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So with Stephen Colbert replacing Letterman (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-colbert-to-replace-david-letterman-on-late-show/), that pretty much spells the end of the Colbert Report at the end of the year it would seem.  He's said he won't be bringing the satirical right-wing character he plays on the Report with him so that's going to leave quite a void behind.

If true, this blows.

The report has been around for what, 10 years now? It had a great run and I don't even think I'd want it going on forever.

How long before the Cancel Colbert twitter chaps declare victory ?

That's one of the few things that might get me to watch a late night talk show. I probably won't but I do like Colbert. Not sure how he'll do playing it "straight."

This is very sad news.  I enjoy the Colbert Report.  I doubt I'd watch the late night show (or whatever it's called.)

If they get Jon Stewart to be the band leader, I'm in.

FWIW, the woman that started that didn't really want Colbert cancelled. She just wanted to start a dialogue about racism and the co-opting thereof. Of course, not all of the people that jumped on the bandwagon got that.

I know.  It's just amazing how quickly the Malkins of the world will jump on it.

Did you see the shit Rush came away with ??

She was being massively mocked yesterday on twitter.

There was a really long interview with Colbert I caught on NPR. I think it's the only time I've heard him completely out of character and based on that, I think he'll be a big surprise to people as a general talk show host. I suspect that unless Comedy owns it, they'll break out the Report character from time to time as a sketch though.

Looking forward to Colbert trying some broader comedy. Time to outgrow this narrow left wing political satire gimmick. I think he will do well.

 :uhrr:

Giving Leno the boot has really shaken things up.

I might actually the give the show a shot - don't care for any of the current "Late Night" offerings.

This is perfect.  Now they can make the Daily Show an hour long and wtfpwn all of the late-night network shows in one foul swoop.  At least, if I was CC that's precisely what I'd do.

Bring on The Oliver Report

That's a fell swoop, son.  Fell!

I'll always say it 'Foul swoop!'

Or Fowl Swoop...which would make more sense.  :why_so_serious:

You are just too chicken to use the correct phrase.

So... is he going to do the Late Show as himself or as the character he plays in the Colbert Report?  Imagine the shock on many a Republican face when they realize that Colbert Report was satire.

He's doing it as himself.

Oliver has a show starting on HBO soon.

I honestly have no idea what they're going to do (obv) but I would think they'd want to put something completely different in it's place (go back to shit shows like crank yankers) because honestly anything news-typey is going to be unfairly compared to Colbert.  Let Colbert fade a bit in peoples' minds and then slide another Daily Show graduate in the slot down the road.

Is the world ready for the Rob Riggle Review?

Fuck yeah. I love me some Rob.

If he's playing it "straight", will he be reverting to "Col - bert" instead of the now famous pronunciation "Col - bare"?

Unlikely, that's a matter of branding rather than character at this point.

It's been col-bare ever since the daily show which was years before the report so doubtful it will change now.  It's a stage name as much as Charlie Sheen is not Charlie Estevez.

Carlos Irwin Estevez.

Yeah, at this point Steven Col-bare is his brand, and there's no point in being Stephen Colbert except in private.  Steven Col-bare is worth millions.

I doubt Mr. Leibowitz is called Stuart at home by anyone but his mother, when she's mad at him.

--Dave

Wikipedia says he's gone by the current pronunciation since college.

The pronunciation has never struck me as odd, but then I'm from Louisiana where the name Hebert (pronounced "a bear") is very common.  But yeah, he definitely used that pronunciation back on TDS for nearly a decade (remember he started at TDS before Stewart did).

Really I never liked Colbert Report that much compared to TDS and I hope Comedy Central doesn't rush to replace it with something similar too fast.

It's a french name, and that's the correct french pronunciation

The joke was never how he pronounced his name, but that he would pronounce "Report" the same way.

Yes, just think of Louis XIV's finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the guy who 'invented' mercantilism.


And the Spor_t Repor_t segment!  :grin:

Torch is being passed to Larry Wilmore. I am not unhappy with this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/05/09/larry-wilmore-to-take-over-stephen-colberts-time-slot-with-the-minority-report-on-comedy-central/

Um.

Ok.

The minority report, really? Wilmore is very funny, I hope he tackles more than race issues which unfortunately is all he does on the daily show.

