dave barry. mitch albom. on guitar dave barry. on wigs scott dutrow. on awkwardly standing around. on backup vocals, mary carr. on whip, amy tan.d, joining them in conversation is moderator lisa napoli. the word's smartest and most literate rock and roll band the rock bottom remainders. [ cheers and applause ] >>> hi, everyone. hi. hi. oh, my goodness. dave barry roped me into this because i'm a longstanding groupie of this band, i know all their secrets. i have a copy of the only book only written that's been b remainder, 1992? yeah. you can mug many for this later on. i have been hugging around for 15 years. because i live with the group manager ted, who i still haven't married much to dave's chagrin. amy, dave, phen, ridley, roy blount, okay, you got a fax and then all thof a sudden this cam about, so how did that happen? stephen, you tell the story so well. well. >> dave. [ laughter ] a wonderful woman named kathy from san francisco -- literary escort. >> describe -- >> she would take you around to the interviews and get you back to the airport. rock musician in san francisco,

>> it was dave barry. it was dave barry. yes, it was dave barry , and that is a very simple song.ree chords. and i am looking at bruce springsteen's uvula in his throat as he is singing gl o ria , and i messed up the cords. i did. there's three chords, but i got them all out of order. it was crazy. i was totally starstruck. >> well he, you, i don't know if you remember this, but you introduced him. we have been playing for 1000 people and they had been nice to us. we thought we were doing really well. and steve goes, we don't usually let people come on stage with us. we are going to make an exception because this guy says he's pretty good. ladies and gentlemen, bruce springsteen. he only got to the t, and those 1000 people became 10,000 people. it was -- right? it was the loudest we had ever heard anything. they all mobbed the stage, and we do "gloria," i didn't know there were three chords. i have to learn the other two. i thought there was only one court in that song. bruce would just come you know, dave with swing -- ling the lead and then bruce would go, gloria, and we finishe

we had dave barry well okay, i used to do this. it was the, the, the was, was the name of the company. i don't want to name. okay. acuff-rose i used to get the whole audience to say instead of acuff-rose a bodily part that's very bad. say that was our revenge to them. but stephen the lyric the one not this is not the one we got sued about. but stephen, i don't know if you ever remember this. we're doing a song called last kiss or, you know, one of those teen death anthems. do you remember what you sang? teenage when i awoke, you know that line? when i awoke, she lying there, i. i don't remember. this is what he sang one night. and we're like, when i woke, she was lying there. i brushed her liver from my. he just just declared. i think it was vile of crack and teen angel. i'm allowed to say that you're going to get now. i'm going to get sued sam. i want to talk with sam a second about cathy. the foundries of this group, because sam actually married cathy everybody loved cathy, but sam married her the late cathy. yeah. i love, too. s

"kids, i don't wanna freak you out, but if daddy doesn't get some quiet time in here with his dave barryne's gonna kill santa." [cheers and applause] over in wales, they keep things joyful. i'm sorry, i meant terrifying. because there, they celebrate with a centuries-old tradition called "the mahri looeed," which is a horse skull dressed up with ribbons and mounted on a pole. ♪ it's beginning to look ♪ ♪ a lot like horse skull ♪ the mahri looeed is accompanied by a group of singers and visits homes, pubs, and other gathering places. and just by looking at her, you can tell she has a gorgeous voice. [screaming] ♪ jingle bells! ♪ jingle bells! jingle ll the way! ♪ we got a great show for you tonight! my guest is edward norton! plus a special holiday performance by louis cato and the late show band. but when we come back, it's time for our annual holiday cartoon. stick around, y'all. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "the late show with stephen colbert" sponsored by the farmer's dog. fresh human grade dog food. covid-19? i'm not waiting. if it's covid, paxlovid. paxlovid is an oral treatment for adults wit