The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Jazz Cowboy”
featuring Samuel L. Jackson

Spin-offs are a popular way for hit TV shows to keep the magic going, and, surprising to all of us, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‘s own drummer Joe Saylor got his own action packed spin-off…

Directed by Ballard C. Boyd
Written by Cullen Crawford & Ariel Dumas
Produced by Michael Buckholtz
Photographed & Edited by Ballard C. Boyd
Starring Joe Saylor, Gabe Gronli, Talib Babb, Asher Perlman, and Samuel L. Jackson

Major kudos to our production team at Colbert for putting this all together (and for confirming that, yes, apparently just spraying a garden hose up in the air can successfully mimic rain. I can’t believe that still works.)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – “Jazz Cowboy: Cyber”
featuring Paul Giamatti

The Late Show‘s drummer Joe Saylor’s spin-off show got ANOTHER spin-off. And in this one, he fights cyber crime….

Directed by Ballard C. Boyd
Written by Gabe Gronli
Produced by Emily Potthast
Photographed & Edited by Ballard C. Boyd
Starring Joe Saylor, Gabe Gronli, Carley Moseley, Talib Babb, and Paul Giamatti

This one was just so much fun to shoot and we had an absolute ball leaning into just about every dumb “cyber” trope we could think of (from “Mr. Robot” to “Hackers” to “Johnny Mnemonic” & “The Lawnmower Man”). It was a massive pleasure, and per usual, incredible kudos and accolades to our wardrobe, hair, makeup, scenic, props, lighting teams. We did SO MUCH with so little time and space. Y’all are the cybery-est!