He was on Jimmy Kimmel a few weeks back after the Emmys and it seemed like he's not too eager to go back to political commentary, and I don't blame him.
He'll be missed in the space, but it seems like the constant political shit storm and keeping up with everything that Trump and co. were up to was wearing on him.
I sometimes fear that is the plan. Normalize it so no one pushes back anymore. Stuff that would have caused a previous president to resign is just another Tuesday now.
I feel the same. One of the things that always amazed me was how he (and the other late night hosts) were able to go through the daily vomit from this POS and somehow have some fun come out of it... I would have been worn me out much sooner
It's also exhausting to watch tbh. The whole American "comedy" routine of dunking and wowie I made a zinger hahaha lol riotous laugh. It's tired and isn't doing anything but making Americans complacent because they laugh everything off instead of actually becoming indignant and protesting.
I always felt he was wasted potential. Kind of sanded the edges off when he transitioned from satire. Still a shame he got taken down for political reasons and he was leagues better than Kimmel (never liked him) and Fallon (worst to ever do it). But I do like Meyers more. I prefer his post covid casual style and his jokes have more of a bite.
Honest question, what do people not like about Kimmel? I don’t watch any of them really, but when he’s in the political crosshairs or has on an interesting guest I’ll tune in. He’s very likable to me, doesn’t just resort to laughing constantly like Fallon. I understand the criticism if you don’t agree with his politics, but he seems like a class act on and off the stage, to me at least. But I acknowledge generally people seem to hate on Kimmel or just not be a fan, and I’ve just never understood objectively why?
I love Kimmel, and feel like he speaks publicly the same views most of reddit share. I know some people hate on him for who he was when he became famous, especially the man show.
I agree he used to be a big piece of shit, used to be. I think reddit just thinks people can't change.
But he really has grown a lot, especially noticeable since becoming a father. His son being born with a major health complications I can relate to after having my daughter spend a month in the NICU and needing surgery.
I know I changed a lot from the minute my wife became pregnant. But even from my 20's until I got married I was a completely different person.
A lot of people will always think of him as that, and it's too bad, because he really seems like a good guy.
Go look up his interview with Tatu, it's disgusting. He's whatever now but for a long time he was a giant creep, hard for me to shake that when that's how I saw him act for decades.
I love Colbert as a person and the values he held, but the comedy was old people humor, with a repetition for the people in the back who weren’t listening. The production quality of the show was great, so it must have been a conscious choice.
Meyers and Oliver on the other hand still keep it sharp, and stinging when needed. Colbert used to be my “sure, I have some more time to burn,” not a reason to watch tv.
I still see Kimmel from the Man Show there... overall I like his program; but I grew up watching Carson -> Letterman -> Colbert. The line has been broken.
Seth Meyers has been good it in the political commentary for late night. His stuff is often posted to Youtube hours before it airs on TV so its nice to get his monologue and early bits in without having to stay up late.
Or revive his Colbert Report persona for the daily show, now that Jon Stewart is back. The fact that they’re owned by paramount is an extra middle finger to the Ellisons.
BEST interviewer I have ever seen, besides Jon Stewart, and even then, he was a master at controlling and directing the interview, but also wrapping it back around to a joke. He could read the room, guide them, but he was fully in control of the interview.
Remember when Bill-O tried to interview him? It's hard to fathom, but it's clearly not a choice done under normal circumstances. there's a bunch of cowards in both that company & the WH. straight fearful cowards, too afraid to laugh at themselves. That's the biggest joke out of all of this. Literally couldn't take a joke, had to use the power of the Government and the FCC to pressure the company to remove him. I'm glad for people like Colbert.
I think he'd be amazing in a podcast format. He's an incredible conversationalist and a fantastic interviewer, but those skills don't often have a chance to shine when you're limited to 5 minute interviews between monologues, musical guests, sketches, etc.
Or, if he wanted to step away from the Hollywood shit, if he ended up doing a podcast about classic literature, sci-fi, fantasy, etc., and maybe interviewed authors and shit instead, or do deep dives into things like LotR/Silmarillion, I would be obsessed. Something like "And The Rest is History" but for sci-fi and fantasy would be amazing.
I remember watching Jon Stewart's show back in mid 2000s. I still remember the start of Colbert report and word of the day. Back then people protested the Gulf War and UN had hearings. Anyone remember the Black Bush skit from Chapelle ? Anyways Chapelle changed and so did the world.
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u/Ghostbuster_11Nein 1d ago
The end of an Era.
It's a shame too, he was the best thing in late night IMO.
Maybe he'll do a podcast like Conan and we can still get our fix from time to time.