Does anybody else dislike the Colbert Report???

[MaxWeiss]

I just find him obnoxious and boring, and half the show the "news" is just about himself. I really enjoy comedy news stuff, and at least Stewart's show actually has relevant news during most of it.

As much as Family Guy reruns on the Cartoon Network aren't as great the 20th time, they're at least entertaining.

Am I the only one who doesn't like Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Report?? What's the appeal???? Clearly I am missing something and am stupid, but I just don't see it.

[schundler]

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I just find him obnoxious and boring, and half the show the "news" is just about himself.

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Yeah that's the point. He's satirizing the news shows of right-wing pundits, especially O'Reilly.

[wisehandpoker]

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I just find him obnoxious and boring, and half the show the "news" is just about himself.

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Yeah that's the point. He's satirizing the news shows of right-wing pundits, especially O'Reilly.

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He kind of is, but he's been going overboard with the book promotions. He may have crossed over.

[12ressiMorP]

Colbert Report is corny and boring.
Daily Show is pretty good.

[pokergrader]

The old Daily Show with Colbert + Carrell + Corddry was better than the current crop, but the current daily show is still quality TV. Some of the once per month things like Trendspotting or Back in Black can really be amazing, but these guys can't come up with the quality material day in day out that colbert or corddry did.

I find the interviews on the daily show to be interesting and relevant, and the interviews on the colbert report to be mostly unwatchable with a few good ones in between.

Colbert Report is much more hit and miss than the daily show in the pre-interview bits, but I find its overall quality to be good and perhaps equal to the daily show.

Either way I get more overall quality entertainment out of the Daily Show-Colbert Report hour than I did with just the old Daily Show, but it is a lot more hit or miss.

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The old Daily Show with Colbert + Carrell + Corddry was better than the current crop, but the current daily show is still quality TV. Some of the once per month things like Trendspotting or Back in Black can really be amazing, but these guys can't come up with the quality material day in day out that colbert or corddry did.

I find the interviews on the daily show to be interesting and relevant, and the interviews on the colbert report to be mostly unwatchable with a few good ones in between.

Colbert Report is much more hit and miss than the daily show in the pre-interview bits, but I find its overall quality to be good and perhaps equal to the daily show.

Either way I get more overall quality entertainment out of the Daily Show-Colbert Report hour than I did with just the old Daily Show, but it is a lot more hit or miss.

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This is spot on.

Colbert can have amazing hillarious LOL moments from time to time, but overall it's just tiresome, it's the same parody over and over, and YES WE GET IT. It was really funny for like the first two weeks.

IMHO the best segments on Colbert are the pre-recorded interviews he does, like Better Know a District. He's got a real talent for interacting with people and creating funny clips, which is basically what his job was back on the Daily Show and he's damn good at it. Pretty much everything in studio is just eye-roll material now.

I finally cancelled my Colbert season pass the other day. It's just too annoying. There's a reason why I don't want Fox News and Bill O'Reilly and all those clowns, because they drive me nuts, and watching a spot-on parody of them is still 50% as annoying as the real thing.

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I just find him obnoxious and boring, and half the show the "news" is just about himself.

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Yeah that's the point. He's satirizing the news shows of right-wing pundits, especially O'Reilly.

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He kind of is, but he's been going overboard with the book promotions. He may have crossed over.

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Colbert report is (obviously) much more character driven of a show than daily show and the bits like the broken wrist (and subsequent drug addiction), wrist-strong bracelet and his book are all great little character bits that are the heart of the self-promoting pundit on TV.

But behind everything he is does is positive, his bracelet funds veterans, his book just helps push the idea that pundits are morons, etc. Its a direct inverse to all the other pundits who push worthless books with their own biased and hateful ideas and leech stories from well liked groups for veterans, instead of donating much needed money to them.

It is fine if you don't like the show and I admit it has its faults, but I would accuse it of "crossing over." He has a very clear message and something he wants his viewers to understand and he does a very good job of getting it across.

[roy_miami]

Colbert pretty much sucks for the most part. "The Word" is unwatchable. His interviews are usually unwatchable unless the guest is talking about something I'm interested in like global warming or building robots. He yammers on too much about his book/wrist/ice cream. His second segment skits are tolerable sometimes, "Threat Down" is decent and "Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger" isn't too bad. "Cheating Death" is retarded.

Having said all that, "Better know a district" is one of the best things on TV and I watch Colbert every night just to see this once in a blue moon event. Actually, I haven't seen this segment in months, perhaps he isn't doing it anymore. If thats the case then The Colbert Report won't be making it on the TIVO anymore.

[fuzzwonder]

he's funny, but relies on props too much when just words will do. and colberts best bit "the word" is eerily similar to kevin nealons "mr. subliminal" when he did weekend update on snl. fyi kevins was better.

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"Cheating Death" is retarded.

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Oh, you don't understand what hilarious is. I see the problem here.

This is the only segment that consistently makes my sides physically hurt from laughing so hard. "Braintooth"? "Increased chance of vampire attacks"? If you don't find those side effects to a drug completely hilarious, especially given real world drug side effects such as anal leakage, then, I'm sorry, but you don't get funny.

"Better know a district" is usually just as uncomfortable as the interviews he does. Mostly because they're usually also interviews.

Imo, Colbert Show has better writing than the Daily Show. It's not always funnier, but the writing is just so biting at times that you know a large cross-section of viewers who aren't in on the joke (that he is playing a character) just totally missed it. (Again, just my opinion, but some of the best jokes are those that are so subtle you could easily miss them, and given audience reaction, they are frequently missed)