Stephen Colbert says the Late Show's series finale will air on May 21, the conclusion of a franchise that launched in 1993 with David Letterman

[scoobford@piefed.blahaj.zone]

His last show was the Colbert Report on Comedy Central. He pretended to be an arch-neocon as a bit, which was not only hilarious but also resulted in several high profile right wingers eating the onion.

[adavis@lemmy.world]

I always find the term eating the onion amusing. Especially as a Australian where we had a conservative Prime Minister bite into and eat a raw onion like an apple.

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

I wouldn't be mad about it.

[jaschen306@sh.itjust.works]

I'm sure he will do great things after. I would vote for him if he ran for pres.

[makyo@lemmy.world]

I want him to run for public office

[altphoto@lemmy.today]

David letterman wasn't great. I saw the first episodes back then. Boring! But I was a kid watching Batman cartoons. Colbert kicks butt.

[criss_cross@lemmy.world]

I will be sad.

I regularly watch his monologues the day after. They're not his greatest work but they still hit and were a nice bit of comfort in really shitty times.

Fuck Paramount. Fuck Larry Ellison. Fuck Trump.

[mrmakabar@slrpnk.net]

ORACLE = One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[nollij@sopuli.xyz]

His character (also named Stephen Colbert) was specifically and primarily based on Bill O'Reilly, who was not pretending. It's why Stephen often referred to Bill as "Papa Bear"

[systemglitch@lemmy.world]

I'm confused, because I was watching the late show before I was a teenager in the late 80s.

[ohulancutash@feddit.uk]

That was an unrelated show.