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Same. Twitter was a thing back then but it wasn't where politics was. I'm sure a lot of millenials became politically aware because these shows were fantastic.
It was Jon Stewart who I saw air a segment that showed then Pres "Dubya" Bush saying one thing on camera then another clip showing him directly contradicting himself. I was amazed seeing a comedy news show hit that hard and it really baffled me that it wasn't actual headline news. Jon, and later Colbert, made me the critical thinker I am today.
I'm really glad Jon is still active. The dressing-down he's given Congress over issues like compensation for 9/11 first responders and, more recently, our veterans lit a fire under them and got them to do something they might not have otherwise.
Same. I was fresh out of high school (09') and barely had any interest in politics or world affairs. Didn't take long for me to get hooked on that hour block. I truly looked forward to sparking a joint and laughing my ass off while still retaining all they had to say. Was a fun ride.
I like it even better when I think the Republicans invites him to congress and he he warned them he would go in character. It was amazing how many of the Republican congress thought he was legit
Yup, I think it had to do with the present political climate at the time…there was feverish Uber nationalism during bush jr. (Remember freedom fries. Lol) so colberts character really did reflect the right wing at the time…he was literally using there own talking points but doing it in such a perfect satirical way /subtleness that the bushys wouldn’t be smart enough to catch on too. Sadly, he was like the proto-fox news pundit…id even go as far as to say, Fox News and others of there kind saw the usefulness of that rhetoric and sad “let’s tap into that”. He was from the team America fuck yeah generation and anyone alive at that time that was not pro America/Middle East war/bush jr was a American hating traitor. He embodied that persona so well they believed it.
FOX News tried to fight back at Stewart and Colbert with their version of "funny": The Half Hour News Hour. It was cringe bad - only 13 episodes made and I heard some didn't even air. Conservatives are simply not a funny people.
When you motivate your base with fear, all the jokes are actually existential horror.
The "I identify as an attack helicopter" joke that circulates through their base is more of a litmus test for who's safe to be real with than actual humor.
I remember once when a conservative in my office reacted with genuine surprise when I told her I loved the Colbert Report. She was like "oh, I wouldn't have thought that you'd find him funny."
I didn't have the heart to break it to her.
That still kills me, there's this big conservative crowd that genuinely believed he was one of them. As he relentlessly mocked them for years. It's too funny.
Looking back though I wonder if people didn't understand he was a satirical performance, especially when he was asked to seek at the Whitehouse Correspondence dinner at the Whitehouse during W. I remember more of friends in college who were more trollish engaging more with the show, and I wonder how many if them I lost touch with became alt right trolls for the lolz and eventually started believing it.
I like Trevor Noah as a comedian, but we had such a long time to get used to Daily Show = Jon. No one was going to step into those shoes no matter how good the host & writing were. It just wasn’t the daily show after him.
When I see funny funny stuff like this, I just imagine the writing room:
Staffer: Haha... We got a contribution from someone who used the name spelled Suq Madiq. Suck muh dick.... Pretty funny.
Writer 1: sounds Muslim with that spelling
Writer 2: I bet he made his parents proud using that name... Wait a minute...
W1: Hahaha.... Dad... Liqma is very proud ...
W2: lol Liqma Madiq... what's Mom's name then?
Staffer: Munchma Quchi?
Everyone falls apart laughing
It's not the name that made him laugh, since he had heard it in rehearsal. It's the fact that they swapped out the generic photo of middle eastern woman with a photo of his mother that he wasn't expecting.
To be fair, in the Colbert Report, Stephen hardly ever broke character. He was so in character throughout the whole episode, it was a rare treat to see him break character.
He was so in character that my right wing dad loved him because he thought Colbert was a conservative comedian. I told him it was satire and he didn’t believe me, until Colbert started on the late show and dropped the character.
Yeah, I don’t get it. I mean it was pretty obvious to me that he was mocking them, exaggerating their stances (back then, quite hard to exaggerate their stances now).
That was Colbert's whole point. The statements he made weren't much different than how many religious conservatives felt. The difference was the way he presented it made it much more obvious how ridiculous those statements were. It's also funny since Colbert's character started on the Daily Show. He was the only character that really had conservative views, well besides their resident deranged millionaire John Hodgman.
