Meanwhile... "Baby Shark" Passes 10 Billion Views | Explaining Sex Lingo To Your Parents Is Hard
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- Meanwhile... Stephen helps the ubiquitous earworm "Baby Shark" song celebrate a milestone, and helps our head writer Opus Moreschi answer a tricky question from his father. #Colbert #Comedy #Meanwhile
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Opus Moreschi is the single most great name I've ever heard.
Sounds like a Bond villain, or a metal band
The goalie for the Vancouver Canucks is named Thatcher Demko--I've been joking for awhile that he sounds like a Bond villain.
In the early 20th Century there was a horror writer named Algernon Blackwood. That's my favourite name ever. It's like destiny. Enter the world with a name like that and you WILL write spooky stories. You will not be a plumber.
I loved how elaborate and weirdly specific the Meanwhile preamble has gotten over the years, but what a pleasant surprise for Stephen to subvert our expectations like this lol
Yeah but I miss god. Though it is only fitting that he has abandoned us in these times. ☝🏾
I would love to see a fan art collage that depicts a whole bunch of Meanwhile concepts!!
Sometimes... just sometimes...
I laughed just hard! Lolol
@@naomiarram5187 oh shiiiit, I dig this idea!! I’m screen grabbing the comments so it’ll remain in my photo feed as a reminder to go through a bunch of meanwhile intros ✂️
Edit: ps, I’m a traditional collage artist
Labor shortage finally hit the Meanwhile intro writers! 😂
I've NEVER had to hear 'Baby Shark." That's just *one* of the multitudinous giddy delights of ensuring that my lush, child-bearing loins have remained infertile.
Best comment today!
Hell yeah, Susie. Child-free for liiiiife!
You are so lucky. I teach preschool and they wanna hear that everyday. 🤪😂
Your loss Baby Shark slaps
I have twins and have never clicked the video, but it was on a Netflix show of some kind at one point….thankfully they have never cared or gotten attached to it!
So the lack of his "Meanwhile" preamble was clearly due to the effort Stephen put into attempting to explain "the Nixon gesture" to Mr. Moreschi. Sometimes hard decisions about where to spend the effort have to be made...
It is a gesture that insinuates a desire to perform oral sex on a woman.
At least that was how I explained it to my own parents about 30 years ago!
Although, it was a bit disconcerting when my mum responded "Oh! You mean cunnilingus!"
I have a hard time believing that a man who fathered a man who would grow up to be employed as a cunning linguist would have no grasp on cunnilingus
Genius
I see what you did there.
Love it. I see u🤣🤣
Opus it's an Aussie 💋 kiss, it's like a French kiss 😘, but down under.
LOL!!! 🤭
Opus Moreschi is not enough of a cunning linguist to explain it to his dad.
Cunnilinguist
I see what you did there.
Dammit, take my like.
Ah, a Weird Al fan.
@@krejados1 That expression was around lonnng before Weird Al.
The real issue with explaining that joke to dad is that he understands and you could picture it, or that he doesnt understand and you wish you could comfort your mom. Either option is a big no. 🥶
I still haven't found the courage to tell my parents I'm adopted.
@@BjossiAlfreds 🤣
******* 👍********
@@BjossiAlfreds One of my brothers in law insists that he and all his brothers (5 boys no girls) were immaculate conceptions.
@@BjossiAlfreds I cannot believe in my entire life that I've never heard this line before. Absolutely got me good.
I remember having to IMMEDIATELY correct my dad when he invite my grandmother "to Netflix and chill on the couch". My teenage cousins never stopped giggling all weekend after that.
It just dawned on me what Petula Clark’s 1964 song Downtown was really about 😂😂😂😂😂. Oh my god my sainted auntie loved that song😂😂😂😂 No I know why😂😂
3:33 Jack knows, he’s just torturing his son. 😈
We can all relate, Opus...
No matter how many dirty jokes we tell, it's still awkward to talk to the folks about it!
Better give them the surefire reply that'll tell them not to ask anymore questions:
"You don't want to know. Trust me, you don't want to know. If you really can't figure it out by now, you don't want to know"
I suspect the awkwardness is your problem, not theirs. They're adults. What your folks don't know is a product of growing up in a different cultural bubble from your cultural bubble. Not explaining something seems to me not considerate, but ageist.
@@alwaysuseless
That depends on the topic, how open the forum to discuss matters of the flesh and how the querying party is expected to receive such information.
There's always a consideration whenever you've been asked to explain something and you're required to assess the receiver's situation towards that topic.
I know from personal experience that there's things the older generation asks about that they don't want the answer to.
But I'm happy to explain needed information, but if it's information not necessary and/or could give an adverse reaction to I'd explain it like in my previous post.
