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Stephen Colbert To Be Letterman's Successor
ralphart (70342) writes "CBS has announced Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman on The Late Show, after Letterman retires in 2015. 'Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,' Colbert said in a press release from CBS. 'I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave’s lead.'"
This is good to know about and all, but...
WHY IS THIS ON SLASHDOT!?
So no change then. One boring excuse for a comedian that I haven't watched in years being swapped in for another boring comedian that I haven't watched in decades.
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
"Some media commentators hoped that CBS would inject some diversity into the late-night lineup by replacing Letterman with the first host who was not a straight, white man. Maybe next time."
Arsenio Hall?
So much for #cancelcolbert and the looney tune behind it.
I'm told mainstream media outfits like CBS are the exclusive property of profits-before-all Corporate America and its free market, planet wrecking, right wing fat-cat captain of industry one-percent types.
So, either Colbert is a sell-out, or the MSM is nothing like as hostile to libtards as is claimed.
Which is it?
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
Kind of like Google's "Do no evil", right?
Not a fake politik trying to do candy....
It's a step down IMO.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
"Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career"
Wait...he really meant that. It's kinda creepy when Colbert makes out-of-character statements. And now there's gonna be a whole show full of those? Ugh...
They said he is dropping the conservative character he portrays on The Colbert Report, but they didn't say if he will stop being the egomaniac part. That could make for good television. He could, after all, still be a liberal egomaniac...
(and I know, the slashdot chorus will chime in and declare that to be redundant)
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
WTF does this have to do with Slashdot?
If you like Stephen Colbert, go watch Strangers With Candy. It was one of the first Comedy Central shows and it's just amazing.
I remember the first Colbert Report teaser on the Daily Show, and then a few months later it was a real show. And it was awesome.
Go Stephen! Hate you see you leave the Central, but you need to be exposed to a wider audience.
There is no doubt he is an entertainer.
BlameBillCosby.com
Meanwhile at CONACO:http://conanhuman.ytmnd.com/
Conan should've fought to jump into bed with Fox when they were mulling the idea over, affiliate issues be damned. It's not like it's a live show, let them air it whenever the fuck their news block ends. Fox is the only network that can actually harness his demo and generate ad revenue (via traditional broadcast ratings or "rich media integration" or whatever they call the internet today).
He was dead at TBS before he started, just as we was in the earlier hour on The Tonight Show. NBC offering to push The Tonight Show back an hour and give him his old time slot back was actually very generous. But Conan wanted an ideal of The Tonight Show that didn't exist anymore. Anyone who watched Leno (or his audience) over the years would have known that.
#cancelcolbert gets SC off of CC and the show dies...but only because he got promoted to a prime network spot with more visibility and more money.
Colbert's writers couldn't have scripted this as well as it was performed in real life.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
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Viacom and CBS are owned (majority shareholder) by National Amusements, conservative financier/Billionaire Sumner Redstone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...
They are oligarchs, but they ***still have to make a profit*** the game is rigged but not that rigged
NBC is #1 and Fallon gets the ratings/advertising
Colbert is, from a **COMPLETELY FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE** a great choice.
He's a proven commodity across media and with young and old. Comedy Central is youth demographic 'central' and Colbert is at the top of the product chain there. He's sold books, audio, and gets things like a *treadmill on the ISS named after him.*
Dont tell me Craig Ferguson or Chelsea Handler can come anywhere near that marketshare/reach. Colbert pwns.
So "which is it?"
Neither...Oligarchs still have to play the money game just like everyone else. Colbert pulled it off.
Thank you Dave Raggett
WHY IS THIS ON SLASHDOT!?
Colbert didn't observe the boycott and spoke at the RSA Conference where he said, among other incomprehensible statements, that Snowden was " practically a war criminal". In terms of government use of computer technology to control its people, the Snowden revelations are the most important in history. Colbert's ascension to the Letterman position means that the NSA and its accomplices don't need to worry about criticism from that quarter.
Colbert noted.
"I see the Norwegians gave Snowden 30 Nobel Prize nominations. The guy's practically a war criminal - I don't understand how they could put him up for the same prize they once gave to Henry Kissinger."
