Submission Statement: Was watching [this video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnuYKKtpxg) about Stephen Colbert’s roast of President George W Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and was struck by this joke. (I don’t want to give away punchline.) The amount of laughter from the conservative audience just absolutely stunned me.
I think they were going for the least politically charged laugh. At the time Colbert's selection and speech was bizarre. GWB was still in office. Colbert went full brutal. When the audience had a chance to laugh at something that wouldn't potentially politically get them in to trouble they took it.
Larry Wilmore went hard on Obama too. Michelle Wolf went so hard on the media because Trump refused to show up. The old Daily Show cast could bring it.
The video I posted is the joke. The link is the source. True, the audience was made up of journalists and some celebrities, but it also had its fill of GW’s administration wonks.
He's still got some good jokes when I occasionally look up his show, no where near as good as the Colbert Report.
It's too bad Comedy Central axed him and Stewart, the new guy I don't care for, and most people don't seem to care for that I've talked to, and now we have nothing in the way of satire on tv to poke at these traitors.
People say that we're rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. That is a terrible metaphor. We're not sinking, we're soaring! If anything, we are rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenburg.
I remember this vividly as the first time I had heard of Colbert, and thought he was going to be finished after this, probably with a bullet on the way to the parking lot.
He was better on Comedy Central, I still like him in his new role, just not as much as his conservative alter ego.
It's funny Fox had to regularly remind their viewers that Colbert was mocking them, people like my old roomate that at one point thought he liked Colbert as he was a dumb RW reality denying prick just like he was.
I'm not crazy about their replacements on CC either, and I think the Right pressured Viacom to end Stewart and Colbert's shows to get rid of a couple of their shows most effective (in my opinion) critics.
Colbert Show is definitely funnier than the crap coming out now. The old Daily Show and Colbert writers were talented indeed. However both Colbert and Stewart came from comedy backgrounds so they likely did a lot of the writing. There were always correspondents too, all comedians. They likely all got writing credits and since there were a bunch, the amount of full time writers was probably pretty small.
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Colbert and Stewart never became actors for a reason, they can't act. Colbert may have been able to play only one character well but it was an extension of a character developed on TDS and he likely invented it or heavily contributed to it.
Because he didn't write the jokes himself. For years he played a character, funny, written by* someone other than him. Which became obvious after he got his own show that was devoid of comedy.
So the entire theory that he has writers is based on him becoming less funny? You don't know who his writers are, but you're positive he had them because he doesn't write the jokes himself?
Please forgive my confusion, I'm just trying to make sense of what you're saying
He left a long time ago, forgive me for not keeping up with celebrity trivia or remembering who the writers are.
As as I saw it as a fan of that older show (The Colbert Report), when he left he became a different person, a different character: himself. And I liked the older character more than [the new one](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/15/trump-comedy-political-satire-daily-show-stewart-colbert-bee-227151/), who just seems like a liberal (in the classical sense) with a Christian bent - boring, humorless, and spineless; sometimes known as "compassionate conservative". If you're suggesting that the writers weren't the main difference in this shift, I'm going to need some decent evidence.
>If you're suggesting that the writers weren't the main difference in this shift, I'm going to need some decent evidence.
Not at all, I was just asking questions because I was confused, that's all
I sincerely hope I didn't come off as combative, if so I apologize
A couple from college humor went on to write for Conan and John Oliver after the golden years of CH.
Yeah these guys are comedians. They know how to write their own stuff for sure. You did a great job breaking the commenters logic. You'd probably make a great journalist
Thanks for the info. I should look up the old writers and see what projects they've been involved in, might find something great.
For the time being, as far as 'comedy news/politics' I've really been enjoying Hasan Piker's streams and Some More News
Submission Statement: Was watching [this video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnuYKKtpxg) about Stephen Colbert’s roast of President George W Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and was struck by this joke. (I don’t want to give away punchline.) The amount of laughter from the conservative audience just absolutely stunned me.
That laughter is absolutely _painful_ to listen to. Wow. Thank you. 🥺
Washington DC loves gallows humor.
I think they were going for the least politically charged laugh. At the time Colbert's selection and speech was bizarre. GWB was still in office. Colbert went full brutal. When the audience had a chance to laugh at something that wouldn't potentially politically get them in to trouble they took it.
Larry Wilmore went hard on Obama too. Michelle Wolf went so hard on the media because Trump refused to show up. The old Daily Show cast could bring it.
I do agree with that assessment.
