Roxy was right! Colbert is toast — Page 3

How dare you, sir. How dare you.

The one I am offering is Graffiti Bridge, trampled on by The Kid and Morris Day.

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Namo - Does it come with an anklet?

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Updated On: 4/10/14 at 05:14 PM

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It's a good pick. I love how some folks seem to not consider that Colbert was funny pre-TDS/pre-Even Stephens. He was great on Strangers With Candy. The idea he cannot be funny without some crazy persona is nuts. That said, it is not like him doing a Talk Show host persona wouldn't be in keeping as a Letterman replacement. Early Letterman, albeit NBC Letterman, was essentially performing in the persona of a talk show host.

I love Stephen and he'll probably keep regulars like the Sedaris siblings and make great rock picks.

I know Ferguson has a fan base but I am dead-certain the decision also hedged on geography, in this case New York.

I think Colbert fits more of the Letterman legacy. Kimmel, Stewart, and Colbert were all on Dave's good side while, surprisingly, people like Conan were not as well-liked by Dave. Anyway, people acting like Fallon holds more territory as the New York guy (when Colbert has been a host longer in the same city) may be overstating. I think the fact Fallon's bits often hinge on the internet buzz and that he is on a much vulnerable network. Then again, I'm biased. I just never jived with Fallon. Every interview and every gesture feels like over-compensating on his part. Not even The Roots as the house band does it for me at this point.

^ I believe his support for Conan was more out of spite for Leno, since he knew it would irk him. Of course he's going to love anyone who Leno doesn't like.

Behind the scenes, Dave was never fond of Conan. I take it to be that Conan being considered just among those Harvard Lampoon minor league system pipeline of over-privileged know-it-alls who have the world at their fingertips after graduation versus Dave who came from the Midwest worked his way up in show business in a more old-fashioned way than college networking. Bill Carter has discussed this with Bill Simmons, Simmons actually being a former Kimmel writer who probably had a lot of inside baseball stories about every late night host.

Leno vs. Conan caused a lot of the enemy of my enemy is my friend sentiment but everybody except those at NBC publicly supported Conan. Kimmel even did a whole bit spoofing Leno during that debacle. Didn't mean he wasn't secretly rubbing his hands at his weakened competition.

"Strummergirl, consider not the host but the Executive Producer. Loren holds a lot more sway then Letterman, To deny the influence of the internet today is foolhardy at best. Lorne has for a long while ben tapping int the internet, "Dick in a Box" anyone?"

Oh, of course. I prefer more the TDS/CR internet viral stuff. Just a matter of taste. Colbert and Stewart viral stuff feel weightier in topic while Fallon often involves music and just being superfluous involving a guest. Occasionally that can be very good but it often can get a little redundant, personally. But others are more than allowed to enjoy it.

Updated On: 4/10/14 at 10:26 PM

I said in a discussion with Bill Carter. Bill Carter, author of The Late Shift books on the matters of exactly this and respected media reporter of The New York Times.

It's not like I enjoy the fact two of my two favorite late night hosts had some antipathy with each other.

SNAFU- Oh, I get it. I am just looking into why maybe CBS thinks this move can work for them. Fallon is much more accessible to me than Leno ever was. Just never connected with him but I get his appeal. My parents even love him.

And there is the rub. I know a LOT of people in their 60's and 70s that seem to like Fallon, even die hard Leno Fans! To them Fallon is a breath of fresh air from Leno's tired schtick and Letterman's curmudgeoness.
I think Colbert is a smart choice when he is not in the Report character to go up against Jimmy.

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Letterman was a liberal who stood up for his employees during the writer's strike not to mention that hilarious McCain evisceration in 2008. Not that political persuasions matter, but Colbert isn't exactly some Marxist to the rest of the late night hosts. But I guess xo servatives will never forget that Correspondents Dinner.

Kad- I agree. I really loved the bookings on CR. Aside from Colbert having to keep up that persona, him and Stewart filled that Dick Cavett void in terms of getting guests you wouldn't necessarily see on late night.

The nomenclature gets confusing but he's taking over The Late Show.

I trust that by the end of Colbert Report he will have gone about as fee as he can with that character.

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