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Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:14 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


This just in. CBS announces that Steven Colbert will replace David Letterman.

100 % pro-liberal biased comedy all the time, every night.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:14 PM

CHRISISALL


This is good news.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:37 PM

STORYMARK


Not being a Late Night fan, Ill miss the Colbert Report, but still, it's great news for him.

I do wonder if he will maintain his character, or play it straight for Late Night.




"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:08 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Colbert will NOT continue his phony 'conservative' persona, when he shifts to doing the Late Night show.

Who the hell knows what this guy is like , out of character ?

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:31 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Jimmy Fallon will crush Colbert even more than he did Letterman. I give him about 3 months before CBS panics and buys up his contract rather than lose all their audience and advertisers.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:27 PM

STORYMARK


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Colbert will NOT continue his phony 'conservative' persona, when he shifts to doing the Late Night show.

Who the hell knows what this guy is like , out of character ?



Those who have watched the things he's done out of character.

Knowing things by actually finding out - you should look into it.





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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:14 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
This just in. CBS announces that Steven Colbert will replace David Letterman.

100 % pro-liberal biased comedy all the time, every night.



So you admit that the MSM is pro-liberal?


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:35 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by Geezer:
So you admit that the MSM is pro-liberal?

So you admit that you are anti-liberal? Except where it suits you....

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Friday, April 11, 2014 8:38 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"So you admit that the MSM is pro-liberal?"

Wow, hellofa leap. One half-hour show = the entire "main stream media". Wow.

As to who he really is, Colbert has done numerous interviews as himself-- http://www.eonline.com/news/530740/5-times-stephen-colbert-was-actuall
y-himself-watch-now


As for me, I only watch Daily Show or Colbert Report "On Demand" when I've run out of other stuff and am between books, but yes, I will miss it. He was excellent, and I never bothered to watch Letterman or Leno. Maybe I'll give it a try. I'm happy for Stephen, anyway, hope he's as funny and successful as he's been on his show and wish him well.


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Friday, April 11, 2014 9:00 AM

WHOZIT


He doesn't stand a chance against Fallon and Kimmel, as for my worst nightmare, that would be being forced to watch Keith Olberman...I'd rather be water boarded.

All Colbert will bring is his 1 million veiwers, they're stoned college dimwits. Letterman's veiwers will likely split between Fallon anf Kimmel.

Colbert will start weak and will be condemed to 3rd place, then again I wouldn't be shocked if Conan beats him and he's condemd to 4th. It could've been worse, they could've picked Piers Morgan.

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Friday, April 11, 2014 10:32 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Quote:

So you admit that the MSM is pro-liberal?- Geezer

So you admit that you are anti-liberal? Except where it suits you.... Chris

OH, TOUCHE!

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Friday, April 11, 2014 10:44 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


But back to "worst nightmare." I saw just the headline at work last night, but El Rusho was complaining about CBS' choice. I didn't bother to read the rest of the story, it's predictable.

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Friday, April 11, 2014 11:19 AM

STORYMARK


Quote:

Originally posted by Geezer:
Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
This just in. CBS announces that Steven Colbert will replace David Letterman.

100 % pro-liberal biased comedy all the time, every night.



So you admit that the MSM is pro-liberal?


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."



So, one liberal getting a new show proves that ALL of the MSM is pro-liberal....

Yeah, and you wonder why no one takes you seriously.




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Friday, April 11, 2014 11:23 AM

REAVERFAN


If Rush is against it, it must be a good thing.

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Friday, April 11, 2014 11:43 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Stephen (in character) had a bit of fun with it:

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/k436zi/david-letterman-s-retirem
ent



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Friday, April 11, 2014 11:50 AM

CHRISISALL


That was funny. Looks like I'm watchin' TV again.

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Friday, April 11, 2014 11:56 AM

WHOZIT


Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
But back to "worst nightmare." I saw just the headline at work last night, but El Rusho was complaining about CBS' choice. I didn't bother to read the rest of the story, it's predictable.



He was complaining that Colbert will not play well in fly over country, this is true. Plus he's a douche, my words not his.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014 1:30 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


Quote:

Originally posted by whozit:
Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
But back to "worst nightmare." I saw just the headline at work last night, but El Rusho was complaining about CBS' choice. I didn't bother to read the rest of the story, it's predictable.



He was complaining that Colbert will not play well in fly over country, this is true. Plus he's a douche, my words not his.



We knew Rusho was . Didn't think you or he were aware, or would admit it.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:39 PM

WHOZIT


Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Quote:

Originally posted by whozit:
Quote:

Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
But back to "worst nightmare." I saw just the headline at work last night, but El Rusho was complaining about CBS' choice. I didn't bother to read the rest of the story, it's predictable.



He was complaining that Colbert will not play well in fly over country, this is true. Plus he's a douche, my words not his.



We knew Rusho was . Didn't think you or he were aware, or would admit it.



Colbert will not be able to compete with Fallon and Kimmel, he's a light weight, like your penis.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014 3:54 PM

REAVERFAN


Quote:

Colbert will not be able to compete with Fallon and Kimmel, he's a light weight, like your penis.
Hardly. This is as funny as it gets.


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Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:36 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Thanx, Fan…enjoyed it thoroughly when it happened; was worth another go-around. If nothing else, took a heck of a lot of guts to stand up and do that. Some of that was pretty ballsy (and I wonder if anyone was fired for inviting him?).

