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Mediaite reviews Colbert's debut... It was a liberal dream but sucked

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Steven Colbert did his first show at Late Night last night and it was filled with more jokes about Donald Trump than you could count, but not one single joke about Hillary. Looks like CBS has got someone to follow the same path as Letterman did, but unfortunately for them, that path leads to the same place Letterman found himself in... In last place according to the following review from Mediaite:


Colbert’s Late Show Debut Disappoints with Average Guests, Partisan Monologue
by Joe Concha | 11:55 am, September 9th, 2015

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So you watched at home and waited for Colbert to show he really wasn’t the partisan character he was on Comedy Central. First show, big audience…a second chance to make a first impression that he’s willing to stick it to both sides to avoid an optic that helped define (and hurt) Letterman in the twilight of his tenure. But as predictable as a Jon Stewart cameo, Hillary was ignored…prompting this Tweet and others like it from radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham:


Glad Colbert has shown his political leanings early. Where are the Hillary email jokes, Stevie?
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 9, 2015
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And therein lies the rub: Colbert’s entire television career has been as a political satirist. He knows nothing else, which is why it’s no surprise four more presidential candidates will be joining The Late Show in the coming days (Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul). Outside of Biden and a possible announcement, is a political late-night program the right course? Because outside of a very select few, most politicans are packaged, tedious, boring to the masses.


As for Colbert’s standing in the late night race, I’m sticking to my original bet from back in April of 2014(when it first announced he would replace Letterman) on where he’ll ultimately end up when everything settles in and the curiosity factor fades: Third place, just like his predecessor in the final years of his career. No magical analysis or detail really needed here: Kimmel and Fallon are simply more talented, more experienced (in playing themselves), possess more range, connect with younger viewers better and are decidedly more apolitical than the 51-year-old Colbert, who was signed by CBS more because of cost-effectiveness than anything else after Jon Stewart was deemed too expensive to sign.
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p.s those were my words in the title, not from the preceding review.

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I thought it was funny. Some of it was coming from a liberal standpoint sure, but it was still funny.

I don't get the Clooney part of that review either. Didn't he star in a record setting best picture nominated movie less than 2 years ago?
 
Good god, conservatives are babies. "Mommy, he said mean things about Trump but didn't pick on Hillary!"

Boo freakin' hoo.
 
That lamestream media must really suck!
 
Kobie said:
Good god, conservatives are babies. "Mommy, he said mean things about Trump but didn't pick on Hillary!"

Boo freakin' hoo.
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Please consider who posted it.
 
Grim17 said:
Steven Colbert did his first show at Late Night last night and it was filled with more jokes about Donald Trump than you could count, but not one single joke about Hillary. Looks like CBS has got someone to follow the same path as Letterman did, but unfortunately for them, that path leads to the same place Letterman found himself in... In last place according to the following review from Mediaite:






p.s those were my words in the title, not from the preceding review.

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I was really surprised about the lackluster of guests. Jon Stewart had a whole bunch of people show up at the end of his show. So why couldn't Colbert have that as a welcome party? Maybe Colbert is more into music than the other talk show guys are. That would explain all the musical guests nobody ever heard of. They were good but quite forgettable. I think it's weird that they could only get Jeb Bush out of all the people running. He isn't exactly the most colorful guy out there who screams late night!
The Clooney bit was probably the funniest but I also don't know why he was there. Not quite sure if they really are good friends or not. Though I did hear there were a lot of problems with getting the show on TV that day. So that had to be a part of it.
 
The only way NewsMax would like Colbert was if he opened every show with him rubbing one out to Regan slapping a union head.
 
Where are the conservative jokes about Hillary Clinton's email? Oh that's right, there's no such thing as a conservative comedian...
 
oh I read the article.


But perhaps it would have been more wise to wait on making (and announcing) that booking while pursuing the big ratings fish: Trump.
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lol...wait until the last minute to try and book guests...
I can tell that this writer is an amateur.
 
Grim17 said:
Steven Colbert did his first show at Late Night last night and it was filled with more jokes about Donald Trump than you could count, but not one single joke about Hillary. Looks like CBS has got someone to follow the same path as Letterman did, but unfortunately for them, that path leads to the same place Letterman found himself in... In last place according to the following review from Mediaite:






p.s those were my words in the title, not from the preceding review.

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WAAAH

We have seen conservative humor, Glen Beck channeling Hee Haw doesn't cut it any more.

