From the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to ... community access TV in Michigan?
One night after Stephen Colbert of 鈥淭he Late Show" on CBS, he made a surprise appearance hosting the community access show in southeast Michigan along the shores of Lake Erie.
Michigan native Jack White, who grew up in Detroit about 40 miles northeast of Monroe, joined as his 鈥渧olunteer music director.鈥
鈥淟ooking forward to hearing some of your music, time permitting,鈥 Colbert joked with White, as laughter could be heard from a handful of people off camera.
Colbert interviewed actor Jeff Daniels during the hourlong broadcast that leaned heavily into Michigan-centric jokes. Actor Steve Buscemi appeared in a recorded bit joking about Buscemi鈥檚 Pizza in Monroe.
Rapper Eminem, who was raised in Detroit, appeared on tape as the 鈥渇ire marshal鈥 who approves setting fire to remnants of the set that Colbert, White and Daniels destroyed at the end of the show.
Colbert also spoke via FaceTime with comedian Byron Allen, who will be hosting 鈥淐omics Unleashed鈥 that is replacing Colbert鈥檚
The community access program鈥檚 normal hosts, Michelle Baumann and former Miss America Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, sucked helium from balloons with Colbert while discussing Baumann's battle with cancer. A warning on the screen said, 鈥淔ormer professional TV host, do not try this at home.鈥
It marked the second time Colbert has hosted 鈥淥nly in Monroe.鈥 As he said during the surprise Friday broadcast, he previously hosted an episode in the summer of 2015 just before taking over 鈥淟ate Night鈥 from David Letterman.
It was not clear where or when Colbert recorded the latest episode, which aired exactly 24 hours after his final 鈥淟ate Night鈥 show. Messages left Saturday seeking comment from the community access channel were not immediately returned.

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