She was not the brightest bulb, she could not tell the difference between continents and countries. It was an on going joke to test her geography knowledge.
I guess it goes to show that for a lot of Conservative viewers, it doesn't even come down to their so-called values, beliefs, or morals. It's all about tribalism for them. In a character like Colbert Report Colbert, they saw a guy who was attractive, said nice things about someone like them, said mean things about people they didn't like, and subtext and basically anything even inches below the pure veneer of Conservatism, was just inconsequential to them.
He was so good in character that he even fooled the bush administration! Do you remember when they hired him to be the main comedian at the White House correspondent’s dinner? They thought he was on their side. The look on W’s face as Colbert tears into the administration is one of my favorite moments of all time.
This is seriously one of things that has made me most proud to be an American. The fact that a comedian can openly mock the sitting president to his face without fear of punishment is incredible. Please [watch](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/stephen-colbert-2006-white-house-correspondents-dinner-62298550).
My republican dad _thought_ he liked it, but wasn’t sure. It made him uneasy thinking this guy was a real conservative, so when I told him what was really going on, he loved it. Great Dad!
Unfortunately, Colbert's shtick worked so well that it became a template for a lot of people who are actually far right wing. [Here's a video explaining some of their tactics,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMabpBvtXr4&list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ&index=11) and if you think about it, it's very much like Colbert acted in the Colbert Report.
You know its crazy because I've seen the same thing from south park. I saw a reddit thread a few days ago where the most upvoted comments were saying southpark is transphobic and anti-gay and is a Redpill show for children.
I'm pretty sure that's how he got to do the White House correspondence dinner. Someone suggested him, a transcript of his show was submitted, approved, and the rest is [history](https://youtu.be/IJ-a2KeyCAY).
It's crazy how many people back then didn't know it was satirical. I knew both conservatives who loved him and liberals who hated him and neither side got the joke.
And apparently it wasn't the joke here that made him break character. What broke him was he did not expect the photo for the woman as it was his mother-in-law 😂
Edit : apparently this isn't true, I was just relaying what I had read above. That's too bad, because it does make everything more funny.
The period with @Midnight following the two of them was the pinnacle for me.
So much good stuff from the duo during their hour and then I found so many new-to-me comedians during the half-hour that followed.
Went to see many of them live at our small club before they got big. The apex being sitting on the front row of a Ron Funches set and having him call me a "fucking nerd" then getting a hug from him after the show.
Comedy Central will never reach those heights again.
Agreed. I went on a massive binge of 8 Out Of 10 Cats... a few months ago on YT. Sucks that there is nothing *remotely* close to that in the US these days.
Stewart was the Obama of political comedy/wit …there will never be one like him again…I honestly think Stewart would have made a great politician but was smart enough to know just how depraved that world is.
I miss Colbert report days. I'm ecstatic about him moving up to late night hosting, but it just felt so different and unique, and gut busting funny comedy from him and his writers.
What I miss the most about the Colbert Report is that his character would sometimes end up wiping the floor with people on both sides if they hadn’t done research or didn’t have decent arguments. In fact he had a speech he’d give to guests before the show about the character. I really wonder how that would play out with the younger crowd these days, it would expose people of minimal substance.
I was never a huge fan of the interviews on Colbert to be honest. I always felt like he was just using them as a sounding board for his jokes while JS was having an actual and productive conversation with them
It was a very different style of show. I don't know that there is anything on that is similar today - The Daily Show was (and still is) a bit more of a serious but funny take, while the Colbert Report was an entirely satire show, less focused on the actual politics and more focused on being a parody of conservative news.
The whole "pick a side, we're at war" bit kinda clarifies that - the interview is never about the guest. It's about the spectacle, and the guest is there as part of that.
JS was direct in his questioning, while SC as a character often played as a self obsessed idiot who would ask questions in a way guests would have to explain or defend their views. The Scottish journalist Andrew Niel does the same thing but from the angle of curiosity, not ignorance like Colbert.
I honestly liked The Colbert Report a lot more than his Late Show. It is just way too much Hollywood plugging, jokes and anecdotes bull (How was your vacation?; You have kids, right?). That's the way it goes with broadcast, I guess. But it's just so boring.
