Colbert nailed his interview with Elizabeth Warren (who, in a more perfect union would be our next Supreme Court justice). He set her up by asking why we need more consumer financial protections since we already have banking regulation, finishing with "why do we need suspenders to go with the belt to keep our pants up?", and she said, without missing a beat "we don't have any pants", which Colbert used as the exit line. It was funny in context (though not at all the best part of the interview) but it reminded me again of a question I often have about Colbert.
The interviews are regularly the best part of his show (and I love the rest of this show). One of things I like about it is that, even while staying in his stupid conservative guy character, he makes it look like a genuine conversation between intelligent people. Yet he also regularly manages to end these short exchanges on a real exit line. The nature of most of the conversations, on both sides, makes me think it is unscripted and unrehearsed, yet the high percentage of too good to be true exit lines makes me think that somehow he has given many of his guests a head's up about the last question he is going to ask so they can wind it up. Do we know anything about this? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