Waaaaaah
 
reinoe said:
Where are the conservative jokes about Hillary Clinton's email? Oh that's right, there's no such thing as a conservative comedian...
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http://www.debatepolitics.com/general-political-discussion/233954-seth-myers-does-skit-hillery-emails.html

So not only is that a comedian making jokes about her emails, but Grim posted a thread on it, and when it is comedians doing comedy he approves of, it is general politics, but if they do not make the approved of Clinton jokes(during one particular show), it is bias. Just another example of hypocrisy...
 
So Grim...

If Colbert makes any Hillary jokes, are you going to take it all back?
 
Middleground said:
So Grim...

If Colbert makes any Hillary jokes, are you going to take it all back?
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I think we ALL know the answer to that.

When Colbert inevitably makes a Hillary joke, it will be proof that the Dems have lost millennials ... Or something.
 
Grim17 said:
Steven Colbert did his first show at Late Night last night and it was filled with more jokes about Donald Trump than you could count, but not one single joke about Hillary. Looks like CBS has got someone to follow the same path as Letterman did, but unfortunately for them, that path leads to the same place Letterman found himself in... In last place according to the following review from Mediaite:






p.s those were my words in the title, not from the preceding review.

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I loved his segment with Bush, and thought both of them were hilarious. Meh on George Clooney, I never really got the appeal there. As for the lack of Hillary jokes, maybe he realizes what smart people do, and that her special brand of dishonesty actually isn't a laughing matter.

I agree with the writer than Fallon & Kimmel are funny, not sure yet if I'd say they're funnier.
 
Kobie said:
Good god, conservatives are babies. "Mommy, he said mean things about Trump but didn't pick on Hillary!"

Boo freakin' hoo.
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And he did do a piece on Hilary last night, as well as on most other candidates. My oh my, it was his first show, he will take enough digs at democrats in the series, just give the man a chance.
 
Peter King said:
And he did do a piece on Hilary last night, as well as on most other candidates. My oh my, it was his first show, he will take enough digs at democrats in the series, just give the man a chance.
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And if he does, what then?
The problem with so much (bad) political comedy is that it reduces issues to absurdity, creating sound bites which voters will actually take to be meaningful analysis. And the whole political process is cheapened. If Colbert wants his show to be primarily political comedy, nothing good will result. Hillary haters latching on to some sound bite joke is no better than GOP haters doing the same.

These people aren't Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, or George Carlin.
 
Eric7216 said:
creating sound bites which voters will actually take to be meaningful analysis.
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"What are the policy differences between yourself and George W. Bush"
^^^^A question not once asked by "serious news journalists".^^^^
 
Colbert will need to get away from the political bent of politics for the most part - he'll need to establish himself just as Letterman did with his own personal take. I'm sure it will get better and they'll make changes as they go along. If they don't, I wouldn't expect Colbert to be there past a few years.... he has what it takes to make the Late Night his own.
 
reinoe said:
"What are the policy differences between yourself and George W. Bush"
^^^^A question not once asked by "serious news journalists".^^^^
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Don't you think that question is a little like asking "When did you stop beating your wife?" It is meant as a gotcha. Has anyone asked Obama that question? He has certainly many similar views and continues so many GWB policies.
 
Eric7216 said:
Don't you think that question is a little like asking "When did you stop beating your wife?" It is meant as a gotcha. Has anyone asked Obama that question? He has certainly many similar views and continues so many GWB policies.
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How is it meant as a gotcha question? Colbert highlighted how his views are very different from his own brother's right before he asked the question. I hope the next question is...

If you're your own man why are there so many people from George W. Bush's administration working for you as advisors?

JEB BUSH OVERLAP.webp
 
reinoe said:
How is it meant as a gotcha question? Colbert highlighted how his views are very different from his own brother's right before he asked the question.
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I doubt that anyone knows who Colburt's brothers are. So no one asked Obama that question? And you think it is an important question?
 
Eric7216 said:
I doubt that anyone knows who Colburt's brothers are. So no one asked Obama that question? And you think it is an important question?
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Yeah. Why do you think JEB "I'm my own man" Bush has so many people from Dubya's administration advising him? Why do you think JEB dodged the question and couldn't elaborate on how his views were significantly different than his brother's? He whined about spending but that complaint didn't come from conservatives when DUbya was actually in office.
 
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