Of course, Colbert‘s welcome return to form was in part thanks to his resurrection of the Stephen Colbert character from his Comedy Central show, a character he busted out last week for a thorough dragging of Donald Trump.
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Colbert fans will remember his satirically conservative alter ego from his days on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report.
Colbert announced on The Late Show that immediately after the live show on July 18, 2016, Viacom’s lawyers called up CBS and said that “the character Stephen Colbert is their intellectual property”.
The audience began to boo but the Late Show host insisted there was nothing he could do. “‘I feel the same way, but what can I do?” Although Hillary’s nomination comes as no surprise to ’90s Colbert, he says there’s no way his jokes about the Clintons could work in modern times, and tests one out. I can not reasonably argue that I own my face or name.
Stephen Colbert teased the corporate legal world Wednesday night on The Late Show, when he brought back a familiar bit despite any potential repercussions. Hello Colbert country. Stay strong.
Watch the introduction of the newest Stephen Colbert in the video above. “Hillary’s critics see her as untrustworthy, selfish and too willing to bend the rules”, Colbert said, while “And that’s just Bernie” appeared on the screen. I think he’s gonna fit in on this show pretty well. He promised that even wild horses ridden by corporate lawyers couldn’t keep him away.
Representatives from CBS and Comedy Central declined comment on Thursday. “Besides the reappearance of his character, old friend Jon Stewart appeared last week”.
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“Hopefully [the audience] won’t be like, ‘Huh?”
