--- title: Ken Bone: Stephen Colbert Sings Debate Song Video description: Stephen Colbert wrote a song for Ken Bone canonical: https://time.com/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-11T15:25:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:30.647Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Performs Touching Ken Bone Tribute Song og:description: Stephen Colbert wrote a song for Ken Bone og:url: https://time.com/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Performs Touching Ken Bone Tribute Song twitter:description: Stephen Colbert wrote a song for Ken Bone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Sang a Touching Fanboy Song About 'Nerves of Stone' Ken Bone by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 11, 2016 3:25 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 11, 2016 3:25 PM UTC Stephen Colbert may have had the night off from _The Late Show,_ but he couldn’t wait to weigh in on the second presidential debate, as well as debate phenomenon, audience member [Kenneth Bone](http://time.com/4526309/ken-bone-jimmy-kimmel/). Colbert brought the cameras into his home and introduced his new internet friendly co-host, an adorable undecided kitty. Colbert said that the debate was overshadowed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s [leaked video](http://time.com/4526039/donald-trump-locker-room-athletes/?xid=homepage), which lead to a difficult weekend for parents who “had to sit down and explain to their kids who Billy Bush was.” Colbert had strong opinions on both [Trump’s](http://time.com/4526415/donald-trump-republican-support-paul-ryan/?xid=homepage) and Clinton’s performances, but like many people who watched the debate at home, Colbert knew the [real star of the debate](http://time.com/4525241/ken-bone-presidential-debate/) when he saw him – Bone. “America just got an express ticket to Bone town,” Colbert declared before launching into a song all about Bone, who “took command of the microphone” and “faced the candidates with nerves of stone.” Watch below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Sang a Touching Fanboy Song About 'Nerves of Stone' Ken Bone","datePublished":"2016-10-11T15:25:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:30.647Z","description":"Stephen Colbert wrote a song for Ken Bone","url":"https://time.com/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","2016 presidential election","the late show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/4526497/stephen-colbert-ken-bone-song/","name":"Stephen Colbert Sang a Touching Fanboy Song About 'Nerves of Stone' Ken Bone"}}]}] ```