Stephen Colbert would really like you to join him for lunch today

In which the forthcoming "Late Show" host really wants to get to know you over some brown-bagged lunch

Published July 20, 2015 7:48PM (EDT)

 Stephen Colbert       (The Late Show With Stephen Colbert)
Stephen Colbert (The Late Show With Stephen Colbert)

At work eating lunch all by your lonesome today? You can find some solace in knowing that Stephen Colbert is here to join you -- through a screen, at least -- as he embarks on the first in a five-part series called "Stephen Colbert Has Stephen Colbert's Daily Lunch With You Starring Stephen Colbert."

If this was elementary, Colbert would easily be the baddest boy in the whole school with the contents of his brown-bagged lunch: Thin Mints, ribs and a hand-written note to himself, written by himself.

Watch the video below, and prepare to be BFFs with Colbert come September 8:


By Colin Gorenstein

Colin Gorenstein is Salon's assistant editor of internet and viral content. Follow @colingorenstein or email cgorenstein@salon.com.

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