Stephen Colbert Time Travels to the ’90s for Perfect Bill Clinton Joke

Stephen Colbert started off The Late Show by reading the newspaper and realizing that Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. Colbert wanted to travel back in time to the ’90s and get jokes that he wrote back when Clinton was still in office, so he stuck one finger in a bottle of Zima and another finger in a light bulb socket. After some cheesy special effects, 2016 Stephen found himself in 1990s Stephen’s room, where ’90s Stephen was playing Gameboy and singing Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy.”

At first, ’90s Colbert was confused about why 2016 Colbert was in his room (and why he looked so old), but then he learned it was because Hillary was running for president. Modern Colbert said he needed Bill Clinton jokes, and ’90s Colbert said he had just crafted one, but warned that it might not make sense in the future. The joke read: “How are Clinton scandals like Pokémon? You’ll never catch them all.” Present day Colbert then excitedly responded with a “Yes!”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. on CBS.

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