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Stephen Colbert to appear on Meet The Press this Sunday

by Bob Sassone, posted Oct 18th 2007 2:02PM

ColbertIf it's Sunday, it must be Stephen Colbert.

The late night blowhard and new Presidential candidate will be the guest on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday. Several readers over at The Huffington Post aren't too sure about this appearance. Some are saying it's "misguided," while others think he's taking the schtick too far and that he himself has become "a joke." On the contrary, I think this is all part of some genius performance art, from his show to his speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner to his book to his talk show appearances, he's going all out with the character.

I'm reading the book, I Am America (And So Can You!). It's quite funny, but you can't read too much of it all at once. It all gets to be a little too much, and what can be funny in small doses just becomes overkill.

Now the only question is: will he appear as Stephen Colbert, comedian and writer, or "Stephen Colbert," the character he plays on Comedy Central?

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Chance

I just watch his appearance. Russet seemed less and less amused as they went along. I thought Colbert was hilarious myself.

October 21 2007 at 12:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jacob Geiser

Scott! He has jumped the shark many times, just for fun, and then reversed it many times...

October 19 2007 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

I think he's pushing his luck. He's trying to see if he can get over the shark without jumping it.

October 18 2007 at 9:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
No1Dad

"I think this is all part of some genius performance art"

Genius? Really? Wow. Howard Stern did this years ago. I think he's just found a very clever way to sell his book.

October 18 2007 at 4:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
edgore

Actually, I would rather vote for Colbert than just about anyone else out there, except, I guess, for Kucinich, since with him you get Pocket Colbert thrown in for free!

October 18 2007 at 4:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

Personally, I like the idea of him running, but I wish he would take it a little more serious. The night he announced was awesome and how he did it too, but the following night he came across as to say "I'm just playing around here".

What I want from a canidate is somebody who is totally honest and doesn't give a damn about polls. Who makes decisions based on what he believes and doesn't try to please everybody. So far no canidate has shown any of that.

October 18 2007 at 3:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

The real question is, how much will Tim Russert giggle as he has a tendency to do?

October 18 2007 at 3:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tony


Finally a true Rightwing Ideology and not some pansy Moderate like Bush & Cheney.

:)

October 18 2007 at 3:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
r.r.r.

It doesn't matter to me if he's his "character" or himself. He's hysterical and smart either way. I can't wait for Meet The Press this Sunday! :) Good times!

October 18 2007 at 3:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Oreo

I don't think it's a joke joke, it's more about satire of how the government is run.

i think it's smart.

Colbert / Putin 2008! :)

October 18 2007 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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