― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Without Colbert, Rocca, Carell, less Lewis Black, no more Esquire sex columnist, etc. I don't have a lot of interest in watching the Daily Show.
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Also:
http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/2088/colbertreport29qx.jpg
...and when the guest made his entrance, it was Colbert running across the studio waving to camera whilst the guest was already sat down so you could hardly see him. Genius.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
ooh, anthony said a dirty word
― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:12 (eighteen years ago) link
That was definitely the joke and I thought it was hilarious! Stone Phillips looked genuinely uncomfortable milling around in the dark.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, but is it a joke you can do every night? I want them to get all those jokes out of their system and see what they do then. (And yes, I could listen to Colbert enunciate all day.)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link
"The Word" reminds me of Kevin Nealon's Subliminal Man character.
― astor riviera (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link
>a faux-O'Reilly is way better comedy material than a liberal who reacts to news clips by making funny noises and bugging his eyes out.<
You guys just hate pure comedy, right?
I've only seen the first 2, but the Savannah congressdork is one of the funnier things Colbert has ever done. That kind of sadism needs a worthy target to work, and he had one.
Making these TV-news guests look like 'good sports' is insidious. (Leslie Stahl balking at SC's perceptive comment that Nixon was in many ways to the left of John Kerry: omigod, don't rip the curtain away from our pretense...)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 October 2005 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― elmo (allocryptic), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Hmm. I dunno.
― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 October 2005 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
This guy made a salient point: "Even Bill O'Reilly knows that Bill O'Reilly is already a caricature, and even a fan of Colbert's preening idiot routine can start feeling claustrophobic after a whole 22 minutes of it." That simpering eunuch Aaron Brown seems more parodyable (tho I'd assume the SNL guy's version is toothless).
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 4 November 2005 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 4 November 2005 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Friday, 4 November 2005 07:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 4 November 2005 07:37 (eighteen years ago) link
I think this is off. Jon is extremely quick and knows how to steer and recover from awkward interview quagmires much better, though I'll admit Colbert is already very good and getting better, especially as he's burdened with having to keep in character. A bigger hurdle is that the in-character interview conceit requires not only willing but most importantly able participants(who can get in a word edgewise - the interviews I've seen reveal Colbert to be a less than generous comedy partner). I think the way to go is to book either known "bright bulbs" and/or book complete stiffs and approximate an Ali-G dynamic, anything in between kinda sucks.
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 4 November 2005 07:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I suspect it will get better, and I suspect eventually the Daily Show will make up for its less than stellar correspondants.
I do wish the Colbert Report had less "skit" flavor. On the other hand, that Jeff Daniels interview was excellent, and very smoothly played by Colbert.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 4 November 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 4 November 2005 09:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Nate's Been 'Around The Block') Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Ali G dynamic will not work with a studio audience, and since all the guests so far seem to know who/what Colbert is.
SC did manage to mock Nixon's Last Secretary without being crude; that was good.
And at least he hasn't stuck his nose up Mike Wallace's tabloid-geezer ass the way Stewart did the other night.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Does anybody know how its doing ratingswise? I'm wondering if it loses people due to the lack of liberal self-identifaction. People I know who claim to only get their news from the Daily Show (former employers even, yeesh) might not care for it.
x-post and yeah, that Wallace thing reaffirms the "but seriously..." shit is comedy death.
― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
It's been been renewed for a whole year, so I guess it must be doing okay.
― KSTFUNS (Ex Leon), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 4 November 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 4 November 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 4 November 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 04:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 04:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Jeffrey Rabbit, Sunday, 20 November 2005 12:21 (eighteen years ago) link