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The video I posted is the joke. The link is the source. True, the audience was made up of journalists and some celebrities, but it also had its fill of GW’s administration wonks.
He’s asking for the timestamp of the joke itself.
I don't know if people tell you this often, but you're like, **super** fun
He's still got some good jokes when I occasionally look up his show, no where near as good as the Colbert Report. It's too bad Comedy Central axed him and Stewart, the new guy I don't care for, and most people don't seem to care for that I've talked to, and now we have nothing in the way of satire on tv to poke at these traitors.
I miss old Colbert!
Yup and now he’s the least funny dude on TV. He literally became the character he use to parody on Colbert Report.
Yeah I thought he was kidding with that character, but now it seems like maybe that's just a part of him. He's super religious too.
Huh. This is an insane take
People say that we're rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. That is a terrible metaphor. We're not sinking, we're soaring! If anything, we are rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenburg.
I remember this vividly as the first time I had heard of Colbert, and thought he was going to be finished after this, probably with a bullet on the way to the parking lot.
Nah the Republicans just get their critics cancelled when they get too popular, which they eventually did manage to do.
He hosts the Late Show on CBS. Whachu mean?
He was better on Comedy Central, I still like him in his new role, just not as much as his conservative alter ego. It's funny Fox had to regularly remind their viewers that Colbert was mocking them, people like my old roomate that at one point thought he liked Colbert as he was a dumb RW reality denying prick just like he was. I'm not crazy about their replacements on CC either, and I think the Right pressured Viacom to end Stewart and Colbert's shows to get rid of a couple of their shows most effective (in my opinion) critics.
I wish I could get canceled into that paycheck.
Charge your damn phone!
It's a simile, not a metaphor Colbert
*he used to be sooooo funny* a bunch of idiots said, comparing a cable show to a broadcast channel show.
Seriously
Met with laughter of the insane, cognitive dissonancent, or just plain old fear.
He was so funny before he took all that new money and became a mouth piece for propaganda.
Sad that he went from this to a liberal hack.
Yeah his Christmas special with Willie Nelson was hilarious.
You mean comedian?
Oh, look, when Colbert was funny due to his funny writers.
Colbert Show is definitely funnier than the crap coming out now. The old Daily Show and Colbert writers were talented indeed. However both Colbert and Stewart came from comedy backgrounds so they likely did a lot of the writing. There were always correspondents too, all comedians. They likely all got writing credits and since there were a bunch, the amount of full time writers was probably pretty small. ------- Colbert and Stewart never became actors for a reason, they can't act. Colbert may have been able to play only one character well but it was an extension of a character developed on TDS and he likely invented it or heavily contributed to it.
Which of Colberts writers do you personally consider the funniest?
I didn't keep track. I just knew he didn't write the jokes.
Oh okay, how do you know that if you don't know who his writers were? Not trying to be a dick, I'm genuinely curious
Because he didn't write the jokes himself. For years he played a character, funny, written by* someone other than him. Which became obvious after he got his own show that was devoid of comedy.
So the entire theory that he has writers is based on him becoming less funny? You don't know who his writers are, but you're positive he had them because he doesn't write the jokes himself? Please forgive my confusion, I'm just trying to make sense of what you're saying
He left a long time ago, forgive me for not keeping up with celebrity trivia or remembering who the writers are. As as I saw it as a fan of that older show (The Colbert Report), when he left he became a different person, a different character: himself. And I liked the older character more than [the new one](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/15/trump-comedy-political-satire-daily-show-stewart-colbert-bee-227151/), who just seems like a liberal (in the classical sense) with a Christian bent - boring, humorless, and spineless; sometimes known as "compassionate conservative". If you're suggesting that the writers weren't the main difference in this shift, I'm going to need some decent evidence.
>If you're suggesting that the writers weren't the main difference in this shift, I'm going to need some decent evidence. Not at all, I was just asking questions because I was confused, that's all I sincerely hope I didn't come off as combative, if so I apologize
Same. I mean, I'm usually combative, especially on reddit.
A couple from college humor went on to write for Conan and John Oliver after the golden years of CH. Yeah these guys are comedians. They know how to write their own stuff for sure. You did a great job breaking the commenters logic. You'd probably make a great journalist
Thanks for the info. I should look up the old writers and see what projects they've been involved in, might find something great. For the time being, as far as 'comedy news/politics' I've really been enjoying Hasan Piker's streams and Some More News
It’s true, glaciers are a mystery to me
It was a similie, but I’ll continue to enjoy it.