In "Totally Wrong," an over-eager nature lover tries to pick a flower and catch a butterfly, only to have the objects of his desire (and the audience members) scold him in song.
"You're making me feel like this is my last time," Mr. Haynes said at the finish, almost scolding the audience for its standing ovation.
But instead of scolding the audience, he said it was "Japan's problem" to decide how -- or indeed whether -- to atone for its past.
However, Colbert has made several moves to prove that the tenor of his show would match the seriousness of the conversations, scolding his audience for booing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and editing out a protester's outburst during his interview with Kalanick.
But at other times he seemed at ease, and even winked at the audience as Mr. Gore was scolding him.
The joke here, partly, is that liberal American audiences enjoy being scolded about our ignorance of geography, especially when the person doing the scolding speaks in a British accent.
That swipe at the opposition was mild compared with the acidic words the president used in a series of fund-raisers on Sunday, when he ridiculed Gov. Rick Perry of Texas for questioning the science of climate change and scolded audiences at recent Republican presidential debates for being hardhearted.
Biden first considered running for president in that year, after he gained notice for giving speeches to party audiences that simultaneously scolded and encouraged Democrats.
A fiery speech he gave to several Democratic audiences had simultaneously scolded Democrats for outdated thinking and encouraged them regarding future directions, and had gained him some notice in the party.
The show's host, Tracy Morgan, returned later in the show to scold the audience after Swift took home her audience of the year award. .
I didn't know how it was going to happen, and it might involve scolding by important members of the audience and the Secret Service, but once-in-a-lifetime opportunities only come once.
