-=> Mike Powell wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-


 MP> I don't find Colbert funny and have never been motivated to watch the
 MP> show since he took over.  When Letterman was on, it was often funny and
 MP> I would sometimes watch.  Colbert not being on TV is fine with me.

I never found him funny at all.  I mean, the guy can't pronounce his own
last name correctly.

 MP> That said, if CBS cancelled the show just so parent Paramount could get
 MP> a green light on a merger, that is questionable behavior and sets a
 MP> precident that could affect anyone, regardless of their political
 MP> stance.

That is the Left's favorite consipracy theory right now.

 MP> OTOH, if CBS cancelled the show because it was no longer financially
 MP> feasible, then so be it and good ridance.  Considering that CBS could
 MP> have just fired Colbert, kept the show, and replaced him with someone
 MP> else, I am inclined to believe that the political/merger issue may have
 MP> been a happy coincidence for them.

I bet they're letting him stay on until his contract ends.  Probably
cheaper than outright firing him.

 MP> It wasn't that long ago that another Colbert backed talk show, starring
 MP> Charlamagne the Great, was quickly "disappeared" by Comedy Central
 MP> (another Paramount holding) after he interviewed Kamala Harris and
 MP> didn't softball his questions... something that I suspect pissed off
 MP> Colbert and the folks at Comedy Central.

I'm sure it did.  Stpehen Colbert has always impressed me as a
talentless hack, politics aside.

-- digi

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