Posted on 11/19/2015 6:43:58 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg
The Nixon, Gene Mccarthy, inflation and gas line jokes are probably hilarious. ;-)
I rarely watch any of the late-night shows (and then only briefly) but about a week ago I caught a bit of Kimmel when he was interviewing some kids (2 boys and 2 girls), asking them questions about having a woman President, when lo and behold her Royal Heinous Hillary Clinton appeared and started talking to the kids. None of the kids ran out of the room screaming so Kimmel must have screened them to make sure their parents were Democrats.
bump for later
Colbert is an irritating clod. A boorish and unfunny dolt is he.
Not kidding. Hanoi Jane is on tonight.
I think it used to be a television network.
Not on my TV she isn’t. And I trust, not on yours either.
Colbert’s conservative stepin fetchit character is funny like making fun of crippled vets is funny. He’s a true American treasure.
No, I’ve never watched Colbert...no cable when he was on there and no desire to see him now. I just saw the promos earlier tonight.
I don’t actually watch Fallons show but I’ve seen some of the clips and I liked some. The band caricatures, the trump impression. But I find him very sad, throwing away such a great chance with drugs.
I don’t watch Kimmel either but when I see him anywhere he is straightforward.
And I can’t watch the Colbert character for more than 5 seconds. I am allergic to phony.
"Conservative stepin fetchit"...that's an excellent way of describing that character. I wish I would have thought of that myself.
Colbert will be around for a while for several reasons. First, he makes less than half of what Letterman was making at the end of his tenure. At one point, Letterman was pulling down more than $25 million a year, but as his ratings continued to tank, he made less on successive deals with CBS. Still, his final paycheck was somewhere between $15-20 million a year for a show that was often in third place behind Fallon and Kimmel.
Which brings us to reason #2. Letterman produced the program for CBS, which made him a profit participant. CBS had to share the ad revenue with Letterman’s production company and even pay for some of the production costs. Those expenses cut into profits even more. The network owns Colbert’s show; he is nothing more than a well-paid employee. So, even with lower ratings, CBS can actually make more money off the program simply because of the “new” financial arrangements.
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