Colbert to succeed Letterman

[byco42]

Some people *cough* *Joe Theismann* *cough* will pronounce their name differently if they think it'll get them a few more votes.

That was something. I still call him Joe THEES-man. Ironically, his name should be pronounced as it is now. THIGHS-man.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Some people *cough* *Joe Theismann* *cough* will pronounce their name differently if they think it'll get them a few more votes.

He's running around on the radio now, selling a conservative alternative to the NAACP.

Oh, wait a minute, that's the AARP.

Oh, wait another minute - I think that's Fran Tarkington.

 

[Monster]

When his sister ran for Congress, how was her name pronounced?

That's probably the real pronunciation.

She pronounced as coal-bert.

 

[Thumb]

I saw him on the O'reilly Factor once and Bill assumed he was French, because "coal-bear" sounds french. But I guess he's almost 100% Irish, and even challenged Bill to a potato eating contest.

 

[TheVictors]

Bill O is almost too good to be true at times

 

[byco42]

bill o is almost too good to be true at times

we'lldoitlive!!!!!!!!!

 

[Michchamp]

I saw him on the O'reilly Factor once and Bill assumed he was French, because "coal-bear" sounds french. But I guess he's almost 100% Irish, and even challenged Bill to a potato eating contest.

His show exposed Fox's viewers as being too stupid to understand satire & laugh at themselves.

I can't tell with the hosts; presumably when some of them stand up there and say Obama is a socialist, they don't actually believe it. the others though...

 

[Michchamp]

Bill O is almost too good to be true at times

we'lldoitlive!!!!!!!!!

yeah... I figured Bill O. was in on it, but his exchanges with Colbert reveal a lack of ability to deal with satire. either that, or he's just really good at feigning anger and outrage to keep pandering to his brain dead audience. like "hand that man an Oscar" good.

the world may never know.

 

[Gulo Blue]

yeah... I figured Bill O. was in on it, but his exchanges with Colbert reveal a lack of ability to deal with satire. either that, or he's just really good at feigning anger and outrage to keep pandering to his brain dead audience. like "hand that man an Oscar" good.

the world may never know.

The bit with Letterman, where he turned to the audience and said "we're buddies, we bowl." or whatever he said...it was sad. What I really heard was "Please everybody, believe this is just an act and I'm not really getting my ass handed to me."

 

[tinselwolverine]

yeah... I figured Bill O. was in on it, but his exchanges with Colbert reveal a lack of ability to deal with satire. either that, or he's just really good at feigning anger and outrage to keep pandering to his brain dead audience. like "hand that man an Oscar" good.

the world may never know.

What would really be weird would be that when we all die and go to heaven and we learn that Colbert's show was actually serious and O'Reilly's show was actually the parody and we'd be standing there at the pearly gates and we'd all be all like "whaaaaat?"

That would be trippy.

 

[Thumb]

Will he still be the #1 fan of the Saginaw Spirit is my question?

 

[Gulo Blue]

What would really be weird would be that when we all die and go to heaven and we learn that Colbert's show was actually serious and O'Reilly's show was actually the parody and we'd be standing there at the pearly gates and we'd all be all like "whaaaaat?"

That would be trippy.

That's some good talk for backyard beerdrinkin' after the fire has mostly died down and you're just watchin' the coals.

A regular Colbert fan could handle that level of plot twist I think. Wednesday's show had a guest talking about the decision to push some CEO out of a company over some anti-gay stuff he had said. The guest thought forcing the CEO out went too far which was a bit of a twist since he was gay...and then Colbert appeared to struggle absorbing the reaction. Lot's of layers there. A pro-gay rights guy playing an anti-gay rights guy reacting to an apparent/superficially anti-gay opinion of a pro-gay guest reacting to the pro-gay reaction of a user base to the statements of an anti-gay CEO.