Faithful. Youll have a butt clean enough to eat off of. So dont worry about the t. P. Shortage, come to ted bidets budget bidets and get the water up your squatter. Squatter. Stephen welcomes john oliver, and musical guest, alex ebert. With jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live onape from a safe distance, its stephen clbert stephen fire hello. Welcome to day two of my special quarantine edition of the late show with stephen colbert. Or as were calling it tonight, the flame show with stephen colburn. As you can see, ive migrated from my bathtub to my fire pit. Well eventually go through all of the elements. For a lot of americans, today is primary day. Despite the virus, americans are going out and voting. This is still a democracy. The only change is this year well be awarding the presidency to the person with the most toilet paper. Primaries were scheduled today in ohio, arizona, illinois, and florida. They should be fine. Are there any old people in florida . Theres nobody over t
A guys. How are you . [applause] hey guys. How are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here. [laughter] so, history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution. But its also about the sounds. The muffled drum at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed. Its also about music. And music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree, more continually and profitably than you can ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. As sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and guns, they were carrying their pens and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. And our country vote. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i write music, i fear no danger and im in
Prizewinning biographer jon meacham look at American History through song. [inaudible conversations] please welcome tim mcgraw and jon meacham. [applause] hey, guys, how are ya . [applause] hi, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here [laughter] so history, as you all know, is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution, but its also about sounds. Its about the muffled drum at lexington and concord and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, the sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full mean being of our creed. And its also about music. And music is one of the most universe aral expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree more congenially than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. You know, as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pens,
His wife and two cats and he enjoys eating oysters, some liquor and peace and quite. Drew gruber. [ applause ] so at this time i will introduce my coauthor Doug Crenshaw who will come up and lecture about williamsburg today. Okay. I sat down last night to review my notes and i couldnt help, but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday and it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. I was going open with a really cool quote and i thought about it, we have this morbid fascination with body count and only big, bloody battles are important and Richard Lewis said something last night where he said the guy who falls from dysentery, thats his forgotten battle and the one guy thats out on picket by himself on a cold day, thats probably his most important battle. So im going to open with a quote from not a historian, just a guy who fought at the battle of williamsburg. This guy gets hit in the shoulder with a 6pound ball. His friend next to him says its just a flesher an
Mr. Orrison good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a really good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. [laughter] mr. Orrison it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] time, i am at this going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. Gruber i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis yesterday said s