Meanwhile... Mountain Dew's Summer Flavors | Germany's Pigeon Murder Plan | Chick-fil-A Summer Camp 

The idea of paying a corporation to let your kids work for them for nothing is such a horrible concept I’m surprised nobody put it in a dystopian novel yet

"Why are we trying to repeal child labor laws? If we call it a summer camp, we can actually CHARGE to have their children work for us!"

Mountain Dew's origin story for Liberty Chill is "Factory Spill Accident".

$35 for Chick-Fil-A? For free I could take my Kid to a Union Worker’s strike and show them what worker solidarity looks like…

And who funded that study about guns? Because I have a sneaking suspicion that it starts with an "N" and ends with a, "ational Rifle Association".

I can not express how much I look forward to "Meanwhile"

Don Jr. lost something while boating in Florida.

In my town, we had a huge seagul problem in the harbour. The city officials decided to feed them seed with birth control in it. It took a year to work, but the population dropped dramatically.

2:24 You did it America, an IRL Nuka-Cola Quantum!

Bandit Spackleshack is the name of my next Halfling Thief…

I like how the label that says "shhh. Just trust us..." also claims that Mountain Dew has 7 grams of protein

Some of these Meanwhile rants show a wild level of research. Like how much time did it take for them to find out that in a pinch you can mix drywall and soda (sugar water) to make a sealing paste?

Hi, Germany here. No. We're not ok but not because of the pigeons.

The pigeon thing is German af 😂 we do have a pigeon problem here, but the “you okay?” was spot on 😂😂😂

It's not just free child labor. It's actually paying to provide free child labor.

Chick Fil A, child labor and unrepentant corporate greed seem totally on brand. They are awful.

"Men lie" No Steve! Say it ain't so!

As a German I can say: we are not okay

Gude, someone here from Limburg... there have been sensible suggestions for dealing with the deaf situation differently for years... unfortunately the city government has repeatedly rejected the whole thing for "cost reasons".. now there has been a referendum in which, with similar competence, how the Brexit vote was voted.

Never had Chick-fil-A, never will. That company's ethics have been in the toilet for decades. Remember their stance on Marriage Equality, everyone???

Dear Stephen Colbert, I just want to express my appreciation for your show … especially your introduction to your Meanwhile segment are in a class of its own… cleverly written and expertly presented … Greetings from Germany (and yes, the pidgeon story does give reason for concern 😂) …

Now that she has no chance to be Trump's running mate, there's a pigeon job in Germany for Kristi Noem! (With Sarah Palin standing in the foreground.)

For the kids out there: that last Mountain Dew flavor is what's known affectionately as a "graveyard." Good times, peeps. Good times!

My former state Louisiana has been INCREDIBLY embarrassing lately 🤦‍♀️!!

It's kinda nice to hear a joke about Germany that doesn't include Hitler, Bavaria (the other 15 states feel ignored 😢) or the German people's accent.

Colbert might need a new recurring subsegment about cocaine floating off the coast of Florida, because there was another story about a sea turtle being tangled up in a net that also contained, you guessed it, bricks of cocaine.

As kids, we used to mix together all sorts of random stuff and call the resulting gunk "potions." This appears to be the reasoning behind Liberty Chill.

I can't stand Mt. Dew, but I like how Liberty Chill kinda represents the country... a mix of everything with a side of toxic slop.

He started the rant mentioning Imperial Porphyry, my favorite stone, only found one spot on earth

Yeah that study is full of it lol

Meanwhile, I'm feeding wood pigeons in my front garden in Ireland.

Pigeons are intelligent and emotionally intelligent birds and actually very clean ❤

Subway just discovered Taquitos.