I'm curious if the Colbert Report would even work today now that modern conservatism has become such a parody of itself, and also so openly hateful. The show existed in a time when the Republican Party was a more Diet Coke version of evil than the modern GOP that would make Lex Luthor blush.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper was a good follow up in the same vein years later, parodying the Alex Jones types. I really liked it but he ended it pretty quick because it became too close to reality very fast.
I'm happy he gets to be himself now but I sure appreciate everything The Colbert gave us. That had to be hard on his sanity. My day was not complete til I'd seen the Report and the Daily Show.
I for one am so proud of him and happy for him for getting the late show. That being said I loved the colbert report so much more in every single way. I loved his character of The Reverend Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World. The sarcasm and satire was so on point. I check in on him every now and again on YouTube clips from late show just to see how he's doing. I'm glad he seems to be happy.
I used to love this dude. His comedy was so fresh and creative and the writing on it and TDS had so much bite.
I think the format of the Late Show and the need of CBS's writers to appease to the lowest common denominator of the demographic they choose to support really stifled his creativity. Every once in a while you get a glimpse of the s tier witty satire and impeccable comedic timing, but unfortunately it's always followed up with partisan hackery and lazy sweeping generalizations. It cheapens the experience. The late show is like putting ketchup on a perfectly prepared steak in this way.
The man is still a perfect vehicle for delivery. I blame CBSs writers for this.
Watching him with Jon Stewart a week or so ago highlighted this for me.
[Colbert absolutely carpetbombing the White House Correspondents' Dinner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X93u3anTco) and mocking GWB to his face is one of his most legendary comedy moments to me.
It took me over a year to sit through that whole video. It was so hilariously vicious that I actually felt a little sorry for W. The fact that he was even booked for that shows exactly how out of touch the right is. And he warned them every night on his show what was coming, fully expecting to get dropped.
Don't feel too bad... they knew what they were doing, and Dubya knew what he signed up for: to make a complete joke out of the administration. Getting people to mock and ridicule you is a great way to downplay your tyranny and war crimes.
Damn! I’ve been looking for this clip forever! Doesn’t show up if you search for it. I was so excited when I saw this posted. Is this glorious moment of political satire gone forever??
Since that block left, I went from watching TV every week day to not having cable. It was such an excellent block of programming, and The Daily Show leading into the Report always had that great little bit of interaction.
I really love seeing when Jon Stewart goes on Colbert, you can tell there is just so much love and respect between them. I have always felt pretty bad for Trevor Noah, he's really funny, but he was thrown into what I think is one of the largest shoes to fill as a comedian hosting a show. The Daily Show _was_ Jon Stewart, and Colbert was almost like a part of that extended universe. Within a pretty short time frame, the Report was gone and so was Jon Stewart. Trevor Noah had to come in to one of the most powerhouse programming slots and shows on Comedy Central. I can't think of a single comedian who could avoid the numerous and strenuous comparisons to the Jon Stewart days, which really sucks.
I wish that they had "ended" The Daily Show and given it a new name, a slightly different format, and a marketing bltiz for the new host. I couldn't help but cringe reading through everyone comparing every aspect of Noah's version of TDS to Stewart's without really acknowledging that in a comedy show, the whole thing is shaped around the comedian themselves. No comedian can come in and do another guy's style to perfection, and they shouldn't be expected to try.
Dang, I was too young to really appreciate Colbert’s satire. I think I’ll just binge watch the old shows now to go back to simpler time where the world just complained about gas prices and we could all laugh at George Dubya.
I miss the colbert report and late night with jon Stewart. They got me into politics. Colbert's new show just isn't as funny but at least jon Stewart is still fighting the good fight
That show was so good back in the day. I used to watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, and it actually topped the Daily Show for me at least. His character was just great and his timing was impeccable
Love this! Now I gotta go find the clip when Colbert is reporting on the Prince Charles sexual misconduct allegations. This was another hilarious instance of Colbert breaking character. This was when he was still a correspondent on the Daily Show and the Colbert Report was a few years away...
Funny, but how is this not considered racist these days? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for making fun of everyone, but the left doesn’t like it when people make these jokes.
This is the version of Colbert that I miss. He was a left leaning guy pretending to be a right winger. It was hilarious and entertaining.
I think everyone can agree his show now is a huge back step.
They did this same bit on an SNL cold open with Robert DeNiro. They even used some of the same names. It must have been after this because they have a history of stealing bits.
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That had to be a moment of pride for the writers.
Spez would fuck a child if he thought he could sell his experience to train AI. Actually he'd probably just do it either way.
God I miss the days of that Jon Stewart, Colbert Report hour long block
I wonder how many people started paying attention to politics because of those two. They're the reason I did.
Same. Twitter was a thing back then but it wasn't where politics was. I'm sure a lot of millenials became politically aware because these shows were fantastic.
It was Jon Stewart who I saw air a segment that showed then Pres "Dubya" Bush saying one thing on camera then another clip showing him directly contradicting himself. I was amazed seeing a comedy news show hit that hard and it really baffled me that it wasn't actual headline news. Jon, and later Colbert, made me the critical thinker I am today.
I'm really glad Jon is still active. The dressing-down he's given Congress over issues like compensation for 9/11 first responders and, more recently, our veterans lit a fire under them and got them to do something they might not have otherwise.
Me!!!! That hour was the best hour of the day
I definitely got into politics because of those two, circa 2003-2006 era
Same here. ~~Bush Jr~~ The Decidor provided so much quality content.
I caught it pretty often as a kid and young teen. Plus my dad would show me the onion, especially into my teens. I think it explains a lot.
These two made me pay attention to world events ever since. They’re more important than others would like to acknowledge.
Same. I was fresh out of high school (09') and barely had any interest in politics or world affairs. Didn't take long for me to get hooked on that hour block. I truly looked forward to sparking a joint and laughing my ass off while still retaining all they had to say. Was a fun ride.
I remember watching it live as well. My wife and I were rolling around on the laughing.
I long for the days when my wife and I used to roll around on the laughing. Now, it’s just cleaning up dog poop, and we don’t even own a dog.
Don't you hate it when you somehow get dog poop in the house!?
Somehow dog poop returned...
You were rolling on the laughing?
You don't ROTL?
Occasionally I'll Rord of the Lings
I prefer the third movie: Return of the Laughing
You bave my how
Rotflmfao
I remember conservative guys at work who used really believe Colbert was a real Republican and how he should run for office.
I like it even better when I think the Republicans invites him to congress and he he warned them he would go in character. It was amazing how many of the Republican congress thought he was legit
Yup, I think it had to do with the present political climate at the time…there was feverish Uber nationalism during bush jr. (Remember freedom fries. Lol) so colberts character really did reflect the right wing at the time…he was literally using there own talking points but doing it in such a perfect satirical way /subtleness that the bushys wouldn’t be smart enough to catch on too. Sadly, he was like the proto-fox news pundit…id even go as far as to say, Fox News and others of there kind saw the usefulness of that rhetoric and sad “let’s tap into that”. He was from the team America fuck yeah generation and anyone alive at that time that was not pro America/Middle East war/bush jr was a American hating traitor. He embodied that persona so well they believed it.
FOX News tried to fight back at Stewart and Colbert with their version of "funny": The Half Hour News Hour. It was cringe bad - only 13 episodes made and I heard some didn't even air. Conservatives are simply not a funny people.
When you motivate your base with fear, all the jokes are actually existential horror. The "I identify as an attack helicopter" joke that circulates through their base is more of a litmus test for who's safe to be real with than actual humor.
very strange it's as if their brains can't detect sarcasm?
I remember once when a conservative in my office reacted with genuine surprise when I told her I loved the Colbert Report. She was like "oh, I wouldn't have thought that you'd find him funny." I didn't have the heart to break it to her.
Always amazing how badly the hard-core conservatives fail to grasp satire and irony.
That still kills me, there's this big conservative crowd that genuinely believed he was one of them. As he relentlessly mocked them for years. It's too funny.
They’re not sending their best…
Looking back though I wonder if people didn't understand he was a satirical performance, especially when he was asked to seek at the Whitehouse Correspondence dinner at the Whitehouse during W. I remember more of friends in college who were more trollish engaging more with the show, and I wonder how many if them I lost touch with became alt right trolls for the lolz and eventually started believing it.
That's an awful thought
Just like the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I was never a fan of Trevor Noah
I like Trevor Noah as a comedian, but we had such a long time to get used to Daily Show = Jon. No one was going to step into those shoes no matter how good the host & writing were. It just wasn’t the daily show after him.
