Just how tall is Wayne's World.
While The Dana Carvey Show was expected to be a big hit, it received poor ratings and controversy for some of its material. Like Exit 57 it later developed a following, especially since future big names like Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and Charlie Kaufman all got their start on it. In 2017 Hulu released a documentary about the show dubbed Too Funny To Fail, which featured retrospective interviews with Carvey, Colbert and much of the cast.
In 1997 Stephen Colbert ed The Office. In 2014 Colbert (jokingly) threatened to sue Google (via THR) for reporting his height as a measly 5'10'' - when he, in fact, stands at a mighty 5'11" tall.
Stephen Colbert himself later left The Daily Show for his own spinoff with Rick And Morty.
In 2014 it was announced David Letterman was leaving as host of The Late Show and that Stephen Colbert would be his replacement. Colbert hosted the show as himself and not his caricature persona, and while the series took time to find its feet in the early years, it later gained huge popularity following the 2016 Presidential Election. Like every major talk show, production on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was suspended due to the Coronavirus pandemic but quickly resumed as A Late Show, with Colbert first hosting from his own home before moving back to an audience-less set in the famed Ed Sullivan Theater.
