COLBERT TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THEY’RE COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS
TONIGHT.
>> I THINK THE REASON THAT I SUPPORT THE TO THE EXTENT THAT I DO IS THAT
FOR ME EVERY DAY IS BETTER.
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>> SO I GET APPROACHED BY ANOTHER VETERAN WHO MESSAGE ME WEEK THE
CONNECTION WE HAD JUST TO THAT
MESSENGER WAS KIND OF WE KNEW
EACH OTHER LIKE I KNEW HIM HE
WAS LIKE HEY MARK BY
THE WAY YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL
GUEST COMING IN TOMORROW OKAY,
SO I JUST PLAYED IT OFF AND I
LIKE ALRIGHT, WE’LL GIVE ME A
HAND RIGHT. SO HE GAVE ME
A PICTURE ON ON ON THE
MESSENGER OF GOLDBERG I WAS
LIKE NAH I LIKE YOUR LINE
HE’S LIKE NO FRILLS LIKE ALL
RIGHT COOL EVERY DAY’S PURPLE
HEART DAY. YOU KNOW ANY TIME
YOU CAN GO OUT OF THE WAY
AND THANK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR
YOUR FREEDOM.
>> THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS TO
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>> DO THAT. AS OFTEN
AS POSSIBLE.
>> IT’S A BOND BROUGHT TOGETHER
BY
GOOD FOOD.
>> HE WAS RUNNING ACROSS THIS
WAY IN A LIE, I WAS LIKE I’M
FREAKING OUT LIKE HE’S HERE
HE’S HERE. SO I I RUN OUTSIDE
I’M LIKE SAYING BY THE TIME I
LOOKED UP.
HELP YOU WERE
CLOSE. BUT IT WAS LIKE AH MAN A
BUDDY OF MINE TOLD ME ABOUT
THIS PLACE IS TO FEEL LIKE OH
YEAH I THINK YOU MENTIONED
SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE COMING.
SO I GOT TO JUST PLAY
IT OFF. SO I WAS LIKE MAN I
LIKE HONESTLY WE SELL OUT EVERY
DAY AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE
LEFT IS OUR WELL
COURTNEY LIKE DARYN I WAS LIKE
WOW YOU UP
SO I HAVE THEM OPERATE I GOT
HIM SOME OF OUR SMOKED PULLED
RASPBERRY TRUFFLE THE TACOS
WHICH HE
DEVOURED I GAVE GOT HIM SOME A
PULLED PORK SANDWICHES, SAME
THING PUT THEM UP WITH SOME OF
OUR FAMOUS NOW FAMOUS. INTO A
LOT OF MAC AND CHEESE WHICH IS
KIND
OF LIKE MAC AND CHEESE WITH
THINGS LIKE IN JULY. YES, THE
MENU HAD BILL GOLDBERG, THE
WWE CHAMPION VERY HAPPY I
PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS
WAS WHERE ARE THEY NOW.
>> AN EPISODE I’M
WORKING FOR FOR MARK FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE
BECAUSE AND SOME LEEWAY CAN PAY
BACK THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THEY
HEAR THAT THE MILITARY COULD
MODERATE BUILD THIS SPECIAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN HIM.
>> AND CHEF MARK SIERRA
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY TO HEAR
HIS BACKSTORY AND TO SEE
HIS SELFLESSNESS AND THE FACT
THAT HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.
BUT YET HE TAKES THE TIME OUT
OF HIS SCHEDULE TO MAKE THEM
FEEL SPECIAL CARE
ABOUT HIMSELF AND THAT’S
INDICATIVE OF PURPLE HEART
RECIPIENTS THAT’S INDICATIVE OF
MANY VETERANS 99% THAT I’VE
EVER MET.
>> TONIGHT ON PURPLE HEART DAY
THEY’RE TEAMING UP FOR THE
FIRST ANNUAL PURPLE HEART
PROJECT DINNER.
>> AND WE PLANNED IT. SO THAT
DAY AGAIN WHAT WE’RE DOING IS
WE HAVE A SELECT FEW A PURPLE
HEART RECIPIENTS THAT ACTUALLY
WERE NOMINATED BY OTHER
INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND PEOPLE COMING IN FROM
HOUSTON. SOME THAT I SERVED
WITH IN IRAQ. I SAID YOU KNOW
WHAT.
♪
WHAT. ♪ WE’RE GOING TO DONATE
OUR TIME. COOK THEM A REALLY
NICE MEAL HAVE SOME LOCAL
CELEBRITIES THAT CAN COME AND
SAY HI TO THEM AND SHAKE HANDS.
>> IT IS MY HONOR AND DUTY AND
PRIVILEGE TO AT ANY TIME LEND A
HELPING HAND.
♪
SO. I WANTED TO
DO IT. SINCE WE FIRST GOT HERE.
I I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE INVOLVED.
>> WE DID A FUND-RAISER ON HER
FACEBOOK PAGE AND RAISE.
CLOSE TO $2000 AND THAT IS ALL
GOING TO THEM YOU KNOW ALL THE
GIFTS THAT WE’RE GOING TO GIVE
THEM IT’S ALL FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW SO LIKE I SAID IT’S
HARD FOR US TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE SAYS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
WELL.
♪
>> I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS AND WHILE IT’S CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
SHIFT SIERRA TELLS US YOU CAN
STILL HELP OUT. YOU CAN DONATE
WITH GIFT CARDS RIGHT BECAUSE
THERE ARE. THERE IS A WAITING
LIST OF LITERALLY LIKE I WANT
TO SAY ABOUT 15 OTHER
RECIPIENTS THAT WEREN’T ABLE TO
MAKE IT BECAUSE THE TIMING WAS
OFF. SO WE STILL WANT TO GIVE
BACK TO THEM SO WHAT WE’RE
GOING TO DO IS
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IF THEY SHOW UP AFTER THE
PURPLE EVENT. THEY SHOW UP WILL
STILL HAVE A NICE A PLAQUE FOR
THEM A NICE GIFT BASKET AND THE
MEAL IS ON US FROM FOR THEM AND
THEIR SPOUSES.
>> NEXT WEEK WE TAKE YOU IN THE
KITCHEN FOR WHAT SHE CALLS
TEX MEX HILL
COUNTRY-STYLE IT’S NO SURPRISE
CELEBRITIES LIKE BILL GOLDBERG
ARE DRAWN TO A PLACE LIKE THIS.
BUT TONIGHT THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON THOSE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT IS