# The Daily Show check in with Stephen Colbert

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818 "2008-09-16T10:19:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818/21 "2008-09-17T17:19:43Z")

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> [@bienville](#):
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> If it was improvised, it was damn impressive.

“Understand, you’re stuck with X and Z” was brilliant, but for the most part I was able to second-guess John’s answers. I think Steven had planned some of his out in advance, but John was purely improvising. He did a damn good job at keeping the flow going, but it wasn’t amazingly creative.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818/22 "2008-09-17T23:57:50Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> He gets a lifetime pass from me for [this one](http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114537&title=Passing-the-Torture).

Not to mention [The Daily Show Nights](http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184482&title=the-best-f#king-news-team-daily), featuring Choco and Capt. Phineas T. Squawkburger.

“He always comes back with the story…but somehow, the story always has Burt Reynolds in it.”  
“When did we hire a gay prostitute?”

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818/23 "2008-09-18T00:50:06Z")

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> [@mobo85](#):
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> Not to mention [The Daily Show Nights](http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184482&title=the-best-f#king-news-team-daily), featuring Choco and Capt. Phineas T. Squawkburger.
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> “He always comes back with the story…but somehow, the story always has Burt Reynolds in it.”  
> “When did we hire a gay prostitute?”

Oh. See, that was the one bit that tipped me into “rid the show of this guy” mode.

YMMV. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818/24 "2008-09-18T02:07:41Z")

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I like Jason Jones when he is along side Samantha B. They play off each other so well. Maybe they should get married…

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-check-in-with-stephen-colbert/463818/25 "2008-09-18T02:23:02Z")

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> [@Surbey](#):
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> I like Jason Jones when he is along side Samantha B. They play off each other so well. Maybe they should get married…

Yeah, and then they can both get green cards…

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