Steve Carell sings the national anthem

Today’s theme must be guys who sing in ties. :)

Check out Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert singing this impromptu duet at last week’s ‘Get Smart’ promotional visit to the Apple Store in SoHo, NYC.

This will put a smile on your face, if not a tear in your eye.

You can download this clip, as well as others from the same event, at the iTunes Store:

• Audio podcast
• Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
• Anne Hathaway talks about Barbara Feldon
• Steve Carell talks about the Swiss army knife flame thrower

Tipster: Ashley

52 comments

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   1. tfunk445  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 7:28pm

   That is awesome!

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   2. Tiffany  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 7:28pm

   HOLY COW! It’s like two superpowers colliding! Loved how Steve laughed intermittently.

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   3. Sara in Philly  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 7:31pm

   tear in my eye.

   that was like, perfect harmony goin’ on there.

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   4. Andrew (the fifteen year old)  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 7:35pm

   I LOVE it! Jon Stewart needs to stop hogging Steve so he can visit Colbert once in a while!

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   5. Rachna  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 7:56pm

   I need to see them together more often. This was fantastic. Harmony! And the occasional laugh. Love it!

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   6. Joanna (CBM)  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 8:01pm

   I will not lie. I cried/laughed to that.

   Possibly the best thing I’ve seen all summer so far.

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   7. ashley  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 8:34pm

   considering that was two guys with NO musical training, that was AMAZING harmony! :)

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   8. Ashley  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 8:39pm

   If you crank up the volume at about 26:10 you can hear me asking my question to Steve! I wish they had the whole video up, but the full version of the National Anthem can quench my thirst for more Steve/Stephen.

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   9. Tara  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 9:02pm

   I didn’t know either of them could sing! But why did it take so long for everyone to stand up?

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    10. krentistthedentist  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 9:08pm

    That was epic! I love Stephen and Steve together. I really can’t think of a better combination.

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    11. Amy  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 9:24pm

    That definitely made me smile! I even knew the parts and sang harmony with them >.>

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    12. Nick1  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 10:01pm

    Amazing.

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    13. The Office Fanatic  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 10:24pm

    *tear* I think the Steve’s should put out a CD together. I would totally buy it.

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    14. SlimJimBag  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 10:56pm

    BEST EVER!!!

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    15. Kenna  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 11:02pm

    That just made my day. And I second #4, Andrew – as amazing as Steve always is on The Daily Show, I’ve been dying to see him on The Colbert Report!

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    16. Kaytor  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 11:03pm

    My new 4th of July ringtone. It’s already done.

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    17. Stef  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 11:11pm

    Epic is all that comes to mind…

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    18. Charlotte07  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 11:20pm

    Very very silly!

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    19. Cayce80  Fri. Jun. 27, 2008 | 11:45pm

    That was hilarious! What a great harmonizer Stephen Colbert is! I’m impressed.

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    20. Amelia  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 12:52am

    Best version of our national anthem ever!

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    21. Beewcar  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 5:22am

    Even Steph-ven returns! That was always my favorite segment on The Daily Show back in the day….yes, no, yes, NOOOOO!

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    22. Spicy Curry  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 5:23am

    Oh. my. gosh. Amazing!

    Now all I need is Colbert to play Gould (or anyone else) on The Office.

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    23. VMarshmallow  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 5:31am

    *Bragging* I was there! Actually, I was standing right next to the camera guy, so this was basically my view. I’m glad it’s posted for all of you. I’ll never forget this moment. Ever.

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    24. lexi  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 5:32am

    I think Carell needs to go on “The Colbert Report” and Colbert needs to guest star on “The Office”. I really want him to play Gould.

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    25. Lrfish  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 6:14am

    Thanks to my three year old, I have the stomach flu, but that made me laugh anyway. Thank you, Stephven.

