Sturgill Simpson Hangs Out with Stephen Colbert at the Waffle House
If you thought Sturgill Simpson’s and Stephen Colbert’s Waffle House duet “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Knuckleheads” was funny when they debuted it on national television in April, then the second installment will split your sides.
After the Sturgill / Colbert duet, the talk show host discovered that in Waffles Houses there are juke boxes featuring songs about the Waffle House. So in a segment that aired Thursday evening (6-30) on Late Night, Stephen Colbert and Sturgill Simpson visited the very Waffle House in Charleston, South Carolina that Colbert frequented as a young (and likely, drunk) adult to debut the song.
After the two do some bits with the Waffle House regulars they find in attendance, they throw a red carpet ceremony to debut their song on the restaurant’s Touch Tunes machine. If nothing else, the segment shows off a funny side to Sturgill Simpson rarely seen, and some acting chops that are not half bad.
Sturgill Simpson is current entering the European leg on his world tour behind his new record A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.
July 1, 2016 @ 8:29 am
I think it’s high time that Sturgill played SNL and appeared in a few skits.
July 1, 2016 @ 8:33 am
Agreed. That was pretty dang funny, and he has decent popularity
July 1, 2016 @ 8:41 am
“Finally we hit the Waffle House motherload – what appeared to be four extras from Dazed and Confused.”
Best line of the skit haha.
July 1, 2016 @ 8:45 am
They both look baked
July 1, 2016 @ 9:18 am
“Sturgill one, Ludwig zero!” ^__^
July 1, 2016 @ 10:20 am
I LOVED that. The scene with Sturgill and the elaborate waffle building with operating garage door had me in stitches. (Also: “Does the carpet match the drapes?”). Great stuff! Sturgill sometimes came across a little defensive in interviews recently, so it’s great to see this goofy side of him and to see him thoroughly enjoy himself. Also as a fan of both Colbert and “Sturge” I love seeing the two get along so well. I have a hunch this will not be the last time for Sturgill to appear on Stephen’s show.
July 1, 2016 @ 2:39 pm
If Colbert doesn’t get cancelled first. I was surprised to see his ratings in the shitter. They are rearranging chairs on a sinking ship one insider said of the recent front office shakeup. He’s alienated the right viewership.
It’s a shame because I love him. He’s the only one I watch of the late night fellows.
July 1, 2016 @ 10:29 pm
On the other hand, it does seem like the way Millennials in particular view shows and films has evolved away from the television screen in favor of YouTube and mobile devices.
I’m on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial generations, and I haven’t watched television in years. But I do frequent YouTube on a regular basis to watch content selectively like that of Colbert.
July 2, 2016 @ 6:57 am
That’s funny you mention that, Nadia. The one article I read said that Colbert gets slaughteted in the social media, YouTube morning after viewership department. Fallon (and to a lesser extent, Kimmel) segments translate to better online content – light-hearted, celebrity must see affairs talked about around the work water cooler. Where as a lot of Colberts’ content (up to this point) is political and dated by the time viewers view it online. That’s why a lot of Colbert’s segments are starting to feel dumded-down.
It’s a different world we live in.
July 2, 2016 @ 1:37 pm
That’s interesting to hear, because I’ve also noticed the emergence of Samantha Bee via “Full Frontal” seemingly out of nowhere, and she seems to be no less overtly political than Trevor Noah and the struggling new incarnation of “The Daily Show”.
One name that also hasn’t been mentioned is James Corden. He has emerged to digital superstardom via his “Carpool Karaoke” segments which, of course, are not political at all. On the other hand, he still struggles with traditional Nielsen ratings compared to the two Jimmys. It’s as though Corden’s fame is rooted squarely on this singular segment and his longevity will directly depend on whether he’s able to diversify his presence or not.
July 1, 2016 @ 10:48 pm
Jimmy Fallon does a pretty good job of having conservative/liberal viewpoints on the show. That’s probably why he’s doing better. Plus he’s pretty hilarious and outlandish. But yeah.
July 1, 2016 @ 11:09 am
It seems like Colbert has picked up where Dave left off and is all for non mainstream artists to continue to play and he has definitely taken a liking to Stu.
July 1, 2016 @ 2:42 pm
He did, but with the new guys in charge they had Rascal Flatts on last Friday, Dierks Bently on Monday. Those guys are trying to appeal to middle America. It reeks of desperation.
July 1, 2016 @ 11:27 am
Surprised they didn’t run into Jim Gaffigan there.
July 1, 2016 @ 1:02 pm
I love this.
July 1, 2016 @ 2:44 pm
I loved it! And your right, that’s a side of Sturgill we’ve never seen.
July 1, 2016 @ 3:38 pm
I never realized how incomplete my life was without having watch Stephen Colbert give Sturgill Simpson a piggyback ride into a Waffle House.
July 1, 2016 @ 4:14 pm
Going to Waffle House now
July 1, 2016 @ 6:35 pm
That was pretty funny, even had my kids cracking up. I also like seeing this lighter side of Sturgill.
On a side note, I’ve been pretty happy to hear our little local country station playing Sturgill semi frequently. But today I was very pleasantly surprised to hear Between the Lines playing over the sound system at Tractor Supply. They always have country playing, but that’s the first time I’ve heard Sturgill, and I’m in there fairly often. I thought it was pretty cool.
July 2, 2016 @ 6:11 am
I work at Tractor Supply actually and I have been waiting for the day they load Sturgill into the music player, I haven’t heard him yet at my store but hopefully he will come on soon!
July 1, 2016 @ 6:44 pm
Nice seeing sturgill having a good time with this and letting his guard down.
Enjoyed the article in the scroll about laur, trig. Thanks
July 2, 2016 @ 9:14 am
Colbert said he grew up in South Carolina,
He must have ditched his Southern accent quite a while ago. I think it can be pretty strong … to a Canuck anyway.
Just a trace of it emerged at the beginning of the clip.
Thanks Trigger
July 7, 2016 @ 10:46 pm
Not to get too serious about a very fun event, but I remember hearing Colbert talk about how he trained himself to suppress his southern accent as a kid because the depictions he saw on TV of southerners being stereotyped as stupid. This was in a January 24, 2005 interview with Terry Gross on the NPR program Fresh Air.
As a Yank, this had a great impact on me realizing the impact that such stereotypes can have on people.
Anyway, this segment was hilarious, and I love Colbert.
July 2, 2016 @ 1:39 pm
Colbert sounded Willie Nelson-esque when he sang. Not to shabby of a voice.
July 2, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
i don’t see any of that so called genius beethoven on here
sturgill 1 ludwig 0
July 3, 2016 @ 12:55 pm
How did I miss this? That was funny!
July 5, 2016 @ 5:03 pm
Damn, that Waffle House is right up the street. Wish I’d have known Sturgill was there. It would have been awesome for Sturgill to kick my knucklehead out.
July 5, 2016 @ 9:19 pm
That was cute. 😀 “No Yeezy at the Weezy Heezy!”