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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Daily Show was also killing it last night. Jon’s Trump themed set was amazing.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

My god it was so gaudy it was brilliant

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Trump thinks this is genuine, then he really isn’t very bright.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Lots of conservatives thought the Colbert Report was genuine. My dad was one of them.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All the conservatives crying that Colbert "went woke" when he moved to late night is one of my favorite TV memories. They really believed he was a counter to the daily show at the time, even when he was busy inventing words like "truthiness"

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s wild how prescient the original Truthiness broadcast was when you look back. That concept effectively sums up a lot about how we got here

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My ex-wife’s Fox News / Bill Orielly (and who was that guy who would put on glasses and cry?) loving dad was also one of them.

He used to applaud Comedy Central for being more balanced by adding him after The Daily Show…. Dumb as a brick.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Glenn Beck, you’re think of Glenn Beck. Ironically hearing his rhetoric as my dad watched was the first wake up call I got about the incoming fascism

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Can confirm, used to know people who watched it because they didn't realize it was satire.

Also not being able to detect satire is supposedly telling.

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[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

HE'S BACK BABY!

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can he do that? I thought another network had rights to the character, they even did a whole bit where they both show up on stage to differentiate them.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 67 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What are they gonna do, fire him?

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[–] eRac 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

CBS and Comedy Central are both Paramount.

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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes!! I was hoping for this. He needs to become very slowly progressive. This will change some people’s beliefs since they don’t understand sarcasm.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Is it even really a colbert report revival if he didn't talk about BEARS?

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
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