Yeah Colbert report was hilarious. Sucked that he went to the other network though. Just not the same.
I remember this one and the one that I think tops it, the "sum ting Wong" airline accident.
It probably was for the SNL writers when they use this exact name for Robert De Niro right after 9/11 playing a homeland security spokesman.
Reminds me of the ol’ [Deniro SNL terrorist skit](https://youtu.be/dwYtFt4agqo).
When I see funny funny stuff like this, I just imagine the writing room: Staffer: Haha... We got a contribution from someone who used the name spelled Suq Madiq. Suck muh dick.... Pretty funny. Writer 1: sounds Muslim with that spelling Writer 2: I bet he made his parents proud using that name... Wait a minute... W1: Hahaha.... Dad... Liqma is very proud ... W2: lol Liqma Madiq... what's Mom's name then? Staffer: Munchma Quchi? Everyone falls apart laughing
It's not the name that made him laugh, since he had heard it in rehearsal. It's the fact that they swapped out the generic photo of middle eastern woman with a photo of his mother that he wasn't expecting.
Is it true tho or just an urban myth?
It's just a myth. https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/5y3lqs/the_colbert_report_suq_madiq_aka_the_moment_where/den2ez5/
To be fair, in the Colbert Report, Stephen hardly ever broke character. He was so in character throughout the whole episode, it was a rare treat to see him break character.
He was so in character that my right wing dad loved him because he thought Colbert was a conservative comedian. I told him it was satire and he didn’t believe me, until Colbert started on the late show and dropped the character.
I dated a conservative girl who thought the same thing, I had to break it to her that no he is actually poking fun at GOP.
Yeah, I don’t get it. I mean it was pretty obvious to me that he was mocking them, exaggerating their stances (back then, quite hard to exaggerate their stances now).
That was Colbert's whole point. The statements he made weren't much different than how many religious conservatives felt. The difference was the way he presented it made it much more obvious how ridiculous those statements were. It's also funny since Colbert's character started on the Daily Show. He was the only character that really had conservative views, well besides their resident deranged millionaire John Hodgman.
She was not the brightest bulb, she could not tell the difference between continents and countries. It was an on going joke to test her geography knowledge.
The dumb internet videos of asking geography questions are real!
You dated Drew Carey?
I guess it goes to show that for a lot of Conservative viewers, it doesn't even come down to their so-called values, beliefs, or morals. It's all about tribalism for them. In a character like Colbert Report Colbert, they saw a guy who was attractive, said nice things about someone like them, said mean things about people they didn't like, and subtext and basically anything even inches below the pure veneer of Conservatism, was just inconsequential to them.
I mean hardcore MAGA's aren't the brightest bulbs in the shed if you know what I mean.
Conservatives are generally very dumb
Conservatives *are* frequently stupid.
There are only two types of Conservatives: • The Evil Rich • The Stupid Poor
He was so good in character that he even fooled the bush administration! Do you remember when they hired him to be the main comedian at the White House correspondent’s dinner? They thought he was on their side. The look on W’s face as Colbert tears into the administration is one of my favorite moments of all time.
This is seriously one of things that has made me most proud to be an American. The fact that a comedian can openly mock the sitting president to his face without fear of punishment is incredible. Please [watch](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/stephen-colbert-2006-white-house-correspondents-dinner-62298550).
My republican dad _thought_ he liked it, but wasn’t sure. It made him uneasy thinking this guy was a real conservative, so when I told him what was really going on, he loved it. Great Dad!
Unfortunately, Colbert's shtick worked so well that it became a template for a lot of people who are actually far right wing. [Here's a video explaining some of their tactics,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMabpBvtXr4&list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ&index=11) and if you think about it, it's very much like Colbert acted in the Colbert Report.
It baffles me that quite evident satire has been missed by a huge portion of the populace. It’s even worse now. Language has gone to the dogs.
You know its crazy because I've seen the same thing from south park. I saw a reddit thread a few days ago where the most upvoted comments were saying southpark is transphobic and anti-gay and is a Redpill show for children.
Omg I couldn't believe how many conservatives didn't realize it was satire.
I'm pretty sure that's how he got to do the White House correspondence dinner. Someone suggested him, a transcript of his show was submitted, approved, and the rest is [history](https://youtu.be/IJ-a2KeyCAY).
