all I know is the package with the countries number one asshole in Oregon last week had me laughing so hard, i thought my side was gonna split!
Jeff On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
