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[morningbus]

Great news for Colbert! It will be interesting to see him in a new atmosphere. He's been out of character (conservative republican pundit) many times, like when he crawled into the fireplace when covering the Olympics a while ago.

I wonder what is going to fill in the opening now on Comedy Central. The Stewart/Colbert combo was such a great block...

Talking Daily with Chris Hardwick.

I know Colbert is technically staying within the "Viacom family," but it must be hard times for the people at Comedy Central who have to figure out something to replace him.

Is it time for Colin Quinn's Tough Crowd to make its return?

 

[Kano on the Phone]

Is it time for Colin Quinn's Tough Crowd to make its return?

That would be great. Sadly, it probably will be someone awful like Hardwick.

 

[Codeblue]

Talking Daily with Chris Hardwick.

I know Colbert is technically staying within the "Viacom family," but it must be hard times for the people at Comedy Central who have to figure out something to replace him.

Is it time for Colin Quinn's Tough Crowd to make its return?

Man, Tough Crowd was amazing. It wouldn't be the same without Patrice and Greg though.

 

[way more]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.

Blackface, which has an ugly history dating back to at least the fifteenth century according to historian John Strausbaugh, was used to portray demeaning and horrifying stereotypes of blacks. Such stereotypical imitation has not been limited to blacks, of course; actors tasked with playing stereotypical Jew Shylock often donned a fake nose and red wig, as did actors who were supposed to play Barabas in The Jew of Malta. Such stereotypical potrayals create a false sense of blacks, or Jews, or whomever becomes the target of such nastiness.

. . . His show is about pure hatred for conservatives in the same way that blackface was about pure hatred of blacks. In order to justify their racism, racists had to create a false perception of blacks; in the same way, Colbert and his audience can justify their racism only by creating a false perception of conservatives.

. . . The problem is this: will 50% of CBS’ audience simply go amnesiac on Colbert’s career-making hate?

http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

 

[Jarmel]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.

http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

i cant

 

[Ultima_5]

i find the poll pretty amusing on this

 

[Dragonborn]

So Colbert is ending, damn. Can't say I'm too happy but I'm looking forward to how he handles the Late Show.

 

[morningbus]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

This is satire, right?

Like, meta-satire?

 

[Ultima_5]

This is satire, right?

Like, meta-satire?

the best part is it just came out. i had to do a double take to see what year this was.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

Why do all the craziest sites have truth in their name?

 

[lednerg]

This is satire, right?

Like, meta-satire?

Ben Shapiro is the guy who said Sesame Street is left-wing propaganda. He's a loon.

 

[Archaix]

That would be great. Sadly, it probably will be someone awful like Hardwick.

Or far worse, someone like Colin Quinn.

 

[HallucinatingElvis]

Lame, it was supposed to be Craig Ferguson :-/

 

[Raxus]

Lame, it was supposed to be Craig Ferguson :-/

It likely was but Ferguson (presumably) declined.

 

[helloresolven]

Lame, it was supposed to be Craig Ferguson :-/

Craig is perfect where he is. You think they would allow him to have his interviewing style, monologues, and Geoff at 11:30?

 

[killer rin]

It likely was but Ferguson (presumably) declined.

He probably turned it down. I think he likes his time slot.

 

[Dion Blaster]

He's a brilliant comedian/satirist who's a great writer and is bringing along an award-winning staff. He's outstanding at joke delivery and has exceptional comedic timing. He's got an incredibly strong improv comedy background. He's a great interviewer. He sings and dances. He's very in-tune with popular culture and has had a bunch of great musicians on his show. He's a pretty likeable/relatable guy when he's not playing a character.

I'm really not sure you could come up with a better replacement. People were skeptical that the Colbert Report would work at all and the show was top-notch out of the gate.

If you're saying Colbert isn't on the level of Johnny Carson in 'acceptability' - well, yeah. I don't think you could find anyone on that level these days, the media climate is just too divided. I suppose Jay Leno was considered pretty impartial, but he was disliked by many Americans for being not nearly as funny as Carson was.

Colbert won't be liked by extreme-right conservatives or Tea Party members. That's fine. They wouldn't like Chelsea Handler of Neil Patrick Harris or Jon Stewart or Craig Ferguson either. Colbert's actually more 'universal' than most of them: he might have liberal values, but he's also one of better-known Catholics in the country. He's a family man with a wife and three kids, he's been on television for almost two decades and thus a familiar face, and he's always been more interested in ridiculing politics in general rather than either the Right or the Left. I mean, just look at the year he spent with his SuperPAC-stuff: that was highly political, but critical of both sides.

Colbert'll do fine. It might take a while for 'conservatives' to like him when he's out of character, but he's a tremendously charming man. Watch his out-of-character interviews with Letterman or Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and the charm just oozes off of him.

Co-signed

Will this affect Americone Dream in any way?

This was honestly one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind.

 

[Shadowlink]

Lame, it was supposed to be Craig Ferguson :-/

I'm glad he declined. The show wouldn't be same if he took the position.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Figured Conan would have got it. Why not Leno? I guess his TV time is done.

 

[BigDug13]

Talking Daily with Chris Hardwick.

I know Colbert is technically staying within the "Viacom family," but it must be hard times for the people at Comedy Central who have to figure out something to replace him.

Is it time for Colin Quinn's Tough Crowd to make its return?

As much as I want Tough Crowd back, without Patrice and Giraldo, it loses a bit of why it was so great.

 

[BigDug13]

Figured Conan would have got it. Why not Leno? I guess his TV time is done.

The Leno loving population is getting on in years, also Letterman. This is a counter to NBC going for the youth crowd with Jimmy Fallon by going with his arch nemesis, Stephen Colbert.

