Stephen Colbert mocked Disney hard for suspending Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday’s “The Late Show.” His monologue, of course, included bon mots like the observation that the suspension “proves Disney is #1 in streaming,” because company leaders were “pissing themselves” in fear of Trump.
But before the monologue, Colbert began Thursday’s episode with a cold open that went almost as hard by channeling “Beauty and the Beast.”
As always, the cold open started with a supercut of recent news reports, in this case explaining that Disney suspended Kimmel after being threatened by the head of the FCC over comments Kimmel made referencing the man who killed right wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
Then, the scene changed to feature a parody of Lumière, the French-accented candelabra voiced by Jerry Orbach in the 1991 animated Disney classic. Only this version is, somehow, wearing a MAGA hat.
“Listen up. In light of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, ABC’s parent company, the Walt Disney Corporation, has a little message for all the employees,” the parody Lumière said.
Then he began a parody of the breakout song “Be Our Guest,” called “Shut Your Trap.”
The lyrics were:
“Shut your trap, shut your trap, we are warning you to cut the crap. Our Dear Leader’s skin is thinner than a sheet of plastic wrap. Mum’s the word, have you heard, kissing ass it what’s preferred. Don’t insult our great dictator, or he’ll hit you with this turd. The new rule at ABC: Don’t make fun of Donny T. And don’t point out that his neck is mostly flap. So don’t you make a scene, or mention Jeff Epstein, or your show will be scrapped. Shut your trap.”
Watch the amusing bit below:
