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David Letterman appears on Colbert, strips Late Show set furniture

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On May 14, 2026 David Letterman returned to Stephen Colbert's Ed Sullivan Theater taping and stripped Late Show set furniture during the episode. He told Colbert he has 'every right to be pissed off' over CBS's cancellation of The Late Show and criticized the network's decision. The appearance came on Colbert's penultimate CBS episode, which featured The Strokes, making Letterman's onstage protest a pointed coda before the finale and a rare public rebuke from a late-night icon.

LateNighter
@latenightercom.bsky.social

Letterman helps himself to a parting gift (or two), before 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' signs off next Thursday.

262545d ago
Thyme73

I miss Dave so much. He was fantastic. And Colbert will be missed just as much.

The Common Good60

Great fun and yet terribly sad. Censorship returns to America. Boycott CBS and fuck Paramount+!

hapm.bsky.social40

Letterman & Colbert…May 15, 2026…BRAVO!!

HanaChronicler 🇨🇦 26

Go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBKW... to see what happened to the furniture!

Paul 🌱26

here they are loading it on Letterman's cybertruck

Brent, 25th is overdue #2544722

Two masters of deadpan at work

A Voice in Detroit19

Can't wait to see who hires this political genius to continue his career pissing off the fascists every single night. You know it's coming. This man still has too much fuel in the tank to park him in the garage just yet.

juhneenhow she/her19

The second he signs off you people better cancel your subscriptions to cbs and paramount

Ted E. Bear Leonard18

You left out the best part: he and Stephen have the chairs taken to the roof and throw them off, reviving one of Dave's old bits... :€ )

Karen Sue Waters13

I've loved Dave forever. Since he had his first show (during the daytime!) back in the early 1980's. He's the only person on earth who can always, always make me laugh.

alars18902.bsky.social10

The chairs went the way of the watermelon.

Nori St. James AF 🎵🦋 🐚🐈 🌊 🎼 📸 ⚖️ 🎶 🎙 🐬🌞9

😆 I went to a taping of his show when I was a kid and it's one of my fondest memories.

Liz9

It's just not right. CBS has lost its way. I will never watch them again.

Linda Rutherford5

I loved that. It was such a great episode.

Real_I_am_Groot3

I honestly hope that didn’t cancel Stephen’s severance package.

Slava Bonkus #ElonSucksSoHard3

Get yours while you still can!🤣

coolhippiechick2

I hope Jon Stewart makes an appearance sometime soon.

RFH2

The chair toss was epic.

Mike B , Three more years...are we there yet2

That was simply amazing !!! Love these two !

Arran Austin Adams2

This mistake will not be forgotten by CBS …… Karma will make them in spades

Cast Adrift 🫘2

I always loved the rooftop bit.

Paul Murray2

But it turned out he didn’t keep them … 🤣

Carolyn Petit
@carolynmichelle.bsky.social

Holy shit y’all this is not a drill, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert are dropping stuff off the rooftop of a building near the Ed Sullivan Theater!

David Letterman and Stephen Colbert throwing a chair off a rooftop.
201346d ago
Carolyn Petit225

Stumbled on this at random while walking around in Manhattan and finally caught a glimpse of Dave, the best to ever do it. 🫡

Duke87190

Correct, that's not a drill. It appears to be a chair.

Call Me The Brie-ze16

Sadly Rupert Jee sold the Hello Deli

Wayne Fryback16

Yaasss!!! Now do Stupid Human Tricks!!

Sarah Thurmond14

Actually, this is making me a little teary.

Satanley (the first 'a' is silent)12

Wow, that takes me back!

ꀭeͤ✞ꌚe͎n̆̈ 𝕊⊍תּḋᥑy҉҉9

🤞please be Bari Weiss 🤞

Matthew 8647 ❌👑9

We are so damn back.

Cholingo9

Please let there be a bowling bowl

wickedstepgrandma.bsky.social7

Please, please drop rubber gloves filled with butterscotch pudding! (Too obscure?)

Judith A. Miller5

Loved when Letterman used to do that routinely. Such great stuff.

Scott Lange5

Hell yeah. Throw the Ellisons off next!

Ozma4

Tsk. David Letterman is just the kind of guy who would come up with such an idea. He loves dropping things off buildings.

Ashley Hynes4

Actually that’s not just any building, it’s the roof of Studio 54.

Bodily autonomy, still a thing3

No cameras on them? It's not a bit?

Andrea Orzoff3

Oh, I so hope they also do Is It Funnier In Spanish (answer was always yes)

pollyanna2025.bsky.social3

Classic Letterman - sent Colbert out with a bang.

Funk As Puck2

I once witnessed an across-the-alley neighbor clean out his space by throwing everything out a 5th floor window, into the alley.

grillagardnr.bsky.social2

Look out below! Stephan & Dave up the ante on the take no prisoners farewell to the legendary Late Night show. EPIC. A must see. So who's going down, Stephan Colbert or CBS? My votes on the latter.

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