Stephen Colbert is a national treasure:
The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.
https://youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?si=FAV30Q-D9cEEhtTk
After this view racks up it’s next million views, CBS will know they fucked up.
…ye gads, that was f*cking brilliant; one commenter referenced early-era letterman and the comparison is spot-on…
…there’s metaphorical poetry to colbert’s show leaving the air at the top of its game, last inheritor to an anachronistic legacy of a dying medium, and choosing to collapse into public-access shenanigans before it literally tears down the set and walks away from a dumpster fire…
…if i never watch another day of broadcast television in my life, i’ll feel content with all the closure i need for that lost culture which birthed me…
…ye gads, that was f*cking brilliant; one commenter referenced early-era letterman and the comparison is spot-on…
…there’s metaphorical poetry to colbert’s show leaving the air at the top of its game, last inheritor to an anachronistic legacy of a dying medium, and choosing to collapse into public-access shenanigans before it literally tears down the set and walks away from a dumpster fire…
…if i never watch another day of broadcast television in my life, i’ll feel content with all the closure i need for that lost culture which birthed me…