Will Ferrell and Emma Watson play pickleball for charity. Chaos ensues. Dignity dies.
A new sport will get its close-up with a tournament of all-star teams battling it out for charity and a chance to win the coveted Golden Gherkin.
Acting
Ferrell commits to pickleball like it's Shakespeare.
Production
They really built a whole tournament for this bit.
Director
Tony McCuin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pickleball's 2022 explosion made this bizarrely timely—Colbert basically predicted the sport's suburban takeover.
This is peak late-pandemic celebrity content: famous people desperate to leave their houses, playing a sport invented for retirement communities.
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