"Last third is usually backwash"…anyone catch that? The audience did!

"He believes the same thing Wednesday that he did Monday…no matter what happened Tuesday."

Who've we got here tonight…General __________, General ____________, THEY still support Rumsfeld (you guys aren't retired yet, right?). Yeah, THEY still support Rumsfeld…"

Jesse Jackson: "Very challenging interview. You can ask him anything, but he's gonna say what he wants, at the pace that he wants. It's like boxing a glacier."

"Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, 'cuz your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is."

"Mayor Naggin is here from New Orleans…the chocolate city. I'd like to welcome you to Washington, D.C., the chocolate city with a marshmallow center and a graham cracker crust of corruption."

"Joe Wilson is here, the most famous husband since Desi Arnez. And of course he brought along his lovely wife, Ms. Valerie Plame…oh my gawd. What have I said?"

"…new press secretary, Tony Snow. Secret service name, Snow Job…"

There's genius in there, I'm amazed he got away with it. The fake "press conference" was pretty lame, tho', I freely grant you.

Only time will tell; heard some talking head on the radio in the car who supposedly knows about this stuff saying that Colbert is like Letterman in that they're both so damned smart, that Fallon's strength lies in music, etc., but that Colbert will "get more" out of his interviews because he's so sharp. We shall see. For myself, I will miss The Colbert Report, he did a magnificent job. We'll see how he does, "playing" himself.

It's a real shame our RWAs can't just wait and see how something/someone does, rather than instantaneously predicting what they want to believe will be true, in the most dramatic terms they can think of. Should think they'd have had enough of embarrassing themselves by now, after the last election especially, but what the hell...

What I have found myself wondering sometimes is; why aren't there any really funny, satirical right-wing comedians?


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Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:13 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


Quote:

Originally posted by whozit:
he's a light weight, like your penis.



Thass not what yo' mama said last night.

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Monday, April 14, 2014 8:45 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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Only a week after David Letterman surprised viewers with his on-air vow to step down from late-night TV in 2015, CBS moved with stunning speed to anoint and announce his replacement: Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.

Colbert, who has hosted "The Colbert Report" since 2005 in the tongue-in-cheek character of a pompous political conservative, was quoted by Bill Carter of The New York Times as saying he would be appearing on CBS as himself, not his comic alter ego. Signing the quotable and often controversial Colbert, with his legion of "Colbert Nation" social media fans, clearly is a gain for CBS. But for fans of Colbert, and for Colbert himself, it's much more of a risk.

The CBS thought process is easy to deconstruct.

Either the network was going to give the "Late Show" slot, when it opened, to Craig Ferguson, who has toiled loyally in the time slot following it for as long as "The Colbert Report" has been on cable, or to someone else. Ferguson will be 52 next month -- but Colbert, also next month, will turn 50, compared with ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and NBC's Jimmy Fallon, who later this year will turn 46 and 40, respectively. So the issue isn't so much age as, perhaps, buzz, with Colbert's social media savvy giving him the edge.

The question now becomes, though, how much edge can Colbert bring to CBS, especially without the once-removed antagonistic persona of his Comedy Central blowhard?

Bill Maher offended too many people when he was on a late-night broadcast show, "Politically Incorrect," but the same act has thrived, and taken root, on cable's HBO. Going in the opposite direction, how many edges must Colbert sand off to maintain or increase a loyal audience on CBS?

In character on "The Colbert Report," Colbert is such a smart and funny interviewer that, even out of character, he should prove much better in that department than either of the late-night Jimmys. But unless he generates the same sort of viral videos, most of them musical, that Kimmel and Fallon have presented so successfully, Colbert may struggle to compete.

Colbert is a very strong singer -- even Stephen Sondheim thinks so, and cast him in a concert version of "Company" -- so he could do that sort of thing. But does he even want to?

And will his Comedy Central audience even follow him to CBS? Success in one arena doesn't necessarily translate after a move to another venue. Just ask Oprah.

Personally, I like what CBS is gaining here. The potential for Colbert, who's such a phenomenal workhorse on his current show, to craft a new show for CBS is enticing, and the unknown factor of what he will bring to the program as himself should generate plenty of publicity. For CBS, the move makes sense.

But for Colbert, the transplant could be tricky.

Young viewers -- and he certainly has them -- are fickle, and those who watch him on the more subversive Comedy Central may not be inclined to switch to the less cool CBS just to follow him. And many, like myself, will miss "The Colbert Report" greatly. There's no show on TV quite like it.

(The logical replacement for Colbert, thinking one more step ahead, would be former "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver, but his new current events comedy show begins later this month on HBO -- so he may or may not be available when the slot opens next year.)

And in addition to losing "The Colbert Report," viewers also are all but certain to lose "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" when his current contract expires -- so that's two entertaining late-night programs that we're losing, just to get a replacement for Letterman. Whether it all ends up being a good exchange for viewers depends on those other replacements, and how good Colbert ends up being at playing a formerly unseen and untested role: himself.

My guess is that, as himself, Stephen Colbert will produce and star in a very good show indeed. But with the show being on CBS in the multimedia climate of 2015, my worry is whether that will prove to be enough. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/opinion/bianculli-stephen-colbert/index.
html?hpt=hp_bn7



Pretty much how I see it, too.


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