Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/joCxxMsjoUT.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter STEPHEN COLBERT & AUBREY PLAZA—WILMINGTON DE COMMUNITY CALENDAR [ItnthL6vMO1] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT (Originally aired June 15, 2019) Breathtaking Aubrey Plaza, the undisputed quirky-queen of unpredictably awkward human interactions, joined Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show on June 15, 2019 to help him give her hometown of Wilmington, Delaware its own Delawonderful version of Wilmington’s Community Calendar. As they like to say in Wilmington, "We're not quite Pennsylvania and we're definitely not New Jersey. And please leave us alone." Apparently, screaming women and pirates make up the majority of the Wilmingandian population. However, that's okay, because Wilmington is the "Corporate Capital" of America, perfectly complementing the swash-buckling thievery and the normalization of pirates who constantly chase women around in circles, causing them to scream a lot—even though the pirates never catch any of the screaming women and no one ever seems to get dizzy. I know this because I once saw a historically accurate depiction of early 1700s Wilmington while on a ride at Disneyland. Not very many people know that Wilmington is the incorporated home of over 60% of Fortune 500 companies, as well as being DuPont Chemical's base of operations. Coincidentally and probably totally unrelated, bottled water, oxygen masks and blood transfusion equipment seem to always be in short supply at the local Army Surplus and Survival Outpost locations all around the city. And by the way, you don't have to love the smell of decaying corn cobs, burnt oil or extremely fresh nitrogen-rich manure to truly enjoy all Wilmington has to offer. There certainly is a lot to love and take advantage of in Wil-DE, even if you're not into financially manipulating the language of local, State and Federal tax laws in order to make obscene amounts of money that probably could've gone to social programs somehow. And as if that weren't awesome enough, there is no sales tax in Wilmington. Sounds like THIS town was founded by a bunch of poor people with absolutely no ambition or business acumen. So take a quick dive with the dramatic dish known as Aubrey, as she and Stephen take you on a little community ride through that little big town on the little bump at the very top of Delaware—the one that kind of looks like a potentially worrisome skin tag. Enjoy the show. And remember...be kind to people—not because they're nice, but because you are. However, I would say that people who purposely release the gaseous by-products of their very recent Mexican or Indian meals into small, confined spaces...such as elevators and narrow stairwells...are people who probably aren't all that nice. You know, when I was a child, I thought it was fun to leave my strategically-targeted invisible fart clouds around to linger and destroy my enemies...but not so much anymore. These days, I really only do that to send a message or to turn my passive-aggressive ideations into relatively harmless aggressive-aggressive fantasy fulfillment. My therapist said it was okay to mention that. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to "Be Best." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit Stephen Colbert on YouTube: @colbert PZYSZNZZMHg KCoh4WfB7OR Df82SAA6Fa8 Sp88Fong4zW
(Originally aired June 15, 2019) Breathtaking Aubrey Plaza, the undisputed quirky-queen of unpredictably awkward human interactions, joined Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show on June 15, 2019 to help him give her hometown of Wilmington, Delaware its own Delawonderful version of Wilmington’s Community Calendar. As they like to say in Wilmington, "We're not quite Pennsylvania and we're definitely not New Jersey. And please leave us alone." Apparently, screaming women and pirates make up the majority of the Wilmingandian population. However, that's okay, because Wilmington is the "Corporate Capital" of America, perfectly complementing the swash-buckling thievery and the normalization of pirates who constantly chase women around in circles, causing them to scream a lot—even though the pirates never catch any of the screaming women and no one ever seems to get dizzy. I know this because I once saw a historically accurate depiction of early 1700s Wilmington while on a ride at Disneyland. Not very many people know that Wilmington is the incorporated home of over 60% of Fortune 500 companies, as well as being DuPont Chemical's base of operations. Coincidentally and probably totally unrelated, bottled water, oxygen masks and blood transfusion equipment seem to always be in short supply at the local Army Surplus and Survival Outpost locations all around the city. And by the way, you don't have to love the smell of decaying corn cobs, burnt oil or extremely fresh nitrogen-rich manure to truly enjoy all Wilmington has to offer. There certainly is a lot to love and take advantage of in Wil-DE, even if you're not into financially manipulating the language of local, State and Federal tax laws in order to make obscene amounts of money that probably could've gone to social programs somehow. And as if that weren't awesome enough, there is no sales tax in Wilmington. Sounds like THIS town was founded by a bunch of poor people with absolutely no ambition or business acumen. So take a quick dive with the dramatic dish known as Aubrey, as she and Stephen take you on a little community ride through that little big town on the little bump at the very top of Delaware—the one that kind of looks like a potentially worrisome skin tag. Enjoy the show. And remember...be kind to people—not because they're nice, but because you are. However, I would say that people who purposely release the gaseous by-products of their very recent Mexican or Indian meals into small, confined spaces...such as elevators and narrow stairwells...are people who probably aren't all that nice. You know, when I was a child, I thought it was fun to leave my strategically-targeted invisible fart clouds around to linger and destroy my enemies...but not so much anymore. These days, I really only do that to send a message or to turn my passive-aggressive ideations into relatively harmless aggressive-aggressive fantasy fulfillment. My therapist said it was okay to mention that. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to "Be Best." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit Stephen Colbert on YouTube: @colbert PZYSZNZZMHg KCoh4WfB7OR Df82SAA6Fa8 Sp88Fong4zW