Mainly, it's awkward to have to explain any dirty joke punchline to your elderly parents....
@@kholdanstaalstorm6881 Really? As a responsible adult, you dont look at your father and as stone faced as possible say "How do you not know what that means? And how have you been so disappointing to Mom?" Prude behaviour teaches future generations to not educate themselves on simple things, thats why so many women today say that Men dont know the basics of female anatomy. "You dont want to know" is the dumbest most ignorant thing you can say, but then again, if you've never seen what a Clit looks like, I'm sure I'd say the same thing.
I was feeling slightly cheated by not getting the usual windup explanations on Meanwhile, but Stephen's birds-and-bees cam segment totally made up for it! 🤣
Ask John Oliver to explain it on his show. He can get away with what CBS won't allow you to.
Plus, I'd love to hear his explanation.
"OkinApplebees" is a legitimately great way to refer to the area where all the US bases are on Okinawa, though... It's a completely different world from the rest of the island and the rest of Japan there.
I had two students from Japan one semester. One of them really was stronger and more confident in English than the other. Turned out she had worked at TGI Friday near base before coming to the US
THANK YOU for providing closed captioning considerations for the Deaf and hearing impaired!
Meanwhile always makes me happy and helps me to forget about the darkness of the world.
There's always something wonderful on Late Night, but one of my favorite things is seeing what Jon is wearing. That man has great style.
And a joyful spirit!
In dress sense and in music, he is awesome.
Stephen, it was oddly satisfying to hear your attempts to explain the Nixon joke!!!😜😈😘😂
Best low-effort intro to a segment I've seen yet.
Best because it is memeworthy in its own right.
TY writers and Stephen.
At a certain age, we will all have to sit down with our parents to explain the birds and the bees in pop culture references.
*dry laugh* No, that's not what that means mom.
😅
My sentiments exactly
My dad asked me what ‘truffle butter’ was a euphemism for a couple of years back and I genuinely couldn’t look that man in the face and tell him.
@@rosea1505 My parents had to Google "tea bagging" after something one of my foster brothers did 🤦♀️
I am EXACTLY that producer's dad. I DID NOT understand why Nixon holding his cheeks up in a fake smile was funny.
Same, and oddly enough, I wasn't even all that interested in what I had missed. Still, glad to get the explanation.
Well, that was a surprise change, dropping the _'Meanwhile'_ intro! Realize some don't care for it, but personally love them. They're always funny, articulately acrobatic, semantically sentient, and somehow oratorically mastered.
You can't say "orally pulled off" on tv!🤣
He must be a cunning linguist.
@@christophermerlot3366 ~ That's the reason Evie loves him so!
@@ramblerdave1339 ~ Sure, you can! But edited the comment to correct my faux pas.
willy wascal --- The They are NEVER funny. The are ALWAYS disgusting. I am not sure how you could have missed that. Their goal has always been, to have them be as disgusting as possible. Which is why I hate them. I am not here for disgusting. I am here for humor.
Thanks for the interesting uh... Japanese geography lesson, Mr. Colbert. Evidently I have LIVED in the prefecture of "OKINApplebee's" for fifteen years without knowing it! Our Jalapeno popper sushi rolls are marvelous, though.
You mean people who are thoughtful enough not to make you sick are more attractive than those who aren't? 🤔Checks out.
we learn from a young age to feel attraction towards people who dont give an f but they are successfull ...its a cult that detaches you from trusting the people who actually care ..dont know if clear enough
From an evolutionary standpoint, that actually makes sense!
The attractiveness of effort. 😷😍
"tacos at the munchery" got me XD
On behalf of old folks around the world, I would like to express our collective, eternal gratitude to Steven for that impromptu s** class. It was very helpful.
As a Hobo I am relieved that Stephen will not, for once, be raiding my dumpster for the moldering ingredients composing this segment.
this is why i try not to have parents in the room when i watch grown-up movies. too much for their innocent minds.
Grown-up movies? You mean sexually explicit? I can understand being selective about whom you'd watch X-rated material with, but thinking your parents have innocent minds sounds naïve, juvenile, and ageist.
@@alwaysuseless no, i mean like PG-13. and obviously i was joking about the innocence part.
@@tuckerbowen4626 Glad you were joking. Our culture is so rife with racism, sexism, and ageism, that I wasn't willing to let your comment just pass.
@@alwaysuseless thanks for being a warrior out there on the internet… {sarcasm}
Oh piss off. They had every right to question it.
Ah, but here in the UK, that hand gesture alone means a vehement expression of the sentiment, "Go forth and multiply!"
As a Brit i immediately thought that too. Today i learn a new pop culture reference...
I love how much more attention John's been getting, he deserves the best.
