A little disappointed with Stephen Colbert

[Jolly_Penguin]

It wasn't Colbert himself that was popular. It was his character as he played it. He had to drop that character, so why would anybody expect him to succeed?

 

[GenesisNemesis]

It wasn't Colbert himself that was popular. It was his character as he played it. He had to drop that character, so why would anybody expect him to succeed?

He seems to be a lot better now. Honestly, the dismissal of the Late Show is extremely premature and there's no indication that Colbert is going to fail.

 

[Horatio Parker]

It wasn't Colbert himself that was popular. It was his character as he played it. He had to drop that character, so why would anybody expect him to succeed?

He seems to be a lot better now. Honestly, the dismissal of the Late Show is extremely premature and there's no indication that Colbert is going to fail.

I still haven't watched the show, but I saw a couple of clips on YouTube. I thought he did well. His smarmy TV newsman character transfers to smarmy talk show host easily.

I read some time ago that he learned at Second City to "wear" a character lightly "like a cap". So maybe both characters are not that far from the real guy.