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    26. StephanieC  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 6:48am

    I spy a record deal. :)

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    27. Scottie  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 7:21am

    That was funny, but no way was it impromptu. They had it down to perfectly for it to just be completely off the cuff. Not to mention the convenient American flag that popped up behind them. Still funny, though :-)

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    28. Jessica  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 7:25am

    That is hilarious, as expected. Love them both. They need to do more stuff together!! The Even Stephens segments were awesome.

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    29. littlekidlover  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 7:43am

    I love those two Steves

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    30. Amber  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 9:10am

    I remember when these two, as well as Samantha Bee and Rob Corddry did this during the 2004 Election spectacular for The Daily Show…It’s the same arrangement because Stephen’s doing his same bass part with the rumbumbumbumbums. Still awesome, and they’ve both come a long way in 4 years.

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    31. Golgumbaz  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 9:59am

    Oh man, what the kundi! That was hilarious

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    32. Marie  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 10:36am

    Totally – wow …loved it!!

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    33. Tiger  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 10:42am

    Thanks OfficeTally! I am a huge fan of Stephen Colbert. Steve Carell’s OK too. No really, they are both excellent! I loved Get Smart.
    Anyway, I had been lamenting that I could not see this version of the national anthem in the other coverage of this event that I found. I don’t have iTunes either. Now, you have saved me and I just want to be very appreciative in this comment!

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    34. Pam Scherbatsky  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 11:23am

    #22- I agree!

    Gould returns!

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    35. smartone  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 12:55pm

    interesting – did you notice what Steve C said
    “Steven Colbert is a great actor and you will be seeing more of that ”
    will he be Gould???

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    36. melissainnc  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 1:02pm

    That was GREAT! Here Comes Treble couldn’t have done it any better!

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    37. Mexicanity  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 2:14pm

    I love Steve & Stephen! What a great piece of American History :o)

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    38. Ryan H  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 2:26pm

    Nailed it

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    39. Carrie  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 4:45pm

    *wipes away a tear* That was beautiful.

    PLAY BALL! :)

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    40. sara  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 5:52pm

    That almost makes me sad to not be an American.

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    41. Anna  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 6:17pm

    That was…. amazing. Can they record that professionally so I can buy it? No, seriously. I must have that. Properly done and rehearsed, because it would make it 50million times more amazing.

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    42. Darlene  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 6:17pm

    Awesome!

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    43. DMD2983  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 6:57pm

    Try to request the full video of this on iTunes. I have already tried and I think they would probably put the entire video for download if enough people requested it.

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    44. alaskalyn  Sat. Jun. 28, 2008 | 7:38pm

    Oh, so incalculably terrific!

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    45. JonathanPM  Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 | 12:20pm

    I haven’t seen them do anything together since The Daily Show. I wonder if Steve will ever appear on The Colbert Report. As impossible as it may seem, I bet that the interview will be funnier than Steve’s interviews on The Daily Show!

    They really should work together more because this was just too good!

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    46. jkrasislove  Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 | 1:02pm

    stephen and steve sing so well together!!! though it kind of seemed like they rehearsed that.

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    47. Katie  Sun. Jun. 29, 2008 | 9:17pm

    Gah! I love those two!!! I loved them together on The Daily Show — especially doing the Even Stevphen segments. Too good.

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    48. kris  Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 | 2:28am

    DREAM COME TRUE!! I’ve thought they were both amazing singers for some time now, and to see/hear them together is just…beyond words. :D

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    49. Lucas  Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 | 5:33am

    I’m hoping Stephen Colbert will be in Anchorman 2, maybe the rival anchor

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    50. Danna  Mon. Jun. 30, 2008 | 8:24pm

    THAT was awesome!!!!

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    51. Jill  Tue. Jul. 1, 2008 | 3:58pm

    This is possibly the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Amen.
    P.S. This blog is going in my favorites. So there.
    -J

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    52. anna  Wed. Jul. 2, 2008 | 8:06pm

    If you go to this site [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29fu0_national-anthem], you can see Stephen Colbert and Ed Helms [and Samantha Bee and Rob Corddry] sing the National Anthem before an episode of The Daily Show. It’s pretty awesome, as is this.

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