The host of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert encouraged DM’s sweaty masses on video during Block 5 – with a special guest appearance from the one and only Cookie Monster. If he seems familiar, it’s because he promoted dancer registration in 2015. Here are five must-know Purple Pride facts about Stephen Tyrone Colbert (Speech ‘86).
1. He lived in Willard and then moved to an apartment on Ridge and Foster. He and his roommates owned a white cat named Blanche DuBois, which he described as "superfat" to Northwestern magazine.
2. He was in a campus improv troupe with David Schwimmer (Speech '88). Yep, Ross from Friends and Stephen Colbert performed together in the No Fun Mud Piranhas, which returned to campus in 2012.
3. He decided to change the pronunciation of his name on his flight to Northwestern. Right before the start of his freshman year, Colbert dropped the T to become “Cole-bear.”
4. He is one of three former Wildcats who host late-night shows. Seth Meyers (Speech ‘96) anchors NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and Robin Thede (Medill ‘01) presides over BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede.
5. He’ll be back to school April 21 for the School of Communication’s CommFest. Colbert will host “A Starry Night,” which will feature Comm alumni like Brian D’Arcy James (Speech ‘90 – also, you know, King George III from Hamilton.)