--- description: Stephen Colbert of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert interviews Eminem on a public access television show in Monroe Michigan title: Stephen Colbert Hosted a Public Access Show in Michigan Because Why Not image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Stephen Colbert Host a Public Access TV Show in Michigan  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 1, 2015 8:19 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 1, 2015 8:19 PM CUT Comedian and late-night star Stephen Colbert hosted a show called [“Only in Monroe”](http://www.monroenews.com/news/2015/jul/01/stephen-colbert-has-burger-monroe/ "undefined") on the Michigan city’s public access TV channel, in which he interviewed Eminem, the rapper from Detroit, at the 21:55 mark. Watch as he tries to get him to sing along to songs by Detroit-area singer-songwriter Bob Seger and ask the kind of questions that only an elderly person who has never heard of the Grammy-winning recording artist would ask, such as: “What kind of rap do you do? … Are you more political or are you more booty rhymes? Where do you hope this goes? Is this a career or more of a hobby? Is this just sort of like a thing to do with your buddies on the weekends? It’s a pretty tough business though, do you have a fall back position?” (h/t [_Digg_](http://digg.com/video/colbert-public-access-only-in-monroe-michigan-late-show "undefined")) ### See 13 Stephen Colbert Cameos You Might Have Missed  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Lake-town Spy Todd Eyre—Warner Bros.  Exit 57 - Various Characters (pictured top left) Comedy Central  Dana Carvey Show - Various Characters ABC  Strangers With Candy - Chuck Noblet Comedy Central  Missing Persons - Chet Davies ABC  Saturday Night Live - Ace, The Ambiguously Gay Duo (pictured left) NBC  Spin City - Frank ABC  Simpsons - Colby Krause (pictured right) Fox  Curb Your Enthusiasm - Tourist HBO  American Dad! - Dr. R. Dandliker (pictured left) Fox  Bewitched - Stu Robinson (pictured left) Columbia  Mr. Peabody & Sherman - Paul Peterson 20th Century Fox  Monsters vs Aliens - President Hathaway Dreamworks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Host a Public Access TV Show in Michigan","datePublished":"2015-07-01T20:19:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:19.148Z","description":"He even interviews Eminem","url":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Host a Public Access TV Show in Michigan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best of Stephen Colbert","description":"The next host of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PNJDP9f3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-10T21:49:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/","duration":"PT4M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3943755/stephen-colbert-monroe-michigan-eminem/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```