 

[NullPointer]

I can't.... just... I can't...

 

[RPGCrazied]

The Leno loving population is getting on in years, also Letterman. This is a counter to NBC going for the youth crowd with Jimmy Fallon by going with his arch nemesis, Stephen Colbert.

I'm getting old then. I'm a Leno person, I grew up with watching that show though.

 

[Artorias]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

Oh man, this is golden. It's really adorable, the type of comparisons they try to draw usually do more to hurt them. I would think conservatives wouldn't want to bring racism up so much, considering the majority of their audience are proud racists.

 

[terrene]

How can Ben Shapiro be claiming Colbert's satire is unfair when he personally embodies everything that Colbert's character captures, so perfectly?

 

[Rorschach]

How can Ben Shapiro be claiming Colbert's satire is unfair when he personally embodies everything that Colbert's character captures, so perfectly?

Because it isn't satire. It's getting harder and harder to spoof Republicans.

 

[Zabojnik]

Terrible news.

 

[gabbo]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

I refuse to believe whoever wrote that wasn't laughing like the Gervais gif someone replied to the post with. No way is that meant to be taken seriously.

 

[Madrin]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

A perfect example of why we still need The Colbert Report around to mock conservatives.

 

[Artorias]

White House Correspondents Dinner.

Never forget.

Man, I never will. I can't imagine that anyone will ever fall into a scenario more perfectly suited to troll somebody so deserving of ridicule, but specifically a US president. Andy Kaufman himself would have been proud of that masterful trolling.

The best part was the slow pans to pissed off republicans not laughing.

 

[gabbo]

CBS looking to completely redo it's late night line up by June?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...s-woman-would-be-great-as-late-late-host.html

Do they not realize that Ferguson is the only one of the late night hosts worth watching? Hopefully they resign him come June. I'm not against a female host, but if Ferguson gets tossed for it...

 

[BitStyle]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

b-but #RacismEndedWhen

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

CBS looking to completely redo it's late night line up by June?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...s-woman-would-be-great-as-late-late-host.html

Do they not realize that Ferguson is the only one of the late night hosts worth watching? Hopefully they resign him come June. I'm not against a female host, but if Ferguson gets tossed for it...

Reposting from the other thread, still troubling news but this makes me hopeful:

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a564041/cbs-plays-down-craig-ferguson-axing-reports-were-big-fans.html#~oBbn16a4x9IMdL

CBS has played down reports that Craig Ferguson is to be replaced as host of The Late Late Show.

Ferguson has fronted the talk show since 2005, but Deadline reports that CBS is considering more changes to its late-night lineup following the announcement that Stephen Colbert will take over from the retiring David Letterman on The Late Show.

However, CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler told Entertainment Weekly that the network is still "big fans of Craig".


"We had an 11.30pm issue - that was our first order of business," Tassler said.

She added: "Obviously, as much as we knew that this day would come with Dave, Craig is here and doing his show at 12.30am, and we love having him there."

It was recently reported that Chelsea Handler - who is expected to depart E! at the end of this year - was in talks to take up Ferguson's slot on CBS.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

Wow. You must've put a good amount of time into this. It looks...oh wait...this shit is real?

 

[kess]

Wait, this Ben Shapiro?

 

[Alcoremortis]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.


http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/stephen-colberts-vile-political-blackface

Those comments... those comments... seriously, my brain started hurting with the guy insisting the identical twins must be identical in every single facet because they have identical genes.

And even worse was the guy spouting off "Epigenetics! Epigenetics!" without even bothering to cite an article or give a rough explanation of how it works. This is why conservatives think liberals are idiots. When people just spout buzzwords without an explanation.

 

[Dead Man]

Wait, this Ben Shapiro?

Yep, that one.

Those comments... those comments... seriously, my brain started hurting with the guy insisting the identical twins must be identical in every single facet because they have identical genes.

And even worse was the guy spouting off "Epigenetics! Epigenetics!" without even bothering to cite an article or give a rough explanation of how it works. This is why conservatives think liberals are idiots. When people just spout buzzwords without an explanation.

Good thing it's only liberals doing that.

 

[mattiewheels]

Wait, this Ben Shapiro?

This is the guy who thinks I shouldn't believe in neocon charicatures? Good luck, man.

 

[inm8num2]

Conan O'Brien says Stephen Colbert is the 'right person' to do 'Late Show'

"I wasn't up for it," O'Brien said backstage Friday during a break from rehearsing for Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, which he's hosting for the first time. "I'm very happy where I am, but I love Stephen. I think Stephen is great. I'm a huge fan of his as a comic and as a human being. I think it's fantastic. I'm really glad that he got the job. I look forward to seeing his show."

O'Brien originally succeeded Letterman on NBC's "Late Night" in 1993 when Letterman moved to CBS to headline the "Late Show." O'Brien infamously replaced Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for a mere seven months beginning in 2009 before Leno was reinstated as host in 2010.

"I was very happy because I have such respect for Dave," O'Brien said. "I'm glad that it's the right person getting it."

O'Brien, who has appeared as a guest on Letterman's show, said he's excited to see the "Colbert Report" host tackle the "Late Show," but he definitely didn't apply for the gig.

"Whenever I would hear there was speculation (that I'd take over the 'Late Show'), I was like, 'No. What?' I'm happy," said O'Brien, whose TBS talk show has been renewed through November 2015. "I get to do what I want."

Nothing mind-blowing, but I suppose somewhat relevant.

 

[Synth_floyd]

He would never say anything negative about Colbert. It's just professional courtesy.

 

[BearFlexington]

Shame on all of you for supporting black face.