# Daily Show/Colbert Report **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699 "2008-01-08T04:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/61 "2008-01-10T13:43:27Z")
I thought both hosts did great last night. It is not looking like the missing writers are really hurting them at all. The only weak point, was the terrible guest Colbert had. He was barely intelligent on the show and seemed like he might have been high or stupid. I don’t blame Stephen for that, but maybe they should prescreen these guests a little better. A few minutes into the interview, I gave up and watch the end of Dogma on Encore. Jim ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/62 "2008-01-10T20:30:41Z")
Will Smith is a Scientologist now? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/63 "2008-01-10T20:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Will Smith is a Scientologist now? [/QUOTE] Yes, sad, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/64 "2008-01-10T20:41:47Z")
I’m having a Hillary tear moment right now. ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/65 "2008-01-10T20:51:33Z")
Why must all my favourite actors turn out to be nuts, or worse… Bruce Willis had better not be a bloody Scientologist! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/66 "2008-01-10T20:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=MJinks] Why must all my favourite actors turn out to be nuts, or worse… Bruce Willis had better not be a bloody Scientologist! [/QUOTE] I suspect he would have no tolerance for them. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/67 "2008-01-10T21:00:55Z")
I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet, but a New York Times blog had a link to Colbert’s interview of Huckabee. Very, very funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/68 "2008-01-10T22:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] I guess I am on ignore or something by many people but just in case: Having been to a taping of The Colbert Report MANY times, and knowing people who work there … [/QUOTE] Well, I for one was both impressed and envious! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/69 "2008-01-10T22:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=Greg Charles] Well, I for one was both impressed and envious! [/QUOTE] Impressed with what? For the record, I’m pretty sure people were clapping because the sign was telling them to clap. They always have to use the sign to get people clapping on the Colbert Report. ---
**Author:** ![Sprockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sprockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sprockets)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/70 "2008-01-10T23:01:23Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] . . .maybe they should prescreen these guests a little better. [/QUOTE] A lot of people feel strongly about not crossing a picket line, so they’re having trouble getting people to agree to come on. Stephen’s interviews have never been my favorite part of his show, anyway. Stephen is fine all by himself, and I think he’s a crap interviewer. When he starts to get all bullying with a guest, it doesn’t seem funny to me at all. But when Stephen is just being Stephen I sometimes nearly wet myself. I don’t think Jon is doing as well on his own as Stephen is, because IMO John is more of a people person, and he helps his guests and “reporters” do what they do best. Without good guests or the reporters, he seems to be floundering a little. But I’m still glad they’re back on. I missed them dreadfully. Craig Ferguson is funny but it’s not the same. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/71 "2008-01-10T23:03:35Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] For the record, I’m pretty sure people were clapping because the sign was telling them to clap. They always have to use the sign to get people clapping on the Colbert Report. [/QUOTE] What sign? I don’t remember seeing one. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/72 "2008-01-10T23:22:46Z")
The sign that I know is there because my gut tells me it is there. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/73 "2008-01-10T23:45:35Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] The sign that I know is there because my gut tells me it is there. [/QUOTE] You have at least two people in this thread that have been to the shows and both say there is no sign. Your gut might just be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/74 "2008-01-11T00:50:00Z")
Just to review: **misssbunny** says [paraphrasing] "People must have me on ignore. I have been to the Colbert Report several times and I know people that work there so I can say for sure that they don’t use a sign to tell people to clap. After many posts agreeing with this… **Greg Charles** says [paraphrasing] “wow I’m really impressed!” I then respond “Impressed with what?” (Notice that if I had **missbunny** on ignore I would not have known what she said, so actually here I am pretending that I don’t know what **missbunny** has said.) I then say “For the record, I’m pretty sure people were clapping because the sign was telling them to clap. They always have to use the sign to get people clapping on the Colbert Report.” Notice how this is the opposite of what **missbunny** has said. Then, **Marley23** says “What sign? I don’t remember seeing one.”. Possibly he has been there i don’t know. On the of chance the sarcasm has been missed, I respod with, “The sign that I know is there because my gut tells me it is there.” Are there any other public persona’s that respond ignorantly with thing’s because their “gut” tells them so? Possibly it is to complicated to be a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699/75 "2008-01-11T00:54:39Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Then, **Marley23** says “What sign? I don’t remember seeing one.”. Possibly he has been there i don’t know. [/quote] I have. I remember a couple of TV monitors hanging above the set, but no signs. I get the gut joke, but you kind of came at it backward. If you’d started by saying your gut tells you there’s a sign, I think it would have been clearer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-show-colbert-report/432699.md?page=3)