Stephen Colbert, the comedian and host of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” will succeed David Letterman as host of “Late Show,” CBS’s flagship late-night franchise, when Mr. Letterman retires next year, the network announced on Thursday. Mr. Colbert will sign on for a five-year term as the new “Late Show” host, according to the announcement from Leslie Moonves, president and chief operating officer of CBS, and Nina Tassler, chairwoman of CBS’s entertainment division. ____ I'm not sure how this will work out, but I hope it does. Colbert is a brilliant comedian, and I think his smarts, his timing, his genteel personality and incredibly quick wit will win out -- but there is a nagging doubt that he will not be high-luminosity enough to hold the center of that vehicle. It will also be interesting to see how a large majority of the nation reacts to discovering he's been only playing a conservative character for 10 years.
His persona is a conservative idiot (his words, not mine). He will be his own charming self -- he has to interact with real people.
I'm guessing John Oliver is perfectly happy where he is, but if Letterman had retired a couple of months earlier, how likely would it have been for Oliver to pick up Colberts slot? Also, Starburns apparently has Colbert as "Stephen" on his phone. ********ing celebs! 454297273766141952 is not a valid tweet id
I dare you to go to Fox News' Facebook posting, here's the link, of this and read the comments. I triple dog dare you.
Life would be so much easier if pages like that would double in a bug zapper-type of capacity to those posting responses. The gene pool would be cleaned up in a hurry.
Me too. Though to their credit, the commentators were relatively... Oh, I just couldn't finish that sentence. Too hard. No surprises, really. The sort of rightest tools who are going to flock to FB to express their anger were never going to like this choice.
Rush Limbaugh. Not a fan. http://t.entertainment.msn.com/rush-limbaugh-slams-stephen-colberts-late-show-deal?toc=celebs Rush Limbaugh wasted no time Thursday responding to the news that Stephen Colbert would replace David Letterman on CBS' "The Late Show," and the conservative talk-radio host is not happy about the choice. In fact, Limbaugh said, he thinks the network has "declared war on the heartland of America" by hiring Colbert, whose Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" regularly spoofs the conservative movement that Limbaugh has spearheaded. You really care what I think about that?" Limbaugh said on Thursday's edition of "The Rush Limbaugh Show," when the topic was broached. "Well, I'll give you the short version: CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America." Limbaugh went on to suggest that the late-night landscape — and in fact comedy as a whole — will now launch a full-scale attack on "traditional American values." "No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values and now it's just wide out in the open," Limbaugh warned. "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 under the guise that the world's changing, and people don't want the kind of comedy that Carson gave us, or even Letterman. It's media planting a flag here, and it's a declaration." I just realized that the only difference between Rush Limbaugh and the average Fox viewer commenting on facebook is endurance. Rush can bloviate at greater length. And I think it's funny that Limbaugh and the #cancelcolbert people miss the point in an identical manner.
Lieutenant Steven Hauk: I understand you're pretty funny as a dee-jay and, well, comedy is kind of a hobby of mine. Well, actually, it's a little more than just a hobby, Reader's Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes. Adrian Cronauer: Really. Lieutenant Steven Hauk: Yeah. And perhaps some night we could maybe get together and swap humorous stories, for fun. Adrian Cronauer: Oh, why not? Maybe play a couple of Tennessee Ernie Ford records, that'd be a hoot. Lieutenant Steven Hauk: That's a joke, right? Adrian Cronauer: Maybe. Lieutenant Steven Hauk: I get it. This whole uproar (and not just Rush) reminds me of the exchanges between Robin Williams and Bruno Kirby in 'Good Morning Vietnam.' And if Colbert needed any validation that his show worked, it is now Game/Set/Match Mr. Colbert.
Hilarious. Although, as a second lieutenant when that movie came out, I really really hated Bruno Kirby for a long time. Dumb LTs is my least favorite movie trope...
I like to think Limbaugh like Colbert are both simply playing characters with the only difference being one audience doesn't know. It will be interesting to see Colbert simply as Colbert instead of playing Colbert. I can't imagine he'll be a character on Late Night. I didn't think CBS would actually go that direction when I heard his name rumored. It will be interesting. It has been interesting to even see the differences between Fallon at 11:30 and 12:30. The jokes are a little more low brow and Leno-esque (especially political jokes), but for the most part he's still the same show. How many times can I say interesting in a paragraph? That's interesting.
Given his incredibly quick wit, he has potential to be a truly great interviewer. And that's, what, 2/3 of the show?
It would've been interesting if you'd used "interesting" with scientific notation to indicate just how interesting each of you're "interestings" actually were. Oh: And Colbert has said he won't do the show in character. Though if he occasionally did bits of the show in a character of some sort, it wouldn't be the first time. Carson had a handful he'd trot out. But I'm pretty sure once he leaves Comedy Central, we've seen that last of the head of Colbert Nation.
Slate raises an interesting question while pointing out that he was close to the best science reporter on TV (which is sad in many ways) http://www.slate.com/articles/healt...ments_will_his_move_to_cbs_dumb_down_his.html Stephen Colbert is one of the only news or faux-news anchors to regularly cover scientific discoveries and interview scientists. “The Colbert Report has certainly been one of the best television programs ever for showcasing scientists—and I don't just mean ‘for a comedy talk show,’” says science comedian Brian Malow. He points out that the guest who has made the most appearances is Neil deGrasse Tyson. “More than any movie star! And Tyson isn’t even the only physicist he’s featured!” Among the other physicists Colbert has interviewed are Brian Greene, Michio Kaku, and Lawrence Krauss. He has hosted oceanographer Robert Ballard, neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland, surgeon Atul Gawande, and evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin as well as experts in science policy such as then–Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins. The online archive of interview guests includes separate categories for “academic,” “medical,” and “scientist.” This could change when Colbert takes over The Late Show. As Mashablenoted, “the Late Show gig would force him to shoot the breeze with all manner of celebrities.” During Letterman’s run, Late Show guests have typically been movie or TV stars. For example, this week’s guests include Tom Selleck, Zach Braff, Lindsay Lohan, Rob Lowe, and Jason Bateman. Colbert Report guests this week include mathematician Edward Frenkel and primatologist Jane Goodall. Colbert’s transition comes at a terrible time for coverage of science.... And I guess it goes without saying that James Martin, S.J. probably won't be the official Chaplain of Late Night.
This is the reason why Republicans created BigSoccer, but fortunately they did not have the technology to make it happen. At least not yet.