Stephen Colbert has been so busy producing public access videos (and ones at his desk), we started to wonder when we might see him in person again. But man showed up in the flesh this morning to Union Square to shoot what is believed to be a promo for Late Show with Stephen Colbert. And he brought a lot of balloons with him.

stephen colbert organizes forced celebration in union square A video posted by necromantic (@yoitsdsy) on Aug 16, 2015 at 8:15am PDT

Despite it being a "super secret" taping, Colbert was still able to draw out over 600 people to the area this morning. This certainly seems like as good a reason as any to wake up early on a Sunday! Besides whipping the crowd into a balloon-crazed frenzy, he also addressed everyone on a megaphone from the back of a truck.

Right now: Stephen Colbert (I think) addressing crowd at Union Square pic.twitter.com/HxwHM5KX5K — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) August 16, 2015

Stephen Colbert shows up!! A photo posted by Jen Chung (@chungjen) on Aug 16, 2015 at 7:43am PDT

Colbert's Late Show premieres on September 8th. As if you needed any more reasons to love him, Colbert wrote an impassioned essay for Glamour this week promising to disrupt the "sausagefest" that is late night television, and "make a show that truly respects women."