--- title: Stephen Colbert and Dana Carvey Roast 'Madman' John Bolton description: Stephen Colbert brought in Dana Carvey to help present his take on John Bolton's appointment as Trump's new National Security Adviser. canonical: https://time.com/5220369/stephen-colbert-dana-carvey-roast-john-bolton/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-29T15:07:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:42.886Z og:title: Dana Carvey Debuts 'Madman' John Bolton Impression on Colbert og:description: Bolton was recently appointed as Trump's new National Security Adviser og:url: https://time.com/5220369/stephen-colbert-dana-carvey-roast-john-bolton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61bee12c3aab0272/69892c5397cdff7a796b4d13/screen-shot-2018-03-29-at-10-26-36-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-03-29 at 10.26.36 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dana Carvey Debuts 'Madman' John Bolton Impression on Colbert twitter:description: Bolton was recently appointed as Trump's new National Security Adviser twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61bee12c3aab0272/69892c5397cdff7a796b4d13/screen-shot-2018-03-29-at-10-26-36-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dana Carvey Was Born to Argue With Stephen Colbert as 'Madman' John Bolton  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 3:07 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 3:07 PM UTC In the wake of [John Bolton’s](http://time.com/5211927/john-bolton-trump-national-security-advisor-hr-mcmaster-resign/) appointment as [National Security Adviser](http://time.com/5220103/john-bolton-is-trumps-newest-hawk-how-tough-will-he-be/), [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/) brought in the big guns to to help present his take on President Donald Trump’s latest White House shakeup. During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert arranged for an interview with the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.—except instead of Bolton, it was actually comedian Dana Carvey in a large mustache. “It’s very important to me that nobody thinks President Trump is handing the keys to the war machine to some sort of hair-trigger lunatic,” Carvey explained, referencing Bolton’s reputation as a war hawk. “Because if I heard someone say that, I’d blow them up quick.” The two went on to spar over Bolton’s intentions in the White House, with Carvey’s mustache growing bigger by the minute. “I’m not the madman the media and my words and behavior make me out to be,” he finally insisted. 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