Stephen Colbert's not a fan of Edward Snowden's whistleblowingStephen Colbert's not a fan of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing
Colbert said. Snowden, he said, should be taken to court over the espionage charges.
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The only stereotype Suey park fought with #CancelColbert was the one that Asians are smart
Anyone link to a gig of his where he's not playing the conservative republican on his show?
Woot!
The late show will finally be funny.
Letterman and his backup band are so predictable, so bland, and so American-Cheesy, its unwatchable for the rest of us.
To be fair, the only truly funny regular joke is in the opening credits where New York is described as the best city in the world.
Some, like Bill Engvall and Jeff Foxworthy are usually recognized by the general public, but there are others. Some show up late at night on Greg Gutfeld's "Red Eye" show. And there are others, like Evan Sayet, who conservatives know but who otherwise simply never seem to get air time where the general public would see them.
Slashdot is about tech news and tech developments (or it's supposed to be anyway). I'm sure many nerds/geeks watch and appreciate Mr. Colbert, but that in itself doesn't provide a legitimate segue into posting it as a story on Slashdot. This story belongs more on general entertainment sites, not Slashdot.
Making topics of discussion too broad on a niche site like Slashdot dilutes the value of Slashdot. You might argue "what's the harm?" Well, if Slashdot becomes too much like any other site, there's no reason to stay since its identity is lost. The comments here are barely enough to hold it together, and even that's fading fast as people care less about Linux and truly nerdy stuff and become more accepting of Microsoft and DRM (stuff that I never would have though a Slashdot audience would actually like or think were good things). We aren't like other sites and shouldn't report on every single thing which has only a tenuous connection to tech.
Very disappointing. I had read that Chelsea Handler was a candidate. Was hoping they'd finally put a woman in charge of one of these shows.
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It isn't sloppy mixing at all. Kissinger has also been accused of being "practically a war criminal". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_Henry_Kissinger. Whether you agree with the accusations or not (much the same could be said about Snowden), the parallels are there; hence the double standards satire reference.
Now that Colbert is a self-described pothead pushing unscientific pro-drug agenda on his show, he deserves to be on a show that's increasingly out of touch with younger viewers. That way nobody susceptible has to hear his drug-addled banter.
Colbert can go fuck himself.
...who really gives a flying fuck?
Wasn't funny on his show, won't be funny on this one either.
Colbert is a glorified jester in the court and circus that is American politics. He only serves to make the bread and laughs go around, and keep the circus going. How does he think he can replace David Letterman? Wow.
That's the cunning appeal of Colbert. Both conservatives and liberals love him but for completely different reasons. This has actually been studied:
Summary: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report
Full Study: The Irony of Satire
Am I the only one who, as a foreigner, has no idea who David Letterman is ? I've seen plenty of clips of gifs of Colbert on the 'Net though. He certainly is a lot more relevant than whoever Letterman is/was.
Non-Linux Penguins ?
Not the only one out there. Not be a longshot.
Oh we may post? Love how in another post, you tell the parent what their opinion is.
You're taking what Colbert says far too literally. He's lampooning people that believe that A) Snowden truly is a war criminal (when reality suggests otherwise) B) people that believe Kissinger is not a war criminal (likewise, reality suggests otherwise).
In your next snippet, he's lampooning the notion that all we should aspire to is making money.
It seems you've begun to believe Colbert really is the character. And that has somehow turned you off to him.
Crypto-ideologue replaced by overt ideologue.
I suspect his reaction to 9/11 was just like Karl Rove's: he danced a jig when he realized it could make him rich.
As long as he drops his character, I want a real person with real views and opinions. Colbert is all over the place, I can never tell a genuine opinion from joke and sarcasm.
Why is this mentioned on slashdot? There is no relationship with technology whatsoever.
I really, really, really hope this somehow kills The Daily Show. Jon Stewart went from comedian to ultra-liberal political activist. When he replaced his entire show with a serious segment about 9/11 Fire Fighters just to make a political action, it was clear he belongs more on some 24 hour news channel than Comedy Central and I think he knows that. He's basically Bill Murray at this point. They should replace him with an hour long show that's ACTUALLY comedy.
See you here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... you bigmouthed little nobody...
