Mitt Romney opted not to run for president this time around, but he has joined the advertising campaign for Stephen Colbert's
"Late Show."
The first three ads for the CBS show aired Sunday night during "60 Minutes" and the very first one featured Romney at the end.
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Colbert introduces himself and explains, "I'll talk about the news, tell jokes and have fascinating conversations with celebrities, athletes, musicians and, of course, politicians."
As he passes unknown actors portraying the first three categories, he stops to see Romney when he says "politicians."
"Wow! You do a great Mitt Romney," Colbert tells him.
When Romney insists, "I am Mitt Romney," Colbert replies, "That's it. Stay in character."
The ad ends with Romney looking around asking, "Where are my pancakes? I was told there'd be pancakes."
Two shorter ads feature Colbert by himself doing a card trick and acting as if he is headed to school with a "Charlie Rose Trapper Keeper."
Colbert is taking over for longtime host David Letterman who retired in May. Colbert spent 2005 through December of last year hosting
"The Colbert Report" n Comedy Central. In the "Daily Show" spinoff, Colbert portrayed a conservative pundit modeled on Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly.
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