What did you think of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central last night?

[Up2Late]

So!?! What did you all think of the new show???

[Lubernaut]

1. Exceded my expectations

which were very high!

[SteppingRazor]

2. Was forced to vote "Oh Damn, I missed it" ...

but I will certainly catch the repeat tonight, assuming it comes on after the Daily Show repeat at 8 p.m. EST

[underpants]

7. I know that it was following the Daily Show repeat at 10 and 2

I know this because I missed it too and I am DVRing it (or did) at 2:30.

Couldn't at 10:30 -the Gilmore Girls you know.

[wryter2000]

10. Damn, damn, damn

I'm hoping for a repeat, too.

[Up2Late]

11. Hope so, that's how it's scheduled in the East.

I don't know if it holds true everywhere though.

[mattclearing]

3. I was impressed by how far it went.

The flag diaper, and some of the other jokes were stuff that I thought would really piss people off. I laughed my ass off.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I dropped off to sleep about 5 minutes into it...so very tired!!

[jjmalonejr]

5. Great satire of the O'Reilly Factor

At least, that's how it seemed to me -- one big piss-take on FAUX News.

[Up2Late]

12. O'Reilly Factor, with a little bit of Oberman's "Countdown" thrown in,

is the way I saw it.

Plus, he said in several interviews that his character is heavily based on Stone Phillips, which made the interview segment especially fun!

[EST]

6. Perhaps my sense of humor is not sophisticated enough.

I made three attempts to watch it through but found it so dry and meandering that I never completed it. Maybe the next one will grease my wheels, but this one sucked.

[underpants]

8. Is there a studio audience?

From what I have read I would assume not.

[Up2Late]

13. I'm not sure, it sounded like it, but I didn't see a crane shot...

...or an audience pan.

[Up2Late]

15. The main thing you have to remember is, he's playing a character.

He's not actually an Stupid, Arrogant Jerk reporter, but he IS mocking the other reporters and commentators who are.

Mostly those on that cable network that rhymes with "Box Snooze." :evilgrin:

[Peachhead22]

9. The opening segment kinda sucked

But I'm hoping he was just setting up the premise for the whole parody. The interview and gravitas-off with Stone Phillips absolutely rocked!

[tridim]

14. I didn't really like the 'sit down and talk with Stone Phillips' part

Not surprising since Colbert isn't really a talk show host. The rest of the show was fabulous!

[JPZenger]

17. That part was brilliant

Colbert has made a living mimicing and mocking Stone Phillips. It was a great irony to have them talking together. It was great to see Phillips take it all in good humor - he came across well. In comparison, O'Reilly is going to respond viciously to Colbert's satire - which is going to make Colbert funnier.

[Up2Late]

16. kick n/t

:kick: