In a move of pure comedic genius, the night after The Late Show’s final episode, Stephen Colbert was back on late-night television… hosting a public-access show in Monroe, Michigan. Colbert returned to Only in Monroe and the 11:35 p.m. time slot on Friday night, joined by the White Stripes and Detroit native Jack White, who served as musical director, using some “older” technology.
Colbert once hosted the show 11 years ago between the end of The Colbert Report and the start of his run as host of The Late Show. His guest on that show was Eminem, who also made a brief appearance as the fire “Marshall.” On this episode, his celebrity guest was Michigan resident Jeff Daniels.
Steve Buscemi appeared in a commercial “public service announcement” for a local pizza place called Buscemi’s, and alerted the audience he is in no way connected to the restaurant.
On the final Late Show, Colbert threw a few hints that this might take place, though no one picked up on it. At the top of his final CBS monologue Thursday night, Colbert paused to mark the occasion: “Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater. No, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, all right? Can’t take this for granted,” he said. Though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan, for an audience of 12 people. Show business being what it is these days, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.” It turns out that was more than just a punchline. And then there was this nugget as he and Paul McCartney turned off the power.
His first guests on Only in Monroe was with the actual hosts, one of whom is former Miss America 1983. He closed out his interview with the two women by offering them the opportunity to guest-host Comics Unleashed, the show that will fill the timeslot for The Late Show, before FaceTiming the real Byron Allen, creator and host, who readily agreed.
I enjoyed the whole show, and you can watch it below.
Prediction: Donald Trump and his businesses have a well-documented history of failing to pay contractors, with hundreds of lawsuits, liens, and government records documenting withheld payments over several decades. So, while his ballroom is going to be built, I predict multiple lawsuits from those construction companies for not getting paid. Surely, one of those prediction markets already has this as an option. Bet the farm.
Nobody born after 1935 has ever walked on the moon.
Seeing all these GOP campaign runoff commercials, in which each candidate tries to out-MAGA the other, makes me feel like I’m inside an SNL sketch. It’s hard to believe anyone with any morals, especially those aligned with Christ, would want to be associated with the Commander in Chief.
Armchair political consultant: Senator John Cornyn literally ends all his commercials with, “I’m John Cornyn, and I approve this message. Join our team and give today.” It’s a bad idea to make the last message you give voters is to give you money. It shows you what the candidate really values. And it’s tone-deaf when you consider how bad inflation is, as well as the cost of gas.
I doubt he would ever be healthy enough to even go on a small tour again, but this is encouraging. It’s a life regret that I never saw him in concert. My wife at the time said she would go begrudgingly, and I didn’t want to make her do something if her heart wasn’t in it.
Things I didn’t know about the great Lou Diamond Phillips until reading this article: he attended the University of Texas at Arlington as a theater major, and he’s half Asian.
“I’m half Filipino with some, you know, Hawaiian, Chinese, a lot of sort of Pacific theater stuff going on there. And then, believe it or not, you know, like Scott Irish English, you know, there’s a healthy dose of Scandinavian in there as well, and a drop of Indigenous blood,” Phillips said.
If you enjoy college softball and sports drama, you’ll enjoy this story of former NBA star Jason Williams’ daughter, who transferred from Florida to Texas Tech. They beaned her a lot, but she shut them up by hitting homers.
Y’all have to watch this. It got MESSY between Texas Tech and Florida’s softball teams at the Women’s College World Series.
Jason Williams’ daughter used to play for Florida before she transferred to TX Tech. Things got ugly. 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/ZsphwI1vKU
— Neale (@AbeFroman) May 25, 2026
This Fortune article is almost a month old, but I still think it’s worth your time – Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with nicotine products to increase worker productivity
Tech companies like Palantir and Hello Patient are stocking office vending machines with nicotine products to increase productivity among employees—and it seems to be working.
Nicotine startups Lucy and Sesh have installed branded vending machines in Palantir’s Washington, D.C., office, full of nicotine pouches that are leaving employees zipped up and ready to work.
Long a safer (and legal) alternative to the drugs that Wall Street bankers of old would use to follow market updates, tobacco products have started to make a comeback in the workplace, especially in the form of nicotine products as companies like Zyn and On! offer a less invasive way to get that nicotine high without clouding up office air.
Now, as companies stock their fridges with these pouches—usually the size of a piece of gum that remains tucked between one’s gums and cheek—they’re seeing an increased byproduct of the new office treat: If you can’t get them hooked on the work, get them hooked on the office perks.
The pouches are available for free in Palantir’s offices for employees and guests over the age of 21, a Palantir spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal. Palantir, which did not respond to requests for comment, pays to stock the products.
Ohio data center tax break cost $1.4 billion more than expected in 2025 – New data from the Ohio Department of Taxation indicate a sales tax break for the technology companies behind Ohio’s data center boom is far more lucrative that previous forecasts have estimated.
That’s eleven times more than its original estimate. I guess the same guy who did that estimate did the one for the White House ballroom. That’s a lot of money that could have gone to public schools and healthcare instead of Big Tech CEOs’ pockets.