxy.
At age ten, he was captured by Nightwalker sentinels and taught to wield the harmonic spear. His childhood was spent in the cold vacuum of space. His play things - tools of destruction. His education - interstellar war. He became a master of killing and fought along other Nightwalker slaves, some of them organic, some of them machines, all of them orphans.
When he was twenty Earth-years-old, he was sent to annihilate the wolf home world - a peaceful green planet called Lupin. As he stepped from the landing craft, the wolven dawn broke over the mountains reminding him of daybreak on Cyrus 6 when he was a boy. Something awoke within the Wolfwaker and he turned his weapon against the Nightwalker Dropship as it sped off to safety. He swore a blood oath to defend the wolves and as they awakened him, so would he awaken them and lead them in battle beyond the stars...
