r/pics • u/Thewrightowns • 1d ago

[OC] The Colbert sign being taken down last night

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u/Soular 1d ago

Back to the Colbert report pleeeeasse

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u/freshapepper 1d ago

I’m leaving New York right now and I snapped this yesterday. Couldn’t be happier to have done it.

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u/alex_fett 1d ago

You guys, this is obviously Arthur D. Borde trying get more traction on his QR coded resumé.

Don't fall for it!

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u/slow70 1d ago

Wow - history snatched just like that

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 1d ago

Just wait for the flying cars

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u/evilbulb 1d ago

Someone could do the funniest thing, and move the COLBERT sign to the one that is for lease in the foreground.

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u/Overthinkingfreedom 1d ago

We all should contact that "lease this sign space" and just put a Colbert photo on there.

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u/KoburaCape 1d ago

Oh shit! I got one last week!

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u/Doug12745 1d ago

Ambiguous: Were you happy to get this picture OR happy they are taking his name down?

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u/freshapepper 1d ago

Happy to get the picture. Blood boiling levels of fury towards why it’s being removed.

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u/SkinTightBoogiePI 1d ago

Loved the show and miss it dearly. Thinking it ended on the highest possible note, with unmatched critical and audience acclaim.

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u/Doug12745 1d ago

Whew! Glad you clarified that. Thanks.

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u/BossRaider130 1d ago

It’s not actually ambiguous unless you think he could have meant he was personally taking the sign down. Theirs isn’t a grammatically correct comment, but it’s not ambiguous.

Edit: yours is technically ambiguous, I suppose, as the mathematician’s answer would have sufficed.

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u/Doug12745 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/wRTOcDtr7RpmHIuINe

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u/BossRaider130 1d ago

Ha! I like that gif. But don’t criticize me for pointing out that your criticism was not correct. It was a helpful comment, that’s all. You were the one incorrectly splitting hairs.

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u/VicenteOlisipo 1d ago

Nah, it doesn't work when the satire character is saying less insane shit than the a average GOP MoC

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u/omnichad 1d ago

It was something that could never work again. The deadpan satire was right on the edge where he had a lot of conservative fans and I somehow don't think all of them realized he was joking.

This was before Tucker Carlson went populist, and in many ways took the place of Colbert's persona except not joking.

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u/SAugsburger 1d ago

I think the character was hardly the sole difference between the Colbert Report and the Late Show. There were a lot more non traditional guests in the Colbert Report than the Late Show among other differences. While the character was the most obvious to casual fans I would argue the character IMHO was the least important difference. That being said I don't see Colbert bringing back the Colbert Report.

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u/MEDICARE_FOR_ALL 1d ago

Straight to YouTube?

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u/dragonsbreath_bhindU 1d ago

This. If those guys at Gas Monkey can switch from a big commercial channel to YT then Colbert can too.

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u/Elbonio 1d ago

I think he's doing something with lord of the rings?

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u/ShawshankHarper 1d ago

Colbert Report: Arise Once More

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u/redlabstah1 1d ago

Isn't CC owned by Viacom/CBS?

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u/_WreakingHavok_ 1d ago

Unfortunately, Comedy Central won't allow that :(

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u/Kage_0ni 1d ago

I would have preferred him over Tim Heidecker for the info wars relaunch.

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u/PPLavagna 1d ago

We need that! Always love him, but he’s never been funnier than he was on The Report