The Daft Punk/Colbert Report saga continues. After host Stephen Colbert explained why Daft Punk had to cancel their appearance on the show due to a conflicting contractual agreement to appear at MTV's VMA Awards, he then declared: “I don’t care what MTV allows. My audience gets the song of the summer if they want it and I don’t even need Daft Punk to choose my show over the VMAs to get it.” What happened next was a 'Get Lucky' dance extravaganza with everyone from Matt Damon to Jeff Bridges. Check it out in the video below (from 1:30).
According to the Huffington Post, Pitchfork have speculated that the whole Daft Punk appearance and ensuing cancellation may have been an elaborate ruse to promote the French duo's appearance on the VMAs next month. Colbert naturally schooled them in true Colbert style:
"Well, I've got one thing to say to Pitchfork. Busted! You got me... We thought we had tricked you by flying in the disco Decepticons from Paris, in a sophisticated pantomime to fool everyone – even myself, so committed was I – that Daft Punk was coming, all just to help someone else's show on another network a month from now."
Boom.