*Jon
No, he’s annoying af
His reactions are great to some of the jokes and his musical skills are amazing.
@@saar144 agreed lol. He seems like a very good person, but I've got to skip whenever he's on camera. He strikes me as being profoundly odd.
I love how the audience reacted violently (in the weakest sense of the word) when Stephen didn't do his long intro for Meanwhile. If I was there, I would probably do the same.
I _hate_ the meanwhile intros. I always skip them. It's such a waste of time listening to that meaningless word salad. It's not even a joke. The joke is that he's saying a bunch of longwinded meaningless nothing. Same non-joke every episode. I had no idea he hadn't done it until I saw your comment.
@@imnotmike I too LOATHE it. I am not here for the 'most disgusting thing you can come up with.' I am here for the excellent humor. If I NEVER hear a 'Meanwhile' intro again, it will be TOO SOON.
@@imnotmike Hate is a strong emotion, but i guess we have a tendency to hate things we don't understand. It's never meaningless - well, in the sense that it can be interpreted and not lose it's core idea. If you're having a tough time deciphering all the figurative language, start from the back - he's always making something, before that he's listing everything he uses to make said thing. It's very creative almost always - a few times it feels as if they've phoned it in, but it's understandable, it's not an easy thing to come up with.
@@imnotmike Lmao… I thought you all were being sarcastic at first because you did a long winded description of the thing as well. 😂
@@imnotmike Me too. Skip right by it.
The birds and bees cam 😂😂!!!
For years I’ve been waiting for him to do that introduction for meanwhile. Finally I am vindicated
Yes, “damn these infernal late-night hooligans”! Thank you, Opus’s dad, for querying the Nixon face and fingers joke. I’d been wondering the same.
It's when Mom explains the joke to me that makes me squirm.
🤣🤣🤣
Or the son explaining the joke to his mom!
Dunno why, you've certainly been through that before.
@@ericminch Could have been caesarean...
Meanwhile... I am still missing Stephen's Midnight Confessions. Bring it back!
Just did a binge of them this morning!
Opus...
Truly a great work of art!
So, the Jalapeño poppers have the same effect as an After Dinner Mint (“it’s only Wafer Thin”).
Lol, if the effect had been exactly the same, she wouldn't have been taken to the hospital ("bring me a bucket ") 😅😅
@@LindaC616 Okay, you got me. I should have said “lesser effect”.
@@SpaceForceCommander 😅
Back in the day when I drove truck my friend wrote on the back of my trailer ( Free mustache rides Ladies only) I drove across the country without knowing it. The jesters snd looks I got was hilarious. RIP Mike we miss you
Ah, yes, I do miss those jesters and their colorful costumes.
@@ericminch are you related to Rocky or Gary?
I’m definitely telling her “dinner at the Y” next time.
Going there to munch on tacos.
Jon is looking fine tonight. That color on him looks gorgeous.
You should ask your wife to have a severely overdue conversation . . . She'll know.
"America's Canadian Sweetheart"
Does that mean fake long-distance girlfriend?
Stephen, you must remember the 80/20 rule. 80% of Meanwhile's humor is found in the 20% of it composed by the intro and 20% of the humor is contained in the remaining 80% of the actual stories.
The writers are like: we're gonna phone the intro in.
I didn't know what that gesture meant either, so I guess we both needed Stephen's explanation.
Did you google it?😂
I'm sure many here would be happy to show you personally.
This reminded me of that Colbert Report episode they aired again in their marathon before his final episode where someone donated money under the pseudonym Suq Madiq and Colbert said his wife’s name who’d kept her surname in marriage was Munchma Cuuchi 😂 and Stephen was of course breaking character and laughing 😂
Dear Stephen,
YOU'RE SILLY!!!💖💖💖💖
Finally they did the anti-joke for Meanwhile!
Reminds me of that 1 special Christmas, just a few short years ago, Playing Cards Against Humanity with the family. (Cause yeah, How could THAT go wrong?!) and I had to have my girlfriend explain to my 70 year old father what "B**kake" means 😅🙃🤣 (CAH is now a Family Christmas Tradition 😂 )
Sounds like that conversation was a long time coming...😂
How on earth did that even come up? 🤣🤣🤣
Ask your dad what Duckbutter is. I suppose ggl knows, but, er, I’m so outta here ☺️
My best friend had to do exactly the with her Mother 🤦🏾♀️ -x-
@@shanhussain6114 Cards Against Humanity is the game for horrible people. That card isn't the worst!
Omg!!!!! The dad question about Nixon!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OPUS IS A COWARD!!!!😆
I remember two times my parents asked me to explain “sex lingo.” One was when my father asked what “sixty-nine” means. The other question was, “What is a snuff film?”
