Stephen Colbert’s TV show may be ending, but not his ice cream!
Category: Stephen Colbert
Colbert Cancel Culture!
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will end in May 2026, Colbert and CBS announced on Thursday. The company said it will retire “The Late Show” franchise, and called it “purely a financial decision.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-late-show-stephen-colbert-end-may-2026/
This decision is Shari Redstone trying to further influence Trump to approve the Paramount buyout. That’s how this is financial. Before the shocker announcement, I was intending to post last night’s opening monologue.
If Colbert is being canceled, then I’ll self-cancel. “Prattling Before the Pratfall” will end on its 20th anniversary, September 5, 2026.
Stepping in Man Cave Guano
Let’s keep up with Colbert, as he expounds on the dinged male egos of American men today.
Thirty-five years ago, discussion of the “masculine identity crisis” for the “post-sensitive male” resided within the NPR/New Yorker set, as popularized by Robert Bly’s Iron John. I read the book and thought it was interesting, but not particularly compelling. By that point in my life, I considered myself relatively immune to such influences, after all of the “personal searching” I’d done during my college years. Which is the proper time for such musings, after all. Speaking of the various schools of thought I exposed myself to while a student, I highly recommend the HBO Max documentary, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
The buzz around Iron John inspired me to start working on this cartoon, with the intention of submitting it to The Comics Buyer’s Guide. I abandoned it after losing the inspiration due to interruptions for business travel.
Colbert’s Direct Current
After the Batman TV show transformed me into a rabid comic book fanboy, my favorite title was World’s Finest, featuring both Superman and Batman. Note how, with Batman’s sudden popularity, Superman was given second billing on the cover.
And now, 59 years later, Superman is teaming up with fanboy Stephen Colbert.
Succeseverance
Two well-regarded TV series I didn’t watch were Succession, available on HBO Max (that I have) and Severance on Apple TV+ (that I don’t have). As happened years ago with Breaking Bad, my interest in Severance was piqued by Stephen Colbert’s praise for the series.
With season 2 of Severance about to premiere, season 1 is now available for free on the Roku Channel.
https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/e3ff336ee4705000a82fa68163cdb149/severance
I binge-watched all nine episodes over the weekend. I’m now considering the 90-day Apple TV+ trial to catch season 2. Succession has almost 40 episodes over four seasons. That’s a big commitment I’m not ready to make yet.
Stiller Collects Trek
Ben Stiller would be an excellent guest at the Star Trek Original Series Tour in Ticonderoga, New York.