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Letterman's Replacement
| April 12th, 2014 at 8:02:02 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | There is a video of Stephen Colbert interviewing Neil DeGrasse Tyson on youtube somewhere. He is as himself, not in character. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| April 12th, 2014 at 8:54:05 AM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
"Col-bear" is, according to Stephen, a caricature of a right-wing talk show host, and is meant as satire. He uses his own name, but it's a character, not him. That's the claim, anyway, and I think, looking at old segments of him on the Daily Show, probably accurate. But whether the audience will accept him actually BEING himself, not the character, is chancy IMO. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
| April 12th, 2014 at 1:05:05 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | That is why I was surprised they picked him. Hardly anybody knows what he is really like! "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| April 12th, 2014 at 2:28:50 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Conan did 2,725 episodes of Late Night over 16 years, and they fired him after only doing 146 episodes of Tonight Show (costing $45 million buy out). So television is very risky. But I don't see anything worse happening than Colbert and CBS parting ways in three years. |
| April 12th, 2014 at 4:14:24 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
He's a good Catholic and teaches religious education at his parish, must be a pretty fun class. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| April 12th, 2014 at 4:37:06 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 | If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 12th, 2014 at 4:54:09 PM permalink | |
| TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
I think that might be part of the reason why. He'll be different and people may want to tune in to find out how he'll be different, rather than -knowing- what they will get. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
| April 14th, 2014 at 5:14:05 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
It's very very unlikely that your 6 week prediction will pan out. After what happened to the Tonight Show in 2010, it's a safe bet that Colbert's agent (showbiz veteran James Dixon) inserted an expensive cancellation clause into the contract that would oblige CBS to pay out millions if the show gets cancelled early. Dixon is a well-respected big league player; his list of clients and former clients is formidable: Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, George Carlin, Jon Stewart. Even if you hate Colbert's act, give him some credit for hiring a competent agent. |
| April 14th, 2014 at 6:18:22 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
40% of the country are solid Right, they won't watch. Another big % leans Right. It's going to be a tough row to hoe to get good advertisers. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| April 14th, 2014 at 7:33:47 PM permalink | |
| beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
It's an act. I'm not saying he's moderate or anything else. Just that his politics will be largely irrelevant. It's my opinion, as an outsider, that FNC and other RW power brokers think both Colbert and The Daily Show help their ratings and keep their quality of journalism higher than it would be otherwise, much as Leno or Letterman himself did in monologues. O'Reilly, for example, has been on all four shows multiple times. So I think, after an initial resistance, it will become neutral ground again. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |