Sure, but Colbert (at least in my judgement) stood out originally because his takes were more nuanced and profound. For me the problem has been some regression to the mean.
On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 5:11 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > To be fair to both Colbert and SNL, I expect the "Joe is so old that ..." > will become the common late-night trope about him. It's either that or he's > too bland. The mainstream comedians won't go to the senility jokes (and let > me firmly state that I think he has all his marbles), and that doesn't > leave a lot other than trains and touching/getting too close to people. > > Sure, it's lazy and uncreative, but it'll be the easiest way to mock the > president, which is these shows' bread and butter, and something that feel > they have to do to avoid the usual pearl-clutching from the right about how > they don't pick on Democrats. When I think back on all the times that the > "ultra-liberal" Jon Stewart tried to both-sides everything, I can only > laugh at that idea. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Sunday, January 3, 2021, 3:58:00 PM PST, 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 3:09:29 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > > > Colbert also panders so much to the Bernie Bros that I would not worry > about him running out of material should Trump fade from the headlines; he > has a lot of “Biden is old” and “Biden is not really different than Trump” > jokes loaded and ready to go. > > > Didn't Colbert fall for the Tara Reade allegations on Biden back in the > spring? I vaugely recall hearing something about that. > > Greg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/BJMDiNELIpw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/660c39d3-9b7c-446f-8d33-8ec8518754d0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/660c39d3-9b7c-446f-8d33-8ec8518754d0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1736135848.1196438.1609722660774%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1736135848.1196438.1609722660774%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bcu4UMEOuqcXV%3D%2Bt_OqZLdfHE_%3DoSqb_ArNfda1Qrh5A%40mail.gmail.com.