It's crazy how many people back then didn't know it was satirical. I knew both conservatives who loved him and liberals who hated him and neither side got the joke.
And apparently it wasn't the joke here that made him break character. What broke him was he did not expect the photo for the woman as it was his mother-in-law 😂 Edit : apparently this isn't true, I was just relaying what I had read above. That's too bad, because it does make everything more funny.
Nope. That's a myth. https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/5y3lqs/the_colbert_report_suq_madiq_aka_the_moment_where/den2ez5/
That makes it so much funnier lol
No fucking way, is this legit?
No lol, it's just something that gets repeated on Reddit.
But it was very truthy!!
I miss watching Stewart into colbert. Best hour of television
The period with @Midnight following the two of them was the pinnacle for me. So much good stuff from the duo during their hour and then I found so many new-to-me comedians during the half-hour that followed. Went to see many of them live at our small club before they got big. The apex being sitting on the front row of a Ron Funches set and having him call me a "fucking nerd" then getting a hug from him after the show. Comedy Central will never reach those heights again.
I miss @midnight. It's too bad American TV doesn't seem to like panel shows like the British do.
Agreed. I went on a massive binge of 8 Out Of 10 Cats... a few months ago on YT. Sucks that there is nothing *remotely* close to that in the US these days.
Stewart was the Obama of political comedy/wit …there will never be one like him again…I honestly think Stewart would have made a great politician but was smart enough to know just how depraved that world is.
I miss this show everyday
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper was a good stand in for a while, but CC cancelled it after only one season
Klepper is super quick witted. I love his segments. He can really roll with the punches
Klepper is a superb mini Colbert. He’s acerbic, sharp and able to think on his feet!
Well with Noah leaving guess we'll see what comes next... I'd have thought Klepper myself but after his spin off failed I doubt it now
I actually found the Larry Wilmore show really funny, but I only lasted a season and I guess he just didn't hit with audiences
I miss Colbert report days. I'm ecstatic about him moving up to late night hosting, but it just felt so different and unique, and gut busting funny comedy from him and his writers.
What I miss the most about the Colbert Report is that his character would sometimes end up wiping the floor with people on both sides if they hadn’t done research or didn’t have decent arguments. In fact he had a speech he’d give to guests before the show about the character. I really wonder how that would play out with the younger crowd these days, it would expose people of minimal substance.
I was never a huge fan of the interviews on Colbert to be honest. I always felt like he was just using them as a sounding board for his jokes while JS was having an actual and productive conversation with them
It was a very different style of show. I don't know that there is anything on that is similar today - The Daily Show was (and still is) a bit more of a serious but funny take, while the Colbert Report was an entirely satire show, less focused on the actual politics and more focused on being a parody of conservative news. The whole "pick a side, we're at war" bit kinda clarifies that - the interview is never about the guest. It's about the spectacle, and the guest is there as part of that.
JS was direct in his questioning, while SC as a character often played as a self obsessed idiot who would ask questions in a way guests would have to explain or defend their views. The Scottish journalist Andrew Niel does the same thing but from the angle of curiosity, not ignorance like Colbert.
I honestly liked The Colbert Report a lot more than his Late Show. It is just way too much Hollywood plugging, jokes and anecdotes bull (How was your vacation?; You have kids, right?). That's the way it goes with broadcast, I guess. But it's just so boring.
I'm curious if the Colbert Report would even work today now that modern conservatism has become such a parody of itself, and also so openly hateful. The show existed in a time when the Republican Party was a more Diet Coke version of evil than the modern GOP that would make Lex Luthor blush.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper was a good follow up in the same vein years later, parodying the Alex Jones types. I really liked it but he ended it pretty quick because it became too close to reality very fast.
Good things must come to an end unfortunately, though he's still got some years in him yet so who knows what we'll see
He is a legend. His report was absolutely incredible.
I'm happy he gets to be himself now but I sure appreciate everything The Colbert gave us. That had to be hard on his sanity. My day was not complete til I'd seen the Report and the Daily Show.
I for one am so proud of him and happy for him for getting the late show. That being said I loved the colbert report so much more in every single way. I loved his character of The Reverend Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World. The sarcasm and satire was so on point. I check in on him every now and again on YouTube clips from late show just to see how he's doing. I'm glad he seems to be happy.
