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GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts) Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:26 PM Dec 2014

How Will 'The Colbert Report' End? The Final Guest List May Provide Some Clues

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22172/20141214/how-will-the-colbert-report-end-the-final-guest-list-may-provide-some-clues.htm

The Colbert Report recently announced the final line-up of guests for the show's last week, and overall it's pretty straightfoward. It doesn't look like Stephen Colbert is going to have some big, sentimental retrospective of favorite guests from the past 11 seasons of his show. The last guests on The Colbert Report include Seth Rogen, Kendrick Lamar, former Marine and author Phil Klay and Grimmy, a.k.a. the Grim Reaper.

OK, that last guest choice is odd. Colbert's final guest will not be a politician, journalist or celebrity, the type of guest that usually joins him onstage, but none other than the Grim Reaper himself. Does that mean The Colbert Report will have an extremely dark ending?

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How Will 'The Colbert Report' End? The Final Guest List May Provide Some Clues (Original Post) GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2014 OP

Maybe he will 'repent' of his Conservative ways. randome Dec 2014 #1

Oh dear FSM, it's this week! KamaAina Dec 2014 #2

Am I the only one who thinks he's making a mistake of mammoth proportions? Vinca Dec 2014 #3

Yes, you are. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2014 #5

If it was almost anyone else I'd think it was a mistake. Colbert is very funny and skilled, he was a Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #6

I feel the same. Stephen has been holding back for a decade. immoderate Dec 2014 #8

Ahhh...but who,will be in the Grim Reeper mask that night? Nt pkdu Dec 2014 #4

Jay the intern? randome Dec 2014 #7

Jon Stewart? pkdu Dec 2014 #10

Larry Wilmore. Remember, you heard it here first! randome Dec 2014 #11

The death of the Colbert Report will be this Thursday Bandit Dec 2014 #9

First guest on his new show will be O'Reilly rickford66 Dec 2014 #12

Thursday - reruns start at 10am est GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2014 #13

Perhaps the Grim Reaper is there to cut the final reel of tape (if they had tape anymore) Hekate Dec 2014 #14

randome

(34,845 posts)

1. Maybe he will 'repent' of his Conservative ways.

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:30 PM

Dec 2014

It should be an interesting week. He has seemed a little more animated than usual, and that's saying a lot.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

2. Oh dear FSM, it's this week!

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:30 PM

Dec 2014

Vinca

(50,269 posts)

3. Am I the only one who thinks he's making a mistake of mammoth proportions?

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:33 PM

Dec 2014

As long as he doesn't kill himself off I suppose he could come back.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

5. Yes, you are.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:41 PM

Dec 2014

I think his moving to the tinny tiny tv screen is a great idea. He has the smarts, the wherewithal, and the perfect personality to handle it.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

6. If it was almost anyone else I'd think it was a mistake. Colbert is very funny and skilled, he was a

Reply to Vinca (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:42 PM

Dec 2014

favorite of mine before the character he plays under his own name existed. To be honest what surprised me then and makes me think he'll do well in the future is the fact that the character Colbert was able to function that long and that well. The fist week I said 'this will go cold in less than a year unless Stephen is a full tilt comic genius'. He lasted years. Comic genius.
I really think this is the unleashing of a talent held back by the very construct that put him on top.

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

8. I feel the same. Stephen has been holding back for a decade.

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:47 PM

Dec 2014

He was an improv star before he hit the Daily Show.

--imm

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

4. Ahhh...but who,will be in the Grim Reeper mask that night? Nt

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:39 PM

Dec 2014

randome

(34,845 posts)

7. Jay the intern?

Reply to pkdu (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:46 PM

Dec 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

10. Jon Stewart?

Reply to randome (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:56 PM

Dec 2014

Prez Obama?

Anyone in between?

randome

(34,845 posts)

11. Larry Wilmore. Remember, you heard it here first!

Reply to pkdu (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 02:04 PM

Dec 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

Bandit

(21,475 posts)

9. The death of the Colbert Report will be this Thursday

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:47 PM

Dec 2014

That is why the Grim Reaper will appear.. There will be a new Birth soon of The Colbert Show and I am sure it will be every bit as successful as the Colbert Report was.

rickford66

(5,523 posts)

12. First guest on his new show will be O'Reilly

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 03:08 PM

Dec 2014

I predicted this when it was first announce that he'd take over the Letterman show.

GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts)

13. Thursday - reruns start at 10am est

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 03:58 PM

Dec 2014

until 11pm.

Hekate

(90,662 posts)

14. Perhaps the Grim Reaper is there to cut the final reel of tape (if they had tape anymore)

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 04:11 PM

Dec 2014

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Perhaps the GR is there to lend finality to the Last Show, as in, he's really done with the Colbert persona.

Should be interesting to see who he chooses to be in the afterlife, that is, life after the Colbert Report.

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