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Love Colbert! Wonderful news for him. I love his enthusiasm when he can't wait to interview a guest that he particularly reveres. I'll miss his addressing us as "Nation".
I think we'll see a more relaxed version of Colbert. Wonder what his "thing" will be? Letterman had Top Ten, Carson/Leno had Headlines, and Fallon has the Thank You's. Think he'll keep Tonight's Word?
Shame of it is, that I just don't stay up that late any more, but always watch The Colbert Report the next day at 7 pm. When I used to stay up late, I'd flip back and forth to try to catch the best bits of lots of shows, but now… maybe only on Friday nights.
Love Colbert! Wonderful news for him. I love his enthusiasm when he can't wait to interview a guest that he particularly reveres. I'll miss his addressing us as "Nation".
I think we'll see a more relaxed version of Colbert. Wonder what his "thing" will be? Letterman had Top Ten, Carson/Leno had Headlines, and Fallon has the Thank You's. Think he'll keep Tonight's Word?
Shame of it is, that I just don't stay up that late any more, but always watch The Colbert Report the next day at 7 pm. When I used to stay up late, I'd flip back and forth to try to catch the best bits of lots of shows, but now… maybe only on Friday nights.
I sure hope Stephen keeps Tonight's Word. It's my absolute favorite segment. We have to get up early, too, we also watch a day later at 7 pm.
I think he is a good choice and when Letterman announced his retirement, I had hoped his replacement would be Steve Cobert. I do like The Colbert Report.
I don't find Colbert particularly funny. He seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Which would be defined how? As liberals?
In fact, Colbert has already said he would not be bringing the character of Stephen "Col-bear," father of Stephen Junior, the proud American eagle, to CBS with him. I certainly hope, however, he will continue to poke fun at politicians, which comedians from Bob Hope, to Johnny Carson, to Tina Fey have become American icons doing.
I've enjoyed Stephen Colbert, the performer, being successful in dramatic acting, singing, dancing, and interviewing everyone from the silliest celebrity to the most serious author or scientist ... in addition to stand-up and skit comedy. So I think he certainly has the skills required to be successful in this genre. I understand he's also a notable catechism teacher at his family's Roman Catholic church.
Wow! I'm actually kind of emotional now. I love Colbert, so I'm happy to see him getting a more prominent role and exposure. But I'll also be very sad for the eventual denoument of The Colbert Report. I think it's a safe bet that Comedy Central won't replace him with another host - he's more than just the name of the show, he is the show. They'll have to replace it with a new show altogether.
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I think the format will stifle his talents, but hopefully I am wrong. I will miss his old show!
I'm worried about that as well, but we really don't know anything about how he'll change Late Show; we're just speculating at this point. But he probably won't have the level of creative freedom Comedy Central give him. Some of his sexual-related humor will have to be seriously curtailed, which is unfortunate because watching him embarrass himself is almost as funny as the humor itself.
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Although TDS is bothering me - always about Crimea.....get some new material please!
I agree. I don't know if it's just coincidence, but it seems ever since John Oliver left to develop his own show, TDS has seemed pretty flat.
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Letterman's act had grown tired on "The Late Show", so it's time for a change. What will be interesting is what Colbert will do in his act, and we really don't know yet.
Yeah, hopefully he'll be as innovative and daring as Letterman was early in his career. He'll be hosting the show as himself, so it looks like his faux-right-ring persona will be retired as well. I wonder how much political satire will be in his new show? I don't think CBS will want him to be overly ideological - that would probably limit his appeal somewhat (though it doesn't bother me).
I wonder how he will do in this time slot, especially since he is coming from cable. I assume his show will be "safe" like Letterman/Leno is/was and not too wacky. I still like Craig Ferguson the best, but I would imagine his show would take a hit or be different if he had to do it at 11:30. I used to love Conan's Late Night and when he replaced Leno it just didn't appeal to me anymore. But who knows, they sound like they are going after the younger demographic.
Really thought Craig Ferguson would take that Letterman spot. He is just the greatest. Just imagine how wonderful he would be with a band....................why the rush to pick a replacement? Steve is a talented person, should be interesting!!
Haven't watched late night TV since I discovered the Hallmark Channel and the weather news. When they get something that is not pure trash, I might watch it.
In fact, Colbert has already said he would not be bringing the character of Stephen "Col-bear," father of Stephen Junior, the proud American eagle, to CBS with him.
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Of course he won't be bringing that character with him. If he'd planned on doing that, he wouldn't have gotten the gig.
One thing I sorely miss from Johnny Carson that I hope Colbert will remember: Movie and TV stars are fine, but they shouldn't be the only guests night after night, week after week, month after month. Shake it up a little. Set your sights beyond actors and actresses and the occasional comedian.
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....and include some potato chip ladies (you had to be there). There's a reason Carson's "classic" shows sell the way they do, even decades later. I don't see that ever happening with this crowd.
In Carson's day, he had a lot of "regular" folks, such as the potato chip lady, as guests. But even the celebs were there to be entertaining--a young Robert Blake was a regular guest (I remember one appearance, in '72, in which he complained that Mark Spitz was getting all the roles lol), as was a very young and shy Diane Keaton, who used to read poems she'd composed. Bette Midler, another regular, would often appear in her leather motorcycle apparel for more than a few laughs. And they weren't there to push a movie, plug a book, or promote their TV shows, either.
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