Stephen Colbert: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [Stephen Colbert sings the national anthem at various locations around the United States, joined by everyday people; at the beginning and end, he is at a Little League game in Central Park, flanked by an umpire and a coach] 

  Jon Stewart : [removing umpire's mask and walking offscreen]  Play ball!

  Stephen Colbert : [looking at umpire]  ... Hey!

• Stephen Colbert : [responding to audience applause and cheers]  Hello, nation! Folks - I don't know what that means - well, folks, if I knew you were gonna do that, I would have come out here *months* ago.

• Stephen Colbert : As long as I have nine months to make one hour of TV, I could do this forever.