Life without Truthiness: The End of The Colbert Report
It's the end of an era. The Colbert Report is closing up shop on Thursday December 18, 2014. Stephen Colbert, the performer, will go on to a job hosting The Late Show but his creation, the right-wing political pundit Stephen Colbert, is being retired. There has been speculation that the character will be killed off based upon some recent Grim Reaper appearances on the show.
Stephen Colbert, the character, first appeared on The Daily Show in 1996 where the pompous reporter became a fan favourite. Debuting in 2005, The Colbert Report, was a parody of right-wing news programs like The O'Reilly Factor. During its nine year run, the show won'two Peabody Awards.
Colbert, the performer, has described his alterego as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot".
Although we're losing The Colbert Report, we still have these books written during the show's tenure:
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America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• Talking Book: CD Format (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
I am America (and So Can You!)
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
Graphic Book
Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen: Invasion of the Optiklons written by John Layman and Tom Peyer
2 thoughts on “Life without Truthiness: The End of The Colbert Report”
is this a proper sentence?
“In 2005, The Colbert Report, a parody of right-wing news programs like The O’Reilly Factor.”
shouldn’t “started” or an indication that he began to do his own show or was so popular on the JSS that he got his own show. ???
Thank you! I’ve corrected it.