Oh man, I remember going out to lunch at a company I was starting with, with two guys and they were debating if he was serious or not. They absolutely, genuinely weren’t sure, either one.
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”
Lots of conservatives thought the Colbert Report was genuine. My dad was one of them.
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.
Oh man, I remember going out to lunch at a company I was starting with, with two guys and they were debating if he was serious or not. They absolutely, genuinely weren’t sure, either one.
Otherwise seemingly bright guys.
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”
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
Prescient? More like republicans have been crooks and liars disregarding truth for a long damn time. Where’s the WMDs, Jr?
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.
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
I think the most over the top thing Colbert did on that show was the episode on the funeral industry.