“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” may be synonymous with The Roots at this point, but Fallon wasn’t the first late night host to use the beloved band. That honor belongs to Stephen Colbert.
“Strangely, I actually have pieces of [‘Captain’ Kirk Douglas’] guitar, and this is true,” Colbert said during the most recent episode of the podcast “Strike Force Five.”
In 2008, “The Colbert Report” did a show in Philadelphia where Douglas and Questlove performed as the show’s band.
“So you were the first host to have The Roots as the band?” Fallon asked.
“I don’t like to brag, but I do brag all the time when you’re not around like, ‘I kinda broke that idea,'” Colbert said. “They played for one night, and they started the show with the national anthem. At the end of it, Kirk smashed his guitar, and I swept up the pieces and...
“Strangely, I actually have pieces of [‘Captain’ Kirk Douglas’] guitar, and this is true,” Colbert said during the most recent episode of the podcast “Strike Force Five.”
In 2008, “The Colbert Report” did a show in Philadelphia where Douglas and Questlove performed as the show’s band.
“So you were the first host to have The Roots as the band?” Fallon asked.
“I don’t like to brag, but I do brag all the time when you’re not around like, ‘I kinda broke that idea,'” Colbert said. “They played for one night, and they started the show with the national anthem. At the end of it, Kirk smashed his guitar, and I swept up the pieces and...
- 9/20/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
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