--- title: Billy Eichner Plays 'Hocus Pocus or Trump's White House' description: Billy Eichner not only donned a banana costume for his chat with Stephen Colbert, but came prepared with a Halloween-inspired game. canonical: https://time.com/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-31T16:49:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:23.276Z og:title: Billy Eichner and Stephen Colbert Play a Halloween Trump Game og:description: "Ben Carson believes that it’s real" og:url: https://time.com/5003837/billy-eichner-stephen-colbert-hocus-pocus-or-trump-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb23f19e1f745ce8f/6988e3fb4ee26252b030f97f/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-11-45-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1126&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1126 og:image:height: 633 og:image:alt: The-Late-Show-Billy-Eichner-Stephen-Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Billy Eichner and Stephen Colbert Play a Halloween Trump Game twitter:description: "Ben Carson believes that it’s real" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb23f19e1f745ce8f/6988e3fb4ee26252b030f97f/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-11-45-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1126&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Billy Eichner Put Stephen Colbert to the Test With a Festive Game of '_Hocus Pocus_ or Trump's White House' > Sponsored content. 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The [_American Horror Story_ ](http://time.com/4926673/review-american-horror-story-cult/)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. 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