Election Day

Stephen Colbert during the Showtime election night special at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

(Scott Kowalchyk/Showtime/TNS)

Warning: Mildly graphic language.



Updated: 1:12 p.m.

On Wednesday, Lars Larson had his moment to ask Sean Spicer a question when he was the third "Skype Seat" at the White House press briefing. Larson used the spotlight to ask what he called a "broad question," which was actually two questions at least, about the White House's position on federal lands and "aggressive" logging.

In his monologue on "The Late Show" on Friday, Stephen Colbert took aim at Larson and other friendly questioners.

First, Colbert called out Larson for his greeting to Spicer, in which he called him "Commander Spicer" (Spicer currently holds the rank of commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.)

"How are we seeing you," Colbert questioned, "when your head is so far up Sean Spicer's ass?"

Colbert then played a clip of Larson asking one of his questions: "Can he tell the Forest Service to start logging our forests aggressively again to provide jobs for Americans, wealth for the treasury and not spend three and a half billion dollars a year fighting forest fires?"

"Good point," said Colbert. "We wouldn't have all these expensive forest fires if we just got rid of all the forests first."

In an email Monday, Larson said, "I guess you can really say you've made it when a national celebrity comedian jokes about having your head up someone's backside."

You can watch the whole segment here:

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