--- description: Billy Eichner not only donned a banana costume for his chat with Stephen Colbert, but came prepared with a Halloween-inspired game. title: Billy Eichner and Stephen Colbert Play a Halloween Trump Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb23f19e1f745ce8f/6988e3fb4ee26252b030f97f/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-11-45-23-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Billy Eichner Put Stephen Colbert to the Test With a Festive Game of '_Hocus Pocus_ or Trump's White House'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 31, 2017 4:49 PM CUT  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 31, 2017 4:49 PM CUT [Billy Eichner](http://time.com/money/4846023/billy-eichner-career-advice/ "undefined") definitely brought the [Halloween spirit](http://time.com/4994332/halloween-funniest-viral-pranks/ "undefined") to Monday’s episode of _The Late Show_. The [_American Horror Story_ ](http://time.com/4926673/review-american-horror-story-cult/ "undefined")not only donned a banana costume for his chat with Stephen Colbert, but came prepared with a festive game to play with the host: “_Hocus Pocus_ or Trump’s White House?” “This is a game I wrote specifically for tonight because Halloween is tomorrow,” he explained. “I would say one of maybe not my favorite movies but a guilty pleasure is the movie _Hocus Pocus_. And _Hocus Pocus_ is like a Halloween classic. And so I wrote a game just for you called ‘_Hocus Pocus_ or Trump’s White House?’ I’m going to give you a fact and you have to tell me if this fact refers to the movie _Hocus Pocus_ or Trump’s White House or both.” Eichner then proceeded to rattle off tidbits such as, “Ben Carson believes that it’s real,” “has inspired Bette Midler to do a lot of screaming and complaining,” and, “seems like it started almost as a joke but now for some reason we have to take it seriously,” as Colbert — who admitted he has never seen _Hocus Pocus_ — struggled to stay on track. Watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/"},"headline":"Billy Eichner Put Stephen Colbert to the Test With a Festive Game of 'Hocus Pocus or Trump's White House'","datePublished":"2017-10-31T16:49:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:23.276Z","description":"\"Ben Carson believes that it’s real\"","url":"https://time.com/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","the late show","billy eichner","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb23f19e1f745ce8f/6988e3fb4ee26252b030f97f/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-11-45-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb23f19e1f745ce8f/6988e3fb4ee26252b030f97f/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-11-45-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The-Late-Show-Billy-Eichner-Stephen-Colbert","caption":"","creditText":"CBS","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/","name":"Billy Eichner Put Stephen Colbert to the Test With a Festive Game of 'Hocus Pocus or Trump's White House'"}}]}] ```