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Caution999
12/28/17 1:51:46 PM
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The man comes ***thiiis*** close to losing his job and then a miracle happens.

Donald Trump runs for president. Single handedly saved Colbert's career. Launched him right into The Late Show.

Does anyone even remember his racially insensitive joke towards asians?
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/28/17 1:52:48 PM
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lww99
12/28/17 1:53:12 PM
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MrToddWall
12/28/17 1:53:25 PM
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cancel it its trash

youre trashposting too
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s0nicfan
12/28/17 1:54:16 PM
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You mean the sardonic movement that tried to tank Colbert over a non-issue as a way to stick it to the left by showing them that their own crazy tactics can be used against them, as a sort of Mutually Assured Destruction strategy to get both sides to back off from trying to ruin careers? The one that was never going to succeed in the first place since it was the right trying to get someone from the left removed from hollywood?
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Axiom
12/28/17 1:54:20 PM
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Never heard of it
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D-Lo_BrownTown
12/28/17 1:54:29 PM
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In fact, wasn't Colbert on the Late Show before Trump even announced his candidacy?
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Caution999
12/28/17 1:55:55 PM
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-campaign-to-cancel-colbert

Amazing how you guys simply forgot
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Caution999
12/28/17 1:58:10 PM
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This anti Trump late show nonsense is nothing more than a business decision. Low hanging fruit that grabs the ratings with minimal effort.

Johnny Carson is rolling in his grave. We will never get that quality of late/tonight show host again
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MC_BatCommander
12/28/17 2:04:38 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
In fact, wasn't Colbert on the Late Show before Trump even announced his candidacy?


He was, but TC is just shitposting so you can't expect him to know that
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runuts27
12/28/17 2:06:01 PM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
In fact, wasn't Colbert on the Late Show before Trump even announced his candidacy?


The show started after Trump announced his candidacy but he was picked to be the next host about a year earlier. So yeah him getting the Late Show had nothing to do with Trump.
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Caution999
12/28/17 2:12:01 PM
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You still can't deny his success is due to Trump running. On a level playing field, both Conan and Fallon are funnier.

The guy got so lucky the media went on a frenzy with Trump and now he's cashing in. So lucky the platform of late night media went to heavy politics when he was in that area before.

Lucky Trump got elected.
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metralo
12/28/17 2:14:45 PM
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fucking relax dude

if you didn't view trump as your god emperor that you must defend at all costs this would mean nothing to you

who cares about late night show hosts
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lww99
12/28/17 2:15:59 PM
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--kresnik--
12/28/17 2:18:45 PM
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Colbert is garbage. He's not funny and his comedy style is one sided. If you've heard him make one joke about trump, you've heard him make a thousand.
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Caution999
12/28/17 2:20:20 PM
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--kresnik-- posted...
Colbert is garbage. He's not funny and his comedy style is one sided. If you've heard him make one joke about trump, you've heard him make a thousand.


They're not even jokes. It's all anger. The entire show is just him letting his anger out at the President.
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Antifar
12/28/17 2:21:56 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Donald Trump runs for president. Single handedly saved Colbert's career.
Launched him right into The Late Show.

Wrong, incorrect, false.
https://www.today.com/popculture/stephen-colbert-named-next-host-late-show-2D79511500

He was named Letterman's successor more than a year before Trump announced his candidacy. Just a couple weeks after the #CancelColbert thing, actually.

Caution999 posted...
This anti Trump late show nonsense is nothing more than a business decision. Low hanging fruit that grabs the ratings with minimal effort.

Aren't you in favor of businesses being successful?
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Caution999
12/28/17 2:25:03 PM
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But...would he be flopping if the Late Show ran around the 90s-2012 type of humor? If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)? But the political artificial FRENZY - has pushed this hack to the top of the ratings.

The Late Show, as a business, would still be successful under the old style.
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TheVipaGTS
12/28/17 2:28:54 PM
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The late show as a format is becoming obsolete. Fallon has some success but that mostly stems from the series of skits he does with other celebrities. They get by on YouTube clips these days. Older people were really their biggest demographic and once Letterman left they stopped really caring.

