--- ---  # Watch Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert Sing a Hilarious Song Together (20 Years Ago) by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 28, 2014 7:49 PM UTC  TV host Stephen Colbert and actor Steve Carell attends the Governor's Ball after the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on August 27, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. TV host Stephen Colbert and actor Steve Carell attends the Governor's Ball after the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on August 27, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.Vince Bucci—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 28, 2014 7:49 PM UTC This video, [unearthed by Splitsider](http://splitsider.com/2014/08/watch-steve-carell-and-stephen-colbert-sing-the-obvious-song-at-second-city-in-1993/), features a young Steve Carell and an even younger Stephen Colbert performing together back in 1993 at Chicago’s famed Second City comedy club. (They’re joined by fellow funnymen Paul Dinello and David Razowsky, but obviously those guys are a lot less famous.) This clip, which features the performers singing a little ditty called “The Obvious Song,” was part of a show called _Take Me Out to the Balkans._ Man, look at Steve ‘n Stephen — they’re just babies here. Kids really do grow up so fast, don’t they? Stephen Colbert Steve Carell Sing at Second City in 1993: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3210247/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-sing-at-second-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3210247/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-sing-at-second-city/"},"headline":"Watch Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert Sing a Hilarious Song Together (20 Years Ago)","datePublished":"2014-08-28T19:49:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:51.227Z","description":"Back during their days at Chicago's Second City","url":"https://time.com/3210247/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-sing-at-second-city/","keywords":["Newsfeed","stephen colbert","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb17af1569797b25c/6986a156d0b6f26562305def/71728350.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb17af1569797b25c/6986a156d0b6f26562305def/71728350.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Governor's Ball","caption":"58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Governor's Ball","creditText":"Vince Bucci—Getty Images","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/3210247/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-sing-at-second-city/","name":"Watch Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert Sing a Hilarious Song Together (20 Years Ago)"}}]}] ```