The pidgeon-joke hit home here, literally: Just read an article that officials provided a new pidgeon-extermination-plan in my German hometown. It's a different one than Limburg's, though. "We" will install huge pidgeon-housing (for the pidgeons we DON'T want) to lure them in so they nest there. After they lay their eggs, someone will climb in there and exchange the real eggs with false ones (and presumably freeze the real eggs or dispose off them in some humane (?) way). That will slim down the population in the mid to long run. There will still be some pidgeons of course, as not all of them will use the proivded housing. They seemingly just faced the problem of lacking space to build the pidegon-towers or however they call them, and ASKED CITIZENS IF THEY ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THE PIDGEON-VILLAS ON THEIR PRIVATE GROUNDS (please keep in mind, this is a small country and our gardens or backyards usually, if there even is one, are tiny compared to backyards in some parts of the US). "Sure, build a house for dozens of flying rats that will spraypaint my home with their poop, and then here are my keys so you can come any time you like to inspect the egg-situation." I didn't even make that up. That's the way to go for my homies, I'm sure there is a reason for this particular approach to the situation (but none was given in the text I've just read). I guess the guy consulting my home town's polticians wasn't Gunther but Norbert.

Men don't lie! Just ask all my former girlfriends, who happen to be mostly Victoria's secret models. I'll wait in my one billion dollar yacht while you do that.

"Florida Keys" just took on a new meaning.

Liberty Chill sounds a lot like Quantum Cola. just a hint of radiation, trust us, it's perfectly safe.😂

Mountain Dew - Backwash Blast. Do the Huuuurggehh!!!!

What came first: Florida Keys or Keys of cocaine?

Steven is a real wordsmith.

50 Flavors that put together make a color? How does THAT work?

Well you have an honest professional mostly sane follower who appreciates your work and looks forward to whats mext. Thank you!

2:39 No way Mountain Dew has 7 grams of protein...

I think subways owners “Doctor’s Associates” should rename to “Undertaker’s Helpers”.

Chik-fil-A summer camp: indentured servitude for children and conservative christian values, all for $35 a pop! Jesus wept.

"... men lie." Said any woman, "ya don't say?"

"It's not that I hate pidgins, but bullets and blindfolds, and cigarettes are too much overhead for a single pidgin slaughter." Gunter is reported to have said, according to unnamed sources.🤣

Arkansas offers a kids camp: overnights at a meat plant cleaning machinery! 😅

"Flatbread with pepperoni and cheese that is convenient and handheld" You mean pizza. Subway is selling pizza.

I was born and raised in Limburg and it's quite surreal to see it's been mentioned on American TV 😅 to be fair, even in Germany people wonder what is going on in this town since it just makes the headlines for very outlandish stories 😂

These ‘Meanwhile’ opening monologues never get old

That German plan sounds like the final solution used by the Germans in WW2.FYI, which didn't work well.

Seeing so much love here is beautiful. God bless you all!

First they came for the pigeons and I did not speak out…

When it comes to Mountain Dew... Don't!

The whole "men with guns are happier about their penises" statistic is somewhat flawed.. Because I am PRETTY SURE that men with lambos also feel better about their penises.. Because they just bought a massively expensive vehicle to COMPENSATE FOR THEIR INADEQUACIES... If you feel WORSE about your dingdong after stockpiling arms or buying a lambo, that was a bad purchase. Would I feel better about myself if I had a lot of guns? Nah. Would I feel better about myself rolling around in a lambo? Hard to say, but I'm pretty sure I'd be thinking less about my penis when I have something else to play with. The study I want to see is a study of people's confidence before and after they bought weapons. Having access to arms wouldn't do me much because I'm a hardcore fricken badass (..) but for a frail loser, having guns will feel extremely empowering. Of course they would feel less bad about their weaknesses, they have a shotgun to override most of their anxiety.. With anxiety comes a crack in confidence.. You remove that anxiety and you got yourself a sense of confidence that starts building. Scared people feel bad about themselves. Buy a gun, feel less bad. Don't buy a gun though, if you feel bad a lot, that's more likely to be an off switch for yourself during dark times than something that keeps you safe.

1:45 because even Pepsi wouldn't Dew us that dirty...

Gotta love the effort that goes into crafting that intro.

America is not in the position to question another countries mental health :D

I bought those Mountain Dew flavors today. This is why I want to be up to date on my monologues.

That’s a lot of protein for a soda!