Why do you think so many of them have YouTube channels with their major clips on them? Thats the bread and butter now. No one is sitting down at 11:30 or setting up the DVR for late shows. Theyre watching the trending clips on Facebook and YouTube.
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Antifar
12/28/17 2:29:42 PM
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Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?

Are we calling Jimmy Fallon funny here? Because I don't agree with that.
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Ivynn
12/28/17 2:29:53 PM
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Well....Colbert's ratings as Late Show host was getting bad until Trump got the Repub nom. >_>
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CruelBuffalo
12/28/17 2:32:03 PM
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Antifar posted...
Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?

Are we calling Jimmy Fallon funny here? Because I don't agree with that.


Fallon is incredibly unfunny which is very telling if Caution thinks hes the standard.
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TheVipaGTS
12/28/17 2:32:28 PM
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Ivynn posted...
Well....Colbert's ratings as Late Show host was getting bad until Trump got the Repub nom. >_>

Colbert gained his success and fan base with political humor. The transition was difficult. Lettermans audience was different and his audience didnt like the format change. The 2016 elections and everything thats happened since then was the perfect bridge for those two groups of people to find a common ground with Colbert.
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DyingPancake
12/28/17 2:33:29 PM
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--kresnik-- posted...
Colbert is garbage. He's not funny and his comedy style is one sided. If you've heard him make one joke about trump, you've heard him make a thousand.


What sucks is I think he can be actually funny but his show is almost unwatchable now because its literally the same thing over and over

Same thing with Samantha Bee. What I've seen of her work outside of her show is really good, but her actual show is just awful with the same jokes and delivery every time I catch some of it. Atleast there are some funny pictures peppered throughout though

It doesn't matter if you hate Trump or not. If you find this same recycled garbage funny night after night then you're a moron
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Caution999
12/28/17 2:34:24 PM
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Antifar posted...
Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?

Are we calling Jimmy Fallon funny here? Because I don't agree with that.


That's because Fallon is being pushed to talk about politics 24/7. It's not his game, and you know it. He's playing out of position.

I mean, I'm not saying he was a comedic genius on SNL, but he wasn't bad.
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Antifar
12/28/17 2:35:04 PM
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Caution999 posted...
That's because Fallon is being pushed to talk about politics 24/7.

He was not funny before then
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TheVipaGTS
12/28/17 2:37:30 PM
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Fallon was never funny. Justin Timberlake helped him immensely at the start of his run and his most successful shit is a direct result of the people he knows and works with. Not himself.
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PostCrisisJ2
12/28/17 2:37:47 PM
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I actually vaguely remember this. The person behind it IIRC was not exactly... stable.
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tremain07
12/28/17 2:39:19 PM
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Caution999 posted...
--kresnik-- posted...
Colbert is garbage. He's not funny and his comedy style is one sided. If you've heard him make one joke about trump, you've heard him make a thousand.


They're not even jokes. It's all anger. The entire show is just him letting his anger out at the President.

This, you can tell from his tone he has nothing but hatred and anger for Trump and I used to be a fan of that dude. Watching a month of late shows after Trump and it's nonsense even the audience feels weird.
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Jiggy101011
12/28/17 2:40:01 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Antifar posted...
Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?

Are we calling Jimmy Fallon funny here? Because I don't agree with that.


That's because Fallon is being pushed to talk about politics 24/7. It's not his game, and you know it. He's playing out of position.

I mean, I'm not saying he was a comedic genius on SNL, but he wasn't bad.


It's because Fallon isn't talking about politics and laughs every 5 seconds is why his viewership has been declining for 12 solid months, meanwhile Colbert keeps climbing up the late night charts.

Americans like to listen about all the dumb shit Trump does daily, can't blame Colbert for cashing in on that.
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gamer167
12/28/17 2:41:07 PM
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Suey Park was an IIIIIIIIDIOT

Just complete and total privileged self righteous trash

Here's a video of Josh Zepp giving her the verbal equivalent of a punch to the throat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNK-e6nnFGY
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Ivynn
12/28/17 2:43:25 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Caution999 posted...
--kresnik-- posted...
Colbert is garbage. He's not funny and his comedy style is one sided. If you've heard him make one joke about trump, you've heard him make a thousand.