Yeah, I haven't really seen him do much outside of playing the minority card bit. I probably would have been more excited for John Hodgman getting a show to play the conservative counter to the Daily Show, or with a new direction for the show under Sam Bee's or Aasif Mandvi's lead.

I know I'll still give it a go and it will probably be okay, but I'm not expecting much at this point.

It could be good.  I would also like Sam Bee to have a show.

Larry Wilmore will have a solid show I think. The key is going to be the writers - can they work beyond the "race card" humor (which is still pretty goddamn funny). I think he'll do fine.

Wilmore?  All I've ever seen him do is race stuff.  This looks like a diversity hire.

What?

I've seen Wilmore doing standup, he has more range than just racial humor.  That said, if this is 'just' a Comedy Central version of Totally Biased, they could do worse.

--Dave

Well either way I'm sure it will be funny.  Comedy central is certainly lacking in racial humor with the exception being Key and Peele who are as much pop culture as racial in their comedy.  However I would like to see Wilmore stretch his comedy chops beyond race just because that's all I've seen him do.

I'm ok with this, Larry Wilmore always impressed me. I honestly find John Hodgman's shtick nigh-unwatchable, he's my least favourite of the contributors.

I'm also really on board with the current cast of correspondents for the Daily Show. After some initially stiff deliveries, Al Madrigal and Jessica Williams are killing it, and I like the way Jordan Klepper is shaping up already.

Yes.  It's entirely painful.

Jordan is my new favorite on that show. He is what Harland Williams should have been.

John Hodgman blows.  I don't know who his audience is but it's not me.

Wilmore definitely makes me laugh more reliably than Hodgeman.

Hodgeman only does the one character even in his stand up special(which is atrocious) but the character itself(apologist for the rich) was good originally but it's gotten so outlandish and over the top as to be cringeworthy.

I like Wilmore, but I kind of wish it was Wyatt Cenac coming back to do it.

I like Hodgman.

Yeah, sometimes the plutocrat bit doesn't work, but I find it to be more hit than miss. YMMV.

I thought the LA Clipper bit was funny, though I suspect might cast that as insensitive or something.

The new guy (Jordan Klepper?) is getting better -- he was awful in the first couple of bits.

But Aasiv Mandiv is my favorite presently (if he's still there).

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/cbbn22/third-world-health-care---knoxville--tennessee-edition
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/dxhtvk/suppressing-the-vote

Aasiv isn't my favorite (my love for Samantha Bee is real and true), but he's definitely in my top three, I think.

You know, this discussion only serves to remind what a stellar cast they have and have had.

Was going to say, ranking these guys (and girls) is kind of a silly effort considering they would all be a tier above the rest of television in both intelligence and humor.

For the most part I agree.  Jessica Williams is my favorite of the current cast.  They've had their occasional misses, though.  I'm looking at you, Olivia Munn.

Wasn't her niche. Spitting out Sorkin-speak seems to be though- she is the best part about The Newsroom.

Love her character too

Arise!

Barack Obama takes over for Colbert for The Word. (http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket?xrs=synd_facebook_120914_cn_43)

Entertaining, also what appears to be a fine political move.

Last episode with Colbert Is tonight I think.

The actual best last episode of a tv show ever made.

Must admit I got a bit verklempt.

Very good last episode.  Going to miss it, I've enjoyed it more than the daily show for a while now.  Him playing a mockery of an ultra right wing pundit allowed him to giving biting social commentary that nobody else could, while remaining absolutely hilarious.

I'm really not sure how well he's going to do out of character, but god knows he's earned what ever path he wants to take, even if he becomes shitty because of it.

The garage sale was awesome.

"Back to you John"
"Thanks for the report Stephen"

 :cry:

Yeah, that bit was just perfect

I'm not sure where else to put Colbert's stint on Only in Monroe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPlMM_aSn4).  Here?

Poor Eminem.

Poor Eminem what?

It's hard to tell whether he was just playing along really well, but I think he was legitimately bewildered throughout most of that interview.

Yeah, Eminem was totally on a cable access show in hte middle of nowhere legitimately.

He's clearly holding back from cracking up the entire time.

That was amazing.

Legit, it may be better than anything Letterman or Leno or anybody has done their entire career.

The first thing I thought of when I saw Eminem slouching there was Letterman interviewing Joaquin Phoenix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZTmw26RYJU).

I'm finally getting to watch this and holy shit is it hilarious.  :why_so_serious: