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Stephen Colbert answers Butterball turkey hotline calls for Thanksgiving 2016

David Letterman had his memorable moments manning the drive-thru line at Taco Bell, and this past weekend, to prepare for Thanksgiving 2016, his successor at The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, tried his hands at answering phone calls from actual customers to the Butterball turkey talk line.

How’d he do?

Let’s go to the phone lines!

Part 1 aired Tuesday night:

Part 2, which aired Wednesday:

And here are some additional outtakes…

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