Looking for the host of “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — Stephen Colbert is in town enjoying the sights of Chicago, here for the Democratic National Convention before hosting the late night show at the Auditorium Theater next week.

Second City seems like a logical first stop to chat with Kelly Leonard.

“One of my first hires was Stephen Colbert.”

He remembers Colbert when he worked at the box office and sold T-shirts.

“He held the record for the most sold jerseys for about twenty years and he’s not happy that that record was broken. I’m telling you that,” Leonard said. “He is not currently inside the building.”

Perhaps social media is a better place to look, and the Late Show’s Stephen Colbert hit Wrigley Field on Friday.

“If he was here, I didn’t see him,” said Santos, who was selling T-shirts and missed him, but Sam didn’t.

“I sat and took pictures and said, ‘Welcome to Wrigley,’ and he said, ‘I’m glad to be here,'” Sam said. “It was short but it was extremely friendly and lots of people were taking pictures around. me,” she said.

A source led CBS Chicago to Colbert’s writer’s room. He wasn’t there.

Then there was a hot link to a hot dog stand in Chicago.

“Who doesn’t want to stop at Weiner’s Circle That ***hole will be here. Or that guy will be here. I’m sorry,” said one worker.