Stephen Colbert just took the Between Two Ferns joke to the next level. As lead-up to his September 8 kickoff of The Late Show, Colbert trekked to Monroe, Michigan to take over the city's public access talk show Only in Monroe. The 40-minute broadcast is lo-fi, high-comedy television. The highlights include:

- The story of how James Monroe founded the city to promote Jimmy Monroe's Jacked Jalapeño Lard on a Hard Task Biscuit.

- A nail painting break.

- A look into the "vicious Internet flame war" between Monroe's Frenchtown Bar & Grill and Yelper "Mark M."

- Eminem (around to promote Southpaw) singing Bob Seger "Against The Wind."

Can every episode of The Late Show end with a hip-hop artist reading a local event calendar? Please?

Watch the whole show below. Then catch up with more Colbert antics, including his marriage equality reaction, Donald Trump spoof, and epic shaving video. We are very much ready for this man to return to our televisions.

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