The Real Reason Stephen Colbert Was Fired

The Dark Side of Late Night Talk Shows

Anyone over fifty will most likely recall the golden age of late-night talk shows. The uncontested king was Johnny Carson who reigned supreme for three decades (1962–1992). He was followed by two other master funnymen, David Letterman and Jay Leno.

All three men understood that after 11 pm audiences wanted nothing more than to unwind and have a few laughs before dozing off. No one had any desire for political indoctrination, disguised as badly written and delivered comedy, shoved down their gullets.

Then something happened.

A dramatic change in tone became evident some 20 years ago. Almost overnight, the focus of late-night opening monologues shifted from comedy to what felt like political manipulation and even mind control.

The first time I found myself objecting to a comedian pushing his politics was from watching Dennis Miller Live (1994-2002). As you may not know, Miller is on the conservative side of the political spectrum.

After growing up with Carson, Letterman, and Leno, I found Miller pushy, smug, and condescending. Who was he to push politics on me? I was there only for the jokes and witty repartee.

Then things really got bad.

Sometime after Miller’s show ended, a wave of talk show hosts appeared who all marched in lockstep with the official Democratic narrative. It felt as if all of them were being issued a list of talking points for each week.

Allow me to explain the highly formulaic way in which these shows operate. If you’re alert to patterns, you will have no doubt picked up on how they are all mocking the same people, ideas, and policies while avoiding any criticism of their own team.

This explanation was published online in 2016 and is worth saving as a reminder that if you are feeling clubbed over the noggin with a narrative, it’s probably because you really are.

Late-Night Mindcontrol 101:

To be crystal clear, my real problem with all this is not from hearing opposing viewpoints, rather it’s the smug, condescending, and mocking tones that it’s all delivered in. Colbert, Kimmel, and Oliver are the most egregious examples of this.

All three of these men strike one as sell-outs. Do they really believe everything they are instructed to read in their monologues, or have they simply decided that there’s big money in spreading, as the Critical Drinker puts it, THE MESSAGE?

So, why did Colbert lose his juicy gig? His offensively tiresome and juvenile schtick was costing $100 million, employed some 200 people, and was losing his employer CBS $40 million per annum. (Source)

Was Colbert’s Late Show a Psyop?

Tim Pool asks why a failing show and serious money loser was allowed to continue for years? Could it be that some party with deep pockets saw it as a means of manipulating low-information voters into hating certain politicians and policies with an absolute passion?

Here’s an article from Spiked magazine.

Stephen Colbert’s Regime Satire Won’t Be Missed

No, The Late Show was not cancelled for ‘speaking truth to power’.

In the depths of the Covid pandemic, the West’s cultural overlords teamed up with our newly authoritarian governments to cajole, browbeat and manipulate audiences into supporting the wholesale theft of their liberties, from lockdowns to mask and vaccine mandates.

From that terrible time, Stephen Colbert will forever remain, in my humble opinion, the worst offender. I felt something akin to genuine horror when I watched his ‘Vax Scene’ sketches while the US government was pushing for mandatory vaccinations. In one sketch, channeling his inner Caesar Flickerman, the evil talk-show host from The Hunger Games, Colbert grimaces and shimmies, while a row of people in syringe costumes and medical gloves awkwardly dance around the stage. It was probably one of the most dystopian, propagandistic pieces of television content ever created. If there is a hell for bad entertainment, Colbert will be going there. (Source)

[Italics are mine for emphasis.]

I agree totally with the author that the vaccine sketch was a crime against decency. Colbert has no standards or backbone. The sketch was as repellent as Bill Nye Not a Science Guy’s ultra creepy dance skit telling youngsters that it’s cool to be sexually confused. It too made one’s skin crawl.

Next the world needs to dump John Oliver and Trevor Noah who are the male versions of Hannah Gadsby. All three men are equally unfunny and all look like they couldn’t catch a ball if their life depended on it.

The current batch of late-night talk shows is just one more reason go Cold Turkey off all MSM.

Dear Stephen, don’t let the door hitya, where the Good Lord splitya.

PS By the way, if anyone is curious as to whether or not I watch Greg Gutfield, the answer is no for the same reasons: I find it extremely annoying to have someone attempt to manipulate me, even if I happen to agree with them half of the time.