Could there have been a more perfectly timed “Daily Show” reunion on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”? About 10 minutes before Colbert hosted a special episode Tuesday night with his former Comedy Central colleagues (host Jon Stewart and correspondents John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Ed Helms and Rod Corddry) news broke that President Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey.
It should have been a gold mine for the politically-minded comedians. However, given that everyone only had minutes to process the shocking announcement, there were only a few jokes about the topic.
Colbert mentioned the news in his monologue — and seemed confused when the studio audience burst into applause. Later, during his interview with Stewart, Colbert asked the crowd directly: “When I said that Comey was fired by Trump, you all cheered. Why? Is it because what he did to Hillary?” he asked. The audience clapped in agreement.“But you know he’s investigating Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia? Which now will evaporate like cotton candy in the ocean,” Colbert explained. Stewart agreed the audience’s reaction was fascinating: “They didn’t know how to feel and it was interesting to watch.” Colbert asked Stewart if he misses hosting a nightly talk-show on days with major breaking news, such as the FBI director being fired.
“There are nights where I find myself sort of impotently shouting into the abyss, which, if you think about it, wasn’t that different from what I did on a nightly basis,” Stewart laughed. Still, he added, “The process of making the show somehow became entwined with my process of making sense of things that I didn’t understand. And the two sort of merged at some level. So I miss that.”
The two then moved on to other subjects — namely, Bill O’Reilly, who tangled with Stewart many times during his “Daily Show” years. Colbert said they hadn’t yet discussed O’Reilly’s exit from Fox News, which happened last month after the New York Times reported the network paid $13 million to multiple women through the years to settle sexual harassment claims.
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