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On Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 Stephen Colbert appeared via video to introduce the Neo-Futurists at the Neo Gala in New York.
According Neo-Futurist alum Dave Awl, Stephen was briefly a member of the group in the early 90s, when “at the time Stephen was considering moving on from Second City, so he auditioned for ‘Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind’. And of course we cast him. […] He actually participated in one rehearsal for ‘Too Much Light’, and wrote a very funny script for the show, but then he got a last-minute hail-mary promotion from Second City. Someone there evidently realized they were on the brink of losing one of their brightest young lights […] So between the Tuesday rehearsal and the Friday show, Stephen apologetically bowed out of ‘Too Much Light’”. […] The piece Stephen wrote for ‘Too Much Light’ was a hyperbolic rant in which he berated another performer (the late Ted Bales, if I recall correctly) for being colossally, even metaphysically, wrong about something or other — was an interesting foreshadowing of his Colbert Report persona.”
Stephen Colbert Appears via Video at the Neo-Futurists Gala
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On Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 Stephen Colbert appeared via video to introduce the Neo-Futurists at the Neo Gala in New York.
According Neo-Futurist alum Dave Awl, Stephen was briefly a member of the group in the early 90s, when “at the time Stephen was considering moving on from Second City, so he auditioned for ‘Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind’. And of course we cast him. […] He actually participated in one rehearsal for ‘Too Much Light’, and wrote a very funny script for the show, but then he got a last-minute hail-mary promotion from Second City. Someone there evidently realized they were on the brink of losing one of their brightest young lights […] So between the Tuesday rehearsal and the Friday show, Stephen apologetically bowed out of ‘Too Much Light’”. […] The piece Stephen wrote for ‘Too Much Light’ was a hyperbolic rant in which he berated another performer (the late Ted Bales, if I recall correctly) for being colossally, even metaphysically, wrong about something or other — was an interesting foreshadowing of his Colbert Report persona.”