A month ago, Stephen Colbert snuck in a final gag against CBS during the series finale Late ShowUnlicensed broadcast peanut A song where he joked “I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money!”
A month later, CBS is now paying up, as the network has signed a licensing agreement with Lee Mendelson Film Productions for use of the track, with all unspecified proceeds going to World Central Kitchen.
“LMFP found the use of running music Late Show “Funny, entertaining, and proud to support the mission of World Central Kitchen,” Jason Mendelsohn, president of LMFP, said in a statement Tuesday. “The primary goal of our enforcement actions is to educate individuals, businesses, and government agencies about the need to obtain written licensing agreements to use music in a commercial setting.”
CBS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mendelsohn’s donation stays in line with Colbert, who also donated $2.5 million to World Central Kitchen before the show ended.
Colbert told the now-expensive joke during the finale Late show episode in May during the “Meanwhile” segment, referencing how Mendelsohn had launched several legal actions earlier that week over the unauthorized use of composer Vince Guaraldi’s famous jazz score.
“Peanuts is a powerful brand and company in its own right, and anyone who uses that music illegally is going to have to play through their nose,” Colbert said as Louis Cato and his band immediately began performing. peanut Theme “Linus and Lucy”. “Louis, it’s a band that plays the same thing now peanut The music you just said people are being sued for using without permission? Oh no, I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money.
While Colbert’s show was over, he didn’t stay off the airwaves for long, appearing on public television 24 Hours Later in Michigan, featuring the likes of Jack White and Jeff Daniels.
“I want people to remember me as a comedy show,” Colbert said. Hollywood Reporter In an interview with Cover Story when asked what he wanted the show’s long-term legacy to be. “We harvest laughter for a living, and in the end that’s the thing I want more than anything else. I just want to make the audience laugh.”
