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Brian Stack

@brianstack153.bsky.social
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“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, “Conan”, The Second City-Chicago, other stuff.

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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 10h
“Did you ever wake up to find A day that broke up your mind Destroyed your notion of circular time?”
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unfortunately no! That was Michael Gordon who always nailed it.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The producers were up there last night, John, including our head writer Ariel Dumas. The writers were all up there last week though at the Creative Arts Emmy’s.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In honor of National Dog Day, here’s a pic of our very-much-missed, forever-loved old dog Darby being too lazy to get up after mail was dropped on him through the door slot. #NationalDogDay 🐾❤️🙂
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thanks to my friend and former coworker the brilliant and hilarious @asherperlman.bsky.social , for this incredibly accurate portrait of me in all my Mona Lisa-like ambiguity.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some ancient parent accidentally stepped on this in the dark.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy Heavenly Birthday to our very dear friend and one of the funniest, nicest guys to ever walk the Earth, Pat Finn. Much love as always to Pat, Donna, Cassidy, Caitlin, and Ryan. 🎂❤️☘️🎂☘️❤️🎂
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This exchange still makes me laugh 10 years later. Bravo, @weratedogs.com! 🐾👏
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just remembered this beautiful Mary Oliver poem, “The Summer Day”, and thought I’d pass it along.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Andrew Weinberg on “Late Night with Conan” years ago as Shoeverine, a rejected X-Men character with shoes for hands. One of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever been really proud of.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Still one of my all-time favorite Onion headlines.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The world seems significantly less awful while you’re petting a horse.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I’d forgotten how good and scary young Pierce Brosnan is as an IRA hitman in the British crime classic “The Long Good Friday”.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Also very grateful for this beautiful shillelagh Stephen gave me yesterday on my last day in the office. The Black and Tans better watch their backs.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Freddy Spaghatti from “Parks and Recreation” will no longer be performing at Trump’s Freedom 250 concert.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Despite rumors to the contrary, The SlipNutz will also no longer be performing at Trump’s Freedom 250 concert.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Mayhem, the fake band in the ‘82 “punk rock” episode of “Quincy M.E.” will no longer be performing at Trump’s Freedom 250 concert.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I mean, these lyrics alone…
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Rest In Peace, Sonny Rollins. A true legend and an artist to the core obviously. I’ll never forget my friend Jon Glaser’s story about seeing Rollins in concert and the only thing Rollins said the entire night, just before he started playing, was “You people, stop messing up the oceans.”
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Everything is terrible but here’s a picture of our very much-loved and much-missed old dog Darby being too lazy to get up after mail was dropped on him through the door-slot.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Me too!
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Our dog Holly will miss all my wonderful @colbertlateshow.bsky.social friends and co-workers as much as I will. Well, almost as much. ❤️🐾🥹
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Eternally grateful to Stephen, Evie, my fellow writers, and the rest of the wonderful @colbertlateshow.bsky.social family. It was such a privilege to work with these amazing, hilarious people for the last 11 years. ❤️
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Holly threw up In the car on the way there but she made lots of new lifelong friends.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So happy that this pic of baby Holly in our office on Super Bowl Sunday ‘24 slipped into the wonderful farewell “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” yearbook.❤️🐾
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
No one’s trying to silence Christians, you shameless, sanctimonious weasel. The separation between Church and State is simply a founding principle of this nation.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Thanks to a friend of mine one for sending this pic of a very stupid old “Late Night with Conan” character I’d forgotten about: Man Man, a superhero with all the powers of an ordinary man. If I recall correctly, a woman asked me to watch her unlocked bicycle when she ran into a store.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A little flashback since everything’s still terrible and I still love these dog names.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Like all my shirts, this one came pre-wrinkled.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My very messy old "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" office in 30 Rock years ago. I'm pretty sure there's a desk somewhere under all that crap. #ThrowbackThursday
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Happy National Pet Day to our very sweet dog Holly and our very much-missed, forever-loved old dogs Darby, Rigby, and Banjo. 🐾❤️🐾❤️
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This line in the classic movie “The Manchurian Candidate” reminds me yet again that just a few more courageous Senators and Congresspeople could’ve stopped Trump years ago and saved us all so much misery.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Nice hooman turnout too.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Dogs in Tarrytown know what’s up. #NoKings
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thanks to my wonderful friend and co-worker Caroline Lazar for taking this pic of a (sort of) SlipNutz reunion Sunday night.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happy Birthday to one of the funniest guys ever, Chris Farley, seen here before a show at the Ark Improv Theatre in Madison, WI in ‘87.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It’s truly impossible to put into words how much Catherine O’Hara’s work has meant to me since childhood. Like countless others I know, I’m forever grateful to her for all the laughs and inspiration she gave to me with her seemingly effortless genius.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
My friend and co-worker Carley told me she heard about Indiana’s National Championship on NPR and I laughed imagining Terry Gross interviewing Curt Cignetti. #iufb @crimsoncast.bsky.social
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🔴⚪️🔴⚪️❤️✊🏈
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I did once play Hairspraybraham Lincoln.
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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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