Stephen Colbert on Trump: I love my country more than I love a good joke

[Rhiannon12866]

The Late Show host isn’t exactly grateful he has so much material to work with right now.

After over a year of making fun of President Trump on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert acknowledges that the constant chaos of the White House regularly provides more comedic material than he and his writers know what to do with — but having so much joke fodder is not, he wants to emphasize, an overall plus.

“He’s communicating in [such] an uncontrolled way ... he does it so often that you always have fresh material,” Colbert said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Saturday, where he was promoting his upcoming Showtime animated series, Our Cartoon President. “But I don’t want to describe that as a good thing. I would happily do with less.”

Still, Colbert continued, Trump is “president of the United States. There’s no escaping him. [Trump fatigue] is like having oxygen fatigue.” Which is why, he explained, he’s so grateful to have the outlet of The Late Show — and soon, Our Cartoon President: It allows him to vent his outrage with a similarly frustrated audience. “I have this great thing where I get to go out to the audience and we have this shared catharsis to laugh at, Colbert said. “If I didn’t have the show, I’d be much more tired of the president. It keeps it fresh, to be able to laugh at the devil.”


https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/6/16858788/stephen-colbert-our-cartoon-president

[Angry Dragon]

1. KICK

[marble falls]

2. I agree with Colbert as Trump transitions from funny to unseemly spectacle.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. If you watch Colbert (and I've been posting his monologues in V&M), you can tell how he feels about

Trump, that his skewering of Trump every night are more than jokes to him. He really can't stand the guy. That's why I thought this was worth posting.

[marble falls]

4. He hates the guy and thats why Colbert resonates with the largest audience on late nite TV....

We never ever miss his monologue. First Rachel Madow recorded so we FF the commercials. Then Colbert.

Didn't even realize it was you who posted this. Just doing my morning ritual: feed the cat, DU, alternet, huffpo, NYT, breakfast.

[SusanaMontana41]

5. Jon Stewarts disciples

have really picked up his mantle. So have Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel.

We’re so lucky to have them.