They're not even jokes. It's all anger. The entire show is just him letting his anger out at the President.

This, you can tell from his tone he has nothing but hatred and anger for Trump and I used to be a fan of that dude. Watching a month of late shows after Trump and it's nonsense even the audience feels weird.


That's my main problem with him now. Before under the Colbert Report, his criticisms of Republicans/conservatives were under finely crafted satire. They were actual jokes with multiple layers that really drove what real points he had home. But his Late Show stuff? It's just straight venting. No more nuances or good-natured humor. It's hate. I don't expect that from him. I expect it from CE ayyyy.
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tremain07
12/28/17 2:45:13 PM
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Weird considering how much Noah sucks but he's fallen in to the pattern Steward did during the Bush jr years, every show has him do his awful impersonation of Trump, I liked that dude who came before him on Tuesday's what was his name, jeff something? He insulted liberals alot while still insulting the other party as well.
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Jaded_Dragon
12/28/17 2:52:35 PM
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No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.
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Bio1590
12/28/17 2:58:24 PM
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Remember when Caution said he'd stay out of Politics
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MC_BatCommander
12/28/17 2:58:50 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Remember when Caution said he'd stay out of Politics


lmao, he saws a lot of dumb shit
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Notti
12/28/17 3:06:51 PM
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Comedians clowning on the orange clown and his circus is what they are supposed to do.

And obviously many agree.

You don't just let Trump walk around thinking his BS won't be called out. Comedy about him is the minimum price a pathological liar and manipulator like Trump can pay.

CruelBuffalo posted...
Antifar posted...
Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?

Are we calling Jimmy Fallon funny here? Because I don't agree with that.


Fallon is incredibly unfunny which is very telling if Caution thinks hes the standard.


Caution999 posted...
If the playing field was more in Fallon's corner (you know, ACTUAL comedy)?


ObcNOeY
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Smashingpmkns
12/28/17 3:09:04 PM
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Remember when republicans thought Colbert's character on the Colbert Report was genuine? Lol
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Caution999
12/28/17 3:09:25 PM
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Johnny Carson would spit in your face if he saw your post. You know it to be true.
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tremain07
12/28/17 3:10:07 PM
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Jaded_Dragon posted...
No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.

Does he still laugh at his own jokes?
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s0nicfan
12/28/17 3:14:33 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Jaded_Dragon posted...
No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.

Does he still laugh at his own jokes?


Not only that, but one of his biggest gimmicks is having parents pull pranks on their kids during holidays and then streaming the videos with the most emotionally destroyed kids to laugh at. He's like a super-villain but nobody realizes it.
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TheVipaGTS
12/28/17 3:16:03 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
tremain07 posted...
Jaded_Dragon posted...
No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.

Does he still laugh at his own jokes?


Not only that, but one of his biggest gimmicks is having parents pull pranks on their kids during holidays and then streaming the videos with the most emotionally destroyed kids to laugh at. He's like a super-villain but nobody realizes it.

Didnt Kimmel start that?
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Caution999
12/28/17 3:16:27 PM
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I thought Kimmel did that.
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s0nicfan
12/28/17 3:16:58 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
s0nicfan posted...
tremain07 posted...
Jaded_Dragon posted...
No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.

Does he still laugh at his own jokes?


Not only that, but one of his biggest gimmicks is having parents pull pranks on their kids during holidays and then streaming the videos with the most emotionally destroyed kids to laugh at. He's like a super-villain but nobody realizes it.

Didnt Kimmel start that?


Ah you're right, that's Kimmel, my bad.
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r4X0r
12/28/17 3:18:06 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
tremain07 posted...
Jaded_Dragon posted...
No, I don't remember and Fallon is the fucking worst.

Does he still laugh at his own jokes?


Not only that, but one of his biggest gimmicks is having parents pull pranks on their kids during holidays and then streaming the videos with the most emotionally destroyed kids to laugh at. He's like a super-villain but nobody realizes it.


Kind of hard to decide who the worst party is in that equation. The parents who play pranks on and laugh at their distraught children, the television show that airs it, or the viewers who laugh at it.
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