I feigned ignorance on “sixty-nine,” but I actually tried to explain about “snuff films.” If you ever have a chance to do that, don’t.
45 years ago I had the opposite happen with my dad who one night at dinner had a joke come to him saying "I prefer a 71". We all looked at him. "It's a 69 with two fingers up the ass."
my expectations were immensely subverted with that intro monologue 🤣🤣
OMG the intro was so good. I was just talking to my partner the other day about how, as an ESL, and fluent English speaker, the most difficult thing for me to understand is Stephen's intro to Meanwhile. My partner took some time to sit with me and tried to explain to me everything Stephen was saying in the intro. And today I don't need any translator for the salad :D Thanks for the break Stephen
Well yes the hooked do require you to know the non-written aspects of the language. However you would surprised how many Americans miss parts or it but foreigners with say college expirenced will still grasp easily. So some of it is just you've actually seen some part of this sentence happen even if you weren't directly involved.
Mean while back at the ranch.
This guy always makes me laugh.
Stephen phoning it in instead of a convoluted description is still, suprisingly funny. Way to make phoning it in work lmao
That Meanwhile Mix-up was perfect
Opus dad should watch the snl clip "Match Finders"
Russell Crow describes the matter in very creative ways
Haha! I just happened to have seen that one the other night, and as the professor, he was a hilarious and cunning linguist.
Oh! And the "Colonel Angus" bit is gold!
@@gasparinha Damn, how could I forget that ?!?!?
I want to see our beautiful talented John Batiste take home all eleven Grammys!! Louisiana Is So Proud Of You John!!!
So we'll need an update on opus dad if he understood by the description you gave.
Birds and the Bees cam 😂🤣 Too good!
Opus’ dad is delightful!
Lol! Actually, thanks for the Birds & Bees cam! I’m a little embarrassed I didn’t get it when it was first shown. Now I do. 😊
The tepid response to your Big Ben joke serves you right. The man is a legend.
Half a year later and this is still one of my favorite Meanwhiles 😃
That old man's poor wife is missing something all her life! 😆
John is rocking the disco king look. Too fabulous.
Dude's name is Opus?
Talk about pressure.
I think Nixon's original gesture was "V" for "victory" (like Eisenhower). Stephen said it was the "peace" sign, but that use of the same gesture was not universal.
keep it light Stephen.
That entry of meanwhile was the best thing to happen on American TV in fucking years
Nice Bo Diddley guitar behind Jon
Meanwhile isn't tbe same without the awesome preamble!
I've watched every meanwhile since the beginning and I have to say... This might very well be the best, thank you Stephen and thank you writers.
💜
"Deeeeath comes for us all!" LOL
I like how Jon played a few notes from the Succession theme tune on the piano.
Best Meanwhile segment ever LMAO
Does it matter if Dillon exposed his pickle? He is a pickle.
In the immortal words
of Bill Barr.. "well,.. everybody dies."
.. and, 10 Billion views?
I have never seen, nor heard it.. I almost feel left out.
Ben was CLEARLY being sarcastic
Please Stephen dont age out, We need you.
one of my favorite meanwhiles yet
COVID has just 'Jumped the Baby Shark' & so has the writers of this show👠👠👠
This is my favorite beginning to meanwhile, yet! It was fun the first 1000 times, though. I usually fast forward through the intro.
"'Baby Shark' passes 10 billion views"
Aaaaand that's yet another score for us Atheists.
I was about 13-14 year old when 'Rock Me Amadeus' became a #1 hit. That pretty solidified it for me. No benevolent god could allow it. Also I live in a world where David Copperfield gets to touch Claudia Schiffer.
I'm an atheist but I don't get why? It's not like it's about dinosaurs or evolution... I wish they used extinct animals or human ancestors lol
" Death comes for us all" should be on a t-shirt
Tacos at the muncharies 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣omg the Nixon picture explanation attempt
it's actually kind of impressive that this is the first time Stephen hasn't introduced meanwhile with a ridiculous description. I personally would have just said fuck it after the second one
I said fuck it after the third one and have skipped them ever since.
32 Sushi rolls? Only? That's practically an appetizer.
That’s why I always have green tea with sushi, it helps with digestion.
🤣😂🤣😂 birds and bees camera
John Baptiste is flamboyant af as always
Excellent! Perfection!
Best Meawhile intro.. ever!
Stephen just broke the Meanwhile Fourth Wall 👀
I feel sorry for Opus's mom if his father doesn't understand the context.
No wonder he didn't get the pic of Nixon - the _"cat's"_ got his tongue. 😉 ✌🏼👅
Women often marry down but there's suppose to be perks. 😆