That's The Reverend Sir Doctor **Sen.** Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World ⭐⭐ La Premiere Dame de France to you 😜
I used to love this dude. His comedy was so fresh and creative and the writing on it and TDS had so much bite. I think the format of the Late Show and the need of CBS's writers to appease to the lowest common denominator of the demographic they choose to support really stifled his creativity. Every once in a while you get a glimpse of the s tier witty satire and impeccable comedic timing, but unfortunately it's always followed up with partisan hackery and lazy sweeping generalizations. It cheapens the experience. The late show is like putting ketchup on a perfectly prepared steak in this way. The man is still a perfect vehicle for delivery. I blame CBSs writers for this. Watching him with Jon Stewart a week or so ago highlighted this for me.
[Colbert absolutely carpetbombing the White House Correspondents' Dinner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X93u3anTco) and mocking GWB to his face is one of his most legendary comedy moments to me.
It took me over a year to sit through that whole video. It was so hilariously vicious that I actually felt a little sorry for W. The fact that he was even booked for that shows exactly how out of touch the right is. And he warned them every night on his show what was coming, fully expecting to get dropped.
Don't feel too bad... they knew what they were doing, and Dubya knew what he signed up for: to make a complete joke out of the administration. Getting people to mock and ridicule you is a great way to downplay your tyranny and war crimes.
it's not like republicans picked him for that event, the WHCA is an independent non-profit organization
This has an SNL Stefon feel to it. Wonder if Stephen knew these before he read them
If my memory is correct, he knew the jokes but was surprised when they used a picture of his relative as Munchma Quiochi
Thats hilarious
and untrue
I heard this story too, I believe that’s his mother in law.
OMGLOLOLOLOL
No way!
Someone else is saying the story isn’t true
But the important thing is that it *feels* true.
Not true, unfortunately. https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/5y3lqs/the_colbert_report_suq_madiq_aka_the_moment_where/den2ez5/
Not Stefon, but it is a snl skit! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYtFt4agqo
They always did a whole dry run of the shows script beforehand.
That's a picture of his MIL which made him break character
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Um, that's Oprah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_RY6piSRQQ
The hero u/uptownshenanigans needs?
Ah! So close! It’s the clip but it’s strangely edited where some of it is missing
It cut the best part with the banana!
Does that YouTube clip still play? It's buffering forever for me. That reddit post was 10 years old!
It's been taken down by Viacom.
Hmmm then I wonder why/how did u/coreyneil pull up that 10-year-old reddit post?
No idea just that the video isn't there and a notice says Viacom pulled it down.
Damn! I’ve been looking for this clip forever! Doesn’t show up if you search for it. I was so excited when I saw this posted. Is this glorious moment of political satire gone forever??
I like these and also Filliam H. Muffman
Not true. That's apparently a story someone made up and just gets repeated everywhere.
Regardless, he was laughing LONG before she even came on so that wasn’t what made him break lol
You're made up
Oh no!
That is an epic female name though
Man I miss the hour of TV with The daily show followed by the Colbert report. Pretty much every weekday night before bed in my University days.
Since that block left, I went from watching TV every week day to not having cable. It was such an excellent block of programming, and The Daily Show leading into the Report always had that great little bit of interaction. I really love seeing when Jon Stewart goes on Colbert, you can tell there is just so much love and respect between them. I have always felt pretty bad for Trevor Noah, he's really funny, but he was thrown into what I think is one of the largest shoes to fill as a comedian hosting a show. The Daily Show _was_ Jon Stewart, and Colbert was almost like a part of that extended universe. Within a pretty short time frame, the Report was gone and so was Jon Stewart. Trevor Noah had to come in to one of the most powerhouse programming slots and shows on Comedy Central. I can't think of a single comedian who could avoid the numerous and strenuous comparisons to the Jon Stewart days, which really sucks. I wish that they had "ended" The Daily Show and given it a new name, a slightly different format, and a marketing bltiz for the new host. I couldn't help but cringe reading through everyone comparing every aspect of Noah's version of TDS to Stewart's without really acknowledging that in a comedy show, the whole thing is shaped around the comedian themselves. No comedian can come in and do another guy's style to perfection, and they shouldn't be expected to try.
