Tim Cook to Appear on 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' September 15

[CFreymarc]

Colbert currently has Cook, Bernie Sanders, TRUMP, Cruz, Elizabeth Warren and Malala in the next 2 weeks. Crazy lineup.

But when is Weird Al showing up?

 

[brinary001]

I disagree. From what we've seen this first week, Stephen Colbert's Late Show has been an utter disaster. A huge, bombastic, steaming pile of trash, comparable only to Jimmy Fallon's show, in that both are competing for the dumbest TV audience. But Colbert's show, apart of being devoid of any substance so far, is also lacking basic quality: terrible improvisation, mediocre scripting, lame jokes, insulting or interrupting guests, boring unprepared interviews - even with the douchebag ones, excess pandering to the stupid (seriously Stephen? it's possible you would vote for Jeb Bush???), cheap product placement, etc etc etc. The bad parts overwhelmingly outnumber the few good moments it had this week.

The Joe Biden interview was one of the dirtiest shots for easy ratings I've seen... making a vice-president cry (or anyone else for that matter) on live TV, on a comedy show, using the death of a son... not nice. But using this as a segue to ask if he'll be running for president on 2016, well, that's just sick.

And don't get me wrong: I loved The Colbert Report. Watched it since its first day. But it seems the real Stephen Colbert is cashing in with this network show, by selling out his legacy for a more profitable, dumber, more conservative, easier audience. Hopefully I'm wrong, and the show will improve (Friday's show was already better)... but I doubt they'll let him go back to anything of substance (as he used to): that'd be against the big network TV business model.



Now you're kidding, right?

Seriously dude, getting one's sense of accomplishment from watching a late night TV talkshow... that's lowering the expectations bar way too low. I know life is hard, but you've got to at least try! And no, 95% of whats on TV is not good for either your soul or your intellect. It's all there to manipulate what you think, how you feel, and sell you crap you don't need. Why else do you think it's free?

Anyway... cheers!

Your vision of reality is cold, dark and severely warped. While it may sometimes be justified because that's actually the way things are in a given state of affairs, you mustn't paint with such a broad brush. Especially if you want it to cover something as harmless and routine as unwinding after a long day to one's favorite late night show. I feel sorry for you.

 

[CFreymarc]

Your vision of reality is cold, dark and severely warped. While it may sometimes be justified because that's actually the way things are in a given state of affairs, you mustn't paint with such a broad brush. Especially if you want it to cover something as harmless and routine as unwinding after a long day to one's favorite late night show. I feel sorry for you.

My take is the reality shift from Basic Cable to Major Networks has yet to set in. He is in the big leagues now and they call all balks on the pitching mount. It could be he's trying a ton of styles and routines with a staff monitoring social networks looking at what sticks and what sinks. After the holidays, his first six months are complete. Then, the big mahogany table meetings start up with the ghost of Edward R. Murrow circling above planning a future.

 

[diazj3]

Your vision of reality is cold, dark and severely warped. While it may sometimes be justified because that's actually the way things are in a given state of affairs, you mustn't paint with such a broad brush. Especially if you want it to cover something as harmless and routine as unwinding after a long day to one's favorite late night show. I feel sorry for you.

Are you kidding? I'm a cockeyed optimist! Though I do agree the current state of affairs isn't as bright as we wished.

But putting different opinions aside... it looks like I touched a nerve there, with my second comment. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to come off as judgmental.

BTW, I know you do enjoy watching TV. I was reading this article, perhaps you find it interesting too.

Cheers!

 

[brinary001]

Are you kidding? I'm a cockeyed optimist! Though I do agree the current state of affairs isn't as bright as we wished.

But putting different opinions aside... it looks like I touched a nerve there, with my second comment. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to come off as judgmental.

BTW, I know you do enjoy watching TV. I was reading this article, perhaps you find it interesting too.

Cheers!

It's fine. I may have jumped to hasty conclusions as well.

The article was a good read. I certainly agree.

 

[OllyW]

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[ericgtr12]

Looking forward to seeing Colbert interview Tim Cook. Personally, I thought his interviews with both Jeb Bush and Joe Biden were very thoughtful and insightful, maybe we'll see the same with Tim.