“Oh yeah, it starts with an outbreak/Zika and Harambe…” Stephen Colbert croons, as a collage of relevant images play behind him. On the Late Show last night, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe—refined, complete with Rip van Winkle beard and septum piercing—joined Colbert in a refashioned version of the band’s 1987 hit “It’s the End of the World As We…