I'm German, and this is the first time I'm hearing of the pigeon killing plan. And to your question. No. No we are not okay

Y'know, the reason pigeons do so well in our cities is that they're feral, not wild. Those are the descendants of domesticated animals, meaning that they've got a severely diminished fear response. We just kicked them out when we didn't want them anymore, but because human settlements drive out most of the things that would prey on them, that lack of fear lets them operate more freely in our cities without, y'know, getting them killed constantly as it would in a wild space.

Stephen's are you okay, Germany, was straight up Jon Stewart level pause and inflection

Are we ALL collectively ignoring the horrible things that are bound to occur at this summer camp? Like, have we all forgotten what happens when church meets kids without parents??? I know that chik-fil-a is a business, and is presumably safer, but its a religious business.

“SHU, just trust us” 🤣 that’s right to the point!

I read that as "Gymboree Gun Foundry." Which is even more accurate.

"This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for fighting, this is for fun." Full Metal Jacket

Lauren "Beetlejuice" Boebert wants to get her hands on the new Subway rolled-up flatbread!

Correction: you can’t grind up drywall; it’s paper, glue, and gypsum dust. Wait, am I on the wrong show?

I remember when mountain Dew S A was a mixture of Voltage, Code Red, and White Out.

2:06 A direct descendant of Steve Martin's "tuna fish sandwich" joke💝

Bricks of coke with eagles on. Sounds like Don jr is being allowed to float some of his ideas to dad.

I'm in awe of the writers 👏👏👏

Mountain Dew is on its Nuka Cola arc...

Mountain Dew. Now available in Cherry Red, Transparent Cream Soda, and One-of-Everything-plus-Blue No. 2.

Yes officer i found 2 er i mean 1 package of coke floating around

For a split second when he was describing “marble” at the beginning of the Meanwhile segment I thought he was talking about the kinda marbles I used to play in the dirt with when I was a kid. 😂

Brilliant stuff, y'all. Meanwhile consistently delivers top-tier humor. 😂❤

I mean, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas isn't really new. Scholars have known for a long time that much of the traditional backstory about Jesus, Mary, and Mary's mother that became official church teaching in the middle ages came from that document.

That new Mt. Dew? It's a bottled Graveyard!

For July 4th, freeze those Mountain Dew flavors into ice cubes and float red, white and blue cubes in gin and tonic. Take that, England.

Nice to go out with a banger! Leave me craving more brains brains BRAINS!

Lol I write yeah like yea all the time but I knew it was pronounced “yay” so that made me laugh

Which begs the question: Subway's tubular-shaped and wrapped Sub is NOT convenient, hand-held, and grab-and-go, so they're offering something that is?

Mountain Dew 🤝 windshield wiper fluid

This is one meanwhile that I wish I could unsee. I saw this segment about the pigeons and it made me sick to my stomach. Pigeons are the most misunderstood birds and they are very sweet and people are freaking cruel. Just leave them alone. It really breaks my heart and I wish I would’ve never heard this and go ahead and make fun of me, I don’t even care for my views on pigeons, I hear it all the time. But I am an animal advocate and it’s really sad what we do to animals

Yes... pigeon... it's hard dear Stevie 😂😂😂😂😂

There's a gift for making people smile. Thank you for sharing it.

Germany didn't learn their lesson from their last genocide campaign.

We're most definitely not ok. 😅

I wish the late show would put up a graphic of whatever Stephen describes in the lead up to meanwhile. While I listened carefully, I have no idea what the thing with marble was.

That Mt. Dew Blue flavor has definitely 'Got What Plants Crave'.

Bestest Meanwhile 🎉Intro/Trip Ever at least until next time. Love ya Colbert! 1:45

We read the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in one of my Classics courses in college. That class had to have been at least 16 years ago. I still think about it from time to time. It is a trip.

Working for nothing isn’t new, it’s called an internship😅

😅i am a Brit and I live an the lahn😂watch every day xx

Why would the ingredients list for Mt. Dew have grams of protein in it.

He knew exactly when I would say “yea”?!? Don’t you mean…”

Funnily enough, I'd just bought some Mountain Dew at the Philips 66 minutes before clicking on this.