Klubmasta Will
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Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman
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Klubmasta Will
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the strength of colbert's show has always been the character that he plays, the over-the-top ultra right-wing nut-bar. i wonder if he will be giving that character up, as the focus of THE LATE SHOW would be more on interviewing the celebrity guests.
Edit: i posted this before reading oerets' post. i haven't heard yet whether colbert will be giving up his "character" when he hosts THE LATE SHOW, but would be interested to know if that's the plan.
Edit: i posted this before reading oerets' post. i haven't heard yet whether colbert will be giving up his "character" when he hosts THE LATE SHOW, but would be interested to know if that's the plan.
glych t.anomaly
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its glorious 
Klubmasta Will
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colbert's white house correspondence dinner speech is awesome. the other one that is on par is conan o'brien's, if memory serves.
i've never seen him do an interview where he's not making fun of, and trying to be funnier than, the interviewee. it will be interesting indeed to see how he is as a "regular" host.
i've never seen him do an interview where he's not making fun of, and trying to be funnier than, the interviewee. it will be interesting indeed to see how he is as a "regular" host.
Definitely... I just hope he doesn't dilute his humour too much.
Wonder why CBS went with him - obviously a rather significant change in direction.
praktik
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Rush Limbaugh and Ben Shapiro Completely Freak Out About Stephen Colbert Getting Late Show | Alternet
"CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America," Limbaugh sputtered on his show. "No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatism. Now it's just wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny, and a redefinition of what is comedy. They're blowing up the 11:30 format... they hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show."
as much of a blowhard as Limbaugh is with this statement, his sentiment is probably correct here. Everything we've seen of Colbert so far has been pretty scathing and ruthless towards non-liberals.
el presidente Highsteppa
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Oh please - you're saying that a half hour show that airs four times a week compares to FOX TV or the other right wing punditry that goes on 24/7?
And if Ben Shapiro is honestly under the impression that Colbert's act is similar to racism in his comparing it to a blackface routine, do you not think that's pretty much ripe for mocking?
praktik
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Realized after I posted we all aren't clear enough when using left/right.
So Colbert is pretty merciless to the washington nexus - in general - comprised of all the leading democrats, republicans, press corps, lobbyists and hangers on.
On social issues - pretty clear he's merciless to the Bigot Brigade, of whom Rush is a leading, if not THE leading member.
So Rush is right to feel victimized - but it's for entirely the RIGHT reasons. Shaming like Colbert does is what we need to show these guys for who they really are.
But he doesn't pull his punches with establishment democrats either, so it would't be fair to say he is "partisan". He's just especially anti-"social conservative".
praktik
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David Letterman also hasn't been especially nice to conservatives either being pretty clearly centre-left and after all they already have Jay leno.
You're just gonna hear the typical victim-narrative, boo hoo all the liberals gang up on us and are mean, Big Liberal Media whining - this is fodder for the Conserva Bubble. Another fact supporting a conspiracy of Evil Liberal intent to control America through their media empire.
Just more bleating and winging, really. More fear and ritual anger. At this point that shit is fully automated. They have a news cycle to feed too you know!
You're just gonna hear the typical victim-narrative, boo hoo all the liberals gang up on us and are mean, Big Liberal Media whining - this is fodder for the Conserva Bubble. Another fact supporting a conspiracy of Evil Liberal intent to control America through their media empire.
Just more bleating and winging, really. More fear and ritual anger. At this point that shit is fully automated. They have a news cycle to feed too you know!
I completely agree with that, but you're talking about a show and format (network late night) that historically tries to capture the middle. Cable traditionally is the territory for the more opinionated and slanted stuff - like Comedy Network and Fox News. Political bias on late night on network television has always been present of course, but never a focal point.
If Colbert brings a similar tone to CBS, Rush is correct that he will change the comedy landscape to some extent