He has been washed for so long. I really liked him on the Colbert Report, but everything I saw him in after that he was not really funny. Maybe it was just that I was in Middle School when I watched the Colbert Report.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 42 points 3 days ago

I don't think I've ever personally witnessed someone get so washed so fast as Colbert did. Like yes, he and Stewart were and are libs, and I've moved pretty far left since I was watching them during the Bush/Obama years, but I still watch a lot of lib comedians and he hasn't been one of them for a long time because he's just sucked.

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago

Colbert was better as a satirical character of the right than as his own self. Much like Stan kelly The actual artist is a typical lib but the cartoon is who we love.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it was pretty easy to stick it to bush, and with most of the media running cover for the wars for a few years before the Report premiered, it didn't take much to seem better. An actual radical would've blown our minds.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago

We didn't have podcasts back in the day. If punk vocalists hadn't released spoken word albums leftism could have completely skipped a generation.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My belief is that his career was carried by some underpaid writers on Comedy Central. They didn’t follow him to CBS, so he was exposed for being unfunny