VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Takes on #GiveThem20 Pushup Challenge With No Hands!

By: Jun. 30, 2015
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New LATE SHOW host Stephen Colbert shared a video of himself doing 20 pushups in response to a challenge from fellow talk show host John Oliver. The #GiveThem20 is an initiative which honors veterans by challenging participants to do 20 push-ups or sit-ups.

Fortunately for Colbert, the challenge turned out to be breeze. Below, watch the comic perform the task with just one hand... and then no hands!

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 8(11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT). The show will be broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Specific creative elements and producers will be announced at a later date.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.



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