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The last vestige of surreal spontaneous anarchy will soon be gone.

Leaving behind a wasteland of unfunny SNL newsman, a hebephrenic ass kissing, self congratulatory manchild, the watered down "edgy" one time frat boy, and Colbert who, despite assertions to the contrary, doesn't seem like he operates well without a persona or a script.

Break out the Ambien Martini's at bedtime.
Insomnia will no longer be tolerable.

Thanks for the yucks Mr Ferguson.
 
Tathagata said:
The last vestige of surreal spontaneous anarchy will soon be gone.

Leaving behind a wasteland of unfunny SNL newsman, a hebephrenic ass kissing, self congratulatory manchild, the watered down "edgy" one time frat boy, and Colbert who, despite assertions to the contrary, doesn't seem like he operates well without a persona or a script.

Break out the Ambien Martini's at bedtime.
Insomnia will no longer be tolerable.

Thanks for the yucks Mr Ferguson.
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Amen.

Ishmael
 
Friday will come and go, and he will be moving on.
I hope that he will have a Happy New Year, where ever he will be.

His robot pal had an act that was less mechanical than the hosts of other late night shows.

Goodbye, pantomime horsie!
 
gotsnowgotslush said:
Friday will come and go, and he will be moving on.
I hope that he will have a Happy New Year, where ever he will be.

His robot pal had an act that was less mechanical than the hosts of other late night shows.

Goodbye, pantomime horsie!
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The interplay between those two was almost joyous.
Always bordering on the silly, but it was forgivable because they both got such obviously delight in being juvenile.
 
Oh noooo! An endless plain of American bland.
(Maybe, we will catch up with him on YouTube.)
I cannot imagine that he would suddenly stop.
 
Tathagata said:
The interplay between those two was almost joyous.
Always bordering on the silly, but it was forgivable because they both got such obviously delight in being juvenile.
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Those that can hold on to the sense of joy and delight that children have are very compelling.

It's a wonder that society encourages us to grow up. Why? Our best selves were as children.
 
IrezumiKiss said:
Yeah. Well, he retired his Comedy Central persona...and he's shifting to a more "serious" Colbert.
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That will fail. The world already has a Rachel Maddow and her audience is not that big.
 
Colbert goes off-script frequently, and he's always charming when he does.

Underestimate if you wish. It's your loss.
 
Huh, I thought Ferguson's talk show was over a good while ago and he's now doing some sort of game show. The horse and robot were fun.
 
Late-night television shows too often rely on their audience being drunk and exhausted.
 
Queersetti said:
You think he's going to replace Letterman by turning into Rachel Maddow?:rolleyes:
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Without the character and the writing behind the character that is who he most reminds me of. Rachel Maddow would actually be funnier.

The Colbert Report is not Stephen Colbert. It is a character that the Daily show wrote, that he as an actor portrayed. He did the character well. The character was clever and funny because it was a caricature of a type. Lots of actors can play comedy, that doesn't make them comedians.
 
query said:
Without the character and the writing behind the character that is who he most reminds me of. Rachel Maddow would actually be funnier.

The Colbert Report is not Stephen Colbert. It is a character that the Daily show wrote, that he as an actor portrayed. He did the character well. The character was clever and funny because it was a caricature of a type. Lots of actors can play comedy, that doesn't make them comedians.
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You said this a lot better than I did.

I didn't find him funny on the Daily Show either and those are some of the best writers on TV.

His timing and delivery are more annoying than funny.

It's not even so much being a comedian, it's about making the sponsors of a 12:30 talk show nervous every night,
Vintage Letterman and O'Brien both did.
I don't see that happening with him.
 
Tathagata said:
You said this a lot better than I did.

I didn't find him funny on the Daily Show either and those are some of the best writers on TV.

His timing and delivery are more annoying than funny.

It's not even so much being a comedian, it's about making the sponsors of a 12:30 talk show nervous every night,
Vintage Letterman and O'Brien both did.
I don't see that happening with him.
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I liked him on the daily show much better. Probably benefited partly from better writers, but the point-counterpoint interplay between him and stewart as foil gave the character context.

When they would crack each other up, the real-ness of the moment letting you peak behind the curtain made the whole bit far funnier.
 
query said:
I liked him on the daily show much better. Probably benefited partly from better writers, but the point-counterpoint interplay between him and stewart as foil gave the character context.

When they would crack each other up, the real-ness of the moment letting you peak behind the curtain made the whole bit far funnier.
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I think Stewart, among other things, is a very generous "straight man" for people he likes.

I would have loved to have seen Stewart take over one of these late night slots.
 
Tathagata said:
I think Stewart, among other things, is a very generous "straight man" for people he likes.

I would have loved to have seen Stewart take over one of these late night slots.
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He does play the straight man really well, now that you mention it. Remember how Johnny did that with his guests? It's a really good idea.

I seem to remember him being offered one of them and turning it down?

He did have that talk show at one time that flopped, but he has matured as a comedian since and has more range. Also, I think a lot of guest would love to have a little help from his writing team. He writes a lot of it himself, I think.
 
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