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re: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Posted on 9/25/15 at 11:42 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
Posted on 9/25/15 at 11:42 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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I was a little worried when I heard he would be ditching his "Colbert Report" persona. But wow, this show is great. Late night network tv is watchable again. It's great that he does more than just having one celebrity after another on the show as guests.
I'm not sure if I like the show in its entirety yet, but the two things he brought from Colbert were good choices
1) When he does that long riff on current events at his desk (without the persona is fine even thought that was hilarious).
2) Having real interesting guests which I find to be great. I bet there is at least some copying of this on other shows.
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Posted on 9/26/15 at 1:40 am to Teddy Ruxpin
His ratings will never be Fallon-level due to his guests, unfortunately. The average American doesn't choose to see an interview with the Secretary of Energy over an interview with Kanye, which is sad. That being said, no one makes a conversation with an intellectual more engaging than Colbert. He's a really intelligent, gifted guy.
Posted on 9/26/15 at 1:59 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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2) Having real interesting guests which I find to be great. I bet there is at least some copying of this on other shows.
In my opinion, Fallon, Kimmel, Conan, or Meyers are not capable of conducting a provocative/informative/insightful/witty combo-platter-interview like Colbert expertly & routinely does. He is a brilliant info-tainer.
Whereas, the others are simply entertainers; more Carson than Cavett (and there's a place for both styles). Their interviews of serious non-celebrity news figures are mostly met with giggling, fawning, pandering or pampering throughout their interviews.
Their skill-set is more guffaw than grey matter, so booking more scholarly guests would not be a successful move, imo, unless they want to get replaced by, say, a Jon Oliver or someone similar one day if the network insisted on copying the format.
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