APK
P.S.=> Have the balls to show up there in the link above to reply to it (& NOT days later like you did, LONG after I left that thread(
NOW, in the link above, I simply tore you apart in it vs. your "so-called 'points'" that you "amended" bogusly, changing your parameters/constraints there!
(& I am going to rip you a new asshole there YET AGAIN, publicly, for your BIG mouth you little shit - prepare to be utterly humiliated, publicly...)
... apk
See you here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... you bigmouthed little nobody...
APK
P.S.=> Have the balls to show up there in the link above to reply to it (& NOT days later like you did, LONG after I left that thread!
NOW, in the link above, I simply tore you apart in it vs. your "so-called 'points'" that you "amended" bogusly, changing your parameters/constraints there!
(& I am going to rip you a new asshole there YET AGAIN, publicly, for your BIG mouth you little shit - prepare to be utterly humiliated, publicly...)
... apk
A lose-lose situation.
Colbert's fans get deprive of The Colbert Report.
Colbert loses viewers from going on at a later time and having his humor constrained by the stricter rules of broadcast television.
It seems like Letterman's ( or Leno's ) job is a place where comedians losing steam go to wait to die.
Kathleen Sebelius to take the place of Stephen Colbert! Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead!
See you here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... you bigmouthed little nobody...
APK
P.S.=> Have the balls to show up there in the link above to reply to it (& NOT days later like you did, LONG after I left that thread!)
NOW, in the link above, I simply tore you apart in it vs. your "so-called 'points'" that you "amended" bogusly, changing your parameters/constraints there!
(& I am going to rip you a new asshole there YET AGAIN, publicly, for your BIG mouth you little shit - prepare to be utterly humiliated, publicly...)
... apk
You're going to have trouble explaining the +4 mod you got there after this punk http://tech.slashdot.org/comme...
APK
P.S.=> Keep "running" (ala "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!") you little pussy... apk
See you here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... you bigmouthed little nobody...
(Yes, I'll just continue posting it, even when you use multiple trolling sockpuppet accounts to downmod it, as you did here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & running from my challenge in the 1st link above... lol!)
You're going to have trouble explaining the +4 mod you got there too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme...
Especially after I utterly initially DESTROYED you point-by-"so-called 'point'" of bullshit of yours here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... (& the 1st link above here did the rest, & YOU are running from it like the bigmouth little PUNK you are... lol!).
* Especially after that 1st link above, disposing your bs into the waste bin (along with you)
APK
P.S.=> Have the balls to show up there in the link above to reply to it (& NOT days later like you did, LONG after I left that thread!)
NOW, in the link above, I simply tore you apart in it vs. your "so-called 'points'" that you "amended" bogusly, changing your parameters/constraints there & AVOIDING MY OTHER POINTS COMPLETELY (that trashed yours easily)!
(& I am going to rip you a new asshole there YET AGAIN, publicly, for your BIG mouth you little shit - prepare to be utterly humiliated, publicly...)
... apk
Why's geminidomino running from it and replying by ac http://slashdot.org/comments.p... then?
* Hi sockpuppet...
(Too obvious)
APK
P.S.=> Seeing you "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" being unable to disprove MY points (that trashed yours easily, lol) is going to make it TOUGH to explain your +4 mod there... apk
Never really liked the "late night" shows.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
See you here http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... you bigmouthed little nobody...
* Downmodding the last 2 times I posted this (via sockpuppet usage, that much is obvious, since there is NO WAY you merit a +4 on your bullshit here I tore up -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... )?
Both here http://slashdot.org/comments.p... here too http://slashdot.org/comments.p... for confronting you with it too?
Please (lmao):
Lame & WEAK, just like your b.s. I shot down WITH EASE in the link above... lol!
APK
P.S.=> Have the balls to show up there in the link above to reply to it (& NOT days later like you did, LONG after I left that thread!)
NOW, in the link above, I simply tore you apart in it vs. your "so-called 'points'" that you "amended" bogusly, changing your parameters/constraints there!
(& I am going to rip you a new asshole there YET AGAIN, publicly, for your BIG mouth you little shit - prepare to be utterly humiliated, publicly...)
... apk
Wait and see.