The Colbert Report is back for the first time since Stephen Colbert met me in New York! OK, OK, so I met him. Whatever. This is also the first time I’ve watched Colbert on the PANASONIC PT-AX200U (that’s for the benefit of Google Alerts) video projector. And I would like to emphatically state that JON STEWART AND STEPHEN COLBERT NEED TO GO HDTV!
Without his writers, Colbert stretched things out a bit, and he padded with some video clips, but it came off all right. The question is, of course, how many consecutive nights can even a phenomenally intelligent and funny talent like Colbert go, before the ad-lids and improv start to wear thin?
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I don’t want this comment to come off the wrong way, but Jon Stewart did something that I feel is entirely gratuitous — he pointed out that he’s Jewish. As soon as I heard that, I said to myself, “he’s coming up dry and reaching for an old standby.”
Jon Stewart is a great comedian in a long line of great comedians. Stephen Colbert is an original comic actor and a unique talent.
I hope his writers don’t take his testy comments literally! Ouch! Of course, Stevie gets an A+ for his first night back. Dig that standing O! It went on forever! Jon and Stephen started their careers as writers, so they have that advantage, as do Leno and, more so, Conan O’Brien. The strike doesn’t affect much TV viewing for us, as we mostly watch The History Channel, anyway.
Yeah; not his best effort. Seemed to me that the strike beard was the best part, although I enjoyed his guest, Andrew Sullivan.
And you’ll hate me for it, but I thought Stewart came off better last night…