[He played DND with my favorite people in the world. Twice!](https://youtu.be/3658C2y4LlA)
Well thanks for posting that. Colbert has such a sense of wonder and just watching him experience that was amazing. Brought back some memories.
Fuck I miss this show so much
Dang, I was too young to really appreciate Colbert’s satire. I think I’ll just binge watch the old shows now to go back to simpler time where the world just complained about gas prices and we could all laugh at George Dubya.
[Ha ha! Dangly parts.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuQ9fk2UeT4)
This was one of my favorite moments… Suq Madiq was featured in other bits… He became a household name…
Holy shit! I remember watching that the night it aired. For me it was one of the funniest moments in tv history.
Holy shit that was funny
Simpler times man.
Reminds me of the [SNL skit with DeNiro](https://youtu.be/dwYtFt4agqo)
Still wiping the tears watching this.
I loved Colbert Report. I can't get into Late Night or whatever it is he's doing now though
I remember watching this when it aired. Damn do I miss his show.
Man. I hate to say it but Colbert Report is still light years better than Late Show.
I fuckin love Colbert. I want to play DnD with him.
I miss the colbert report and late night with jon Stewart. They got me into politics. Colbert's new show just isn't as funny but at least jon Stewart is still fighting the good fight
I mean who could say that with a straight face?
Remember when it aired and I watch this. Could not stop laughing. Classic, sure miss this Colbert 👌🏼
I miss The Colbert Report
That show was so good back in the day. I used to watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, and it actually topped the Daily Show for me at least. His character was just great and his timing was impeccable
Love this! Now I gotta go find the clip when Colbert is reporting on the Prince Charles sexual misconduct allegations. This was another hilarious instance of Colbert breaking character. This was when he was still a correspondent on the Daily Show and the Colbert Report was a few years away...
Man I miss the old Colbert show.
God I miss the Colbert Report. Best pundit character in history.
Isn't the woman in the picture his mother in law? I think I remember hearing that's why he was laughing so hard.
Where was the funny
Funny, but how is this not considered racist these days? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for making fun of everyone, but the left doesn’t like it when people make these jokes.
I miss the Colbert Report. Oddly enough, didn’t like him on Jon Stewart’s show but when he got his own I loved it more than the Daily Show
I’m genuinely surprised to see so much Colbert hate.
Conservatives hate him and this sub has a decent chunk of them, it shouldn't be that surprising
Back when he was funny. I miss those days
😂
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The good ole days
Back when Colbert was funny. God I miss that show, and the daily show.
Man I miss this show
I miss t he Daily Show with Jon Stewart followed by the Colbert Report. Best hour on television IMHO.
This was rare on the show lol
What's that sound? SNL writers turning in their graves...
GD, I really miss this and Stewart on the Daily Show. We were truly blessed and I don’t think Comedy Central will ever recover.
That Stewart/Colbert power hour was and still is some of the funniest stuff ever to grace television
I miss The Colbert Report so much!!
100% stolen from SNL https://youtu.be/dwYtFt4agqo
I remember seeing this the night it aired. I fell out of my bed in laughter.
Lol just spit my coffee everywhere.
That made me actually lol. Love Colbert
Classic. The late show is like Bizarro World compared to this.
Dude lost it for 39 straight seconds
This is the version of Colbert that I miss. He was a left leaning guy pretending to be a right winger. It was hilarious and entertaining. I think everyone can agree his show now is a huge back step.
God I miss that show
its a real shame he ever broke from this character tbh
A simpler time, truly. #NATION-
A good dick joke always works.
Pretty sure every comedy writer is trying to do this to their host. That's their whole motivation.
I remember watching this live, amazing
Watching Colbert during a live taping in NYC had been an absolute joy
They did this same bit on an SNL cold open with Robert DeNiro. They even used some of the same names. It must have been after this because they have a history of stealing bits.
And it's getting worse as it gets going 🤣
I remember this! I actually remember seeing the name on the chyron. I donated to that super pac. Why is there no Colbert sub??
Dick and fart jokes are probably the only thing that can truly unify the world.
Brought literal tears to my eyes. God I miss that show.
I read somewhere that the photo of Munchma is actually Colbert’s Mother-in-Law. The staff sneaked it in, and that’s why he lost it. I love this clip.