Stephen Colbert Goes Undercover as Hot Dog Vendor at Wrigley Field

Stephen Colbert went undercover as a hot dog vendor at Chicago's Wrigley Field and threw the first pitch at Saturday's game.

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Perpetual goof Stephen Colbert crashed Chicago's Wrigley Field Saturday as "Donny Franks," a hot dog vendor who looks uncannily like Robert Dwony Jr. He wandered around the stadium with some gnarly facial hair and sold hot dogs before throwing the first pitch of the Cubs game against the Brewers.

As the Washington Postpointed out, Colbert is probably a genuine fan of the team—he lived in Chicago for a few years, first as a student at Northwestern and then as a member of the city's legendary comedy group Second City.

What is @CubsJoeMadd doing buying a hot dog?

Wait … is that @StephenAtHome? pic.twitter.com/EquRoWQIIr

— MLB (@MLB) September 17, 2016

Hot dog vendor Donny Franks has had a pretty cool day at the ballpark. pic.twitter.com/uGchV6lp3W

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 17, 2016

Fans pretty much lost their cool when they spotted Colbert at the game:

...and then Donny Franks aka @StephenAtHome shoots a promo next to you. #Brewers #cubs pic.twitter.com/eNRY2eBG3g

— Andrew S. (@RickyClaremont) September 17, 2016

The best part of this game has been #DonnyFranks. #Jesus pic.twitter.com/Svmd4RQhVx

— Maria (@MLBaseballBroad) September 17, 2016

Stephen Colbert disguised as a hot dog vendor at Wrigley. Had no idea it was him when he threw out the first pitch pic.twitter.com/dc8pTng31w

— Cory Ninko (@Cninko) September 17, 2016

Here's to hoping the full segment pops up on The Late Show sometime this week.

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