Colin Quinn: America Should've Stopped At 13 Colonies

[@habibymandanoven2909]

“Freedom of speech was never meant to go Electric,, It was Acoustic art” .. That’s just perfect ..

[@nealdmiller]

Possibly the truest statement ever made about anti-social media.

[@andrewjohnson588]

I wish he had explained the concept more before he dropped a line that great, the audience clearly didn't appreciate it enough. Gotta dumb it down for the masses.

[@kayrosis5523]

A brilliant quote that I'm keeping/

[@MechalemmiwinksV2]

@Jeremy Mettler What the shit? Did you just predictive text from Alex Jones's phone?

[@andyl4822]

Mohd.Habiby Mandanoven I remember the first time I heard that. So clever/brilliant!

[@RollingOrmond]

One of the few nice guys when I was an SNL intern. Long live Colin (Minetta Lane is a nice little theater off West 4th. Good for him).

[@violeta585]

who was the worst?

[@RollingOrmond]

@@violeta585 No one was particularly the worst, just sort of cold and brusque and didn't bother to make conversation.

[@MeanMustard650]

Rolling Ormond He’s a national treasure and I’ll hear nothing else of it.

[@Multi0515]

Glad to hear that cause i am a fan.

[@kwstassketo]

@@RollingOrmond Did you get the chance to meet Norm Macdonald or Kevin Nealon?

[@joey4track]

Wow, Colbert is so awkward in this interview. He doesn't have the spine to keep up with Colin and it's cringe to watch

[@inSpihr]

What are you talking about the awkward pause had me laughing harder than anything in a while

[@thl205]

Stop trying to project your own comedian drama on to them. Colin and Colbert always have great chemistry, even if the audience doesn't get it. They know each other a long time, Colin's been on before and Colbert was on Colin's old show Tough Crowd. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHOoeoBmj7WIgtE

[@ZenShroud1]

@@thl205 Thank you.

[@JaySports644]

Colin is one of the last few legitimate comedians.

[@YodaMan-420]

colin always had a beautiful smile. his whole face lights up.

[@PanasonicTooth]

Like a cheeky little boy

[@osiris7127]

God damn! its good to see the tough crowd legend!

[@zoesmybaby]

For everyone saying Colin Quinn is not funny and props to Stephen for keeping this interview together...THAT'S THE JOKE!!! Always with the ignorance and arrogance hand in hand This is just Colin Quinn and he has always been this way. On SNL since the 90s and he is an acquired taste. It has taken me 15 years of comedic growth and appreciation to treasure his dry humor. #willferrellisaheroindealer

[@joannajamerson35]

That was funny...i love colin quinn

[@marylegan2046]

Oh yeah, I forgot... I love Colin Quinn.

[@apriljk6557]

Love Colin. He's brought so many comedians to the mainstream with his show...people have no idea how important this man is.

[@Dananjay.]

absolutely. people are so attuned to the "Look at me being all funny and gregarious" aesthetic that they don't recognize anything else. Colin is effortlessly humorous because he is self-assured about his comic sense.

[@IAmValenwind]

shit, i remember him from Remote Control, one of the best parts about it, far better than than denis leary or adam sandler, imho... not to knock them, but i had a massive crush on colin. lol

[@unkelTP]

Quinn is too good to be on these kinds of shows.

[@just_kos99]

I never hear anyone mention that Colin Quinn was one of the original six VJs on MTV, back when it was great.

[@mannyverse6158]

A lot of americans here are triggered by Colin telling the truth in saying america as we know it has failed. Worst part is that they won't admit that's what's triggering them

[@nettoyagedelamaison9557]

I don't see triggered Americans... bs much?

[@JaySports644]

@@nettoyagedelamaison9557 Oh, I do.

[@lynnturman8157]

Back in the 90s I lived in the same apt. building with Colin on 58th St. We shared a lot of elevator rides together. A real nice guy.

[@OldRaver]

‘Free speech was never meant to go electric, it was an accoustic art’ SO true!!

[@kayrosis5523]

and we have yet to figure out the communicative art for the digital age... unless you count emojis

[@ffeffashgrove]

I really would love to see this fellow's show. He's a hoot AND very insightful.

[@Maliceah]

Jon Batiste and Stay Human is swingin! What a great band!

[@GameOfDepth]

I got to work with Colin at the Guthrie Theater. Truly a pleasure.

[@jeff7764]

Ryan Richards awesome

[@jasonfirewalker3595]

But with a multi party system who will gerrymander the districts!? It will be chaos!

[@m.j.cicero276]

Excellent point, but it seems to have been a touch too erudite for general consumption. Too bad. As to your query: the answer, of course, is that it would be the party currently in power - whether it's 2 or 10, that would not change.

[@dancingwithnature5303]

3:35 Put all of the presidential candidates in a salad spinner - I'd pay to watch that! LOL 😁

[@mojojim6458]

NYC is the Roman Empire with less humility.

[@davidduffy5565]

It definitely wasn't a city-state though, just the seat of an empire. Singapore is great and the Vatican counts despite being the most awful state in the world though (most child abusers, least children born per 100,000 people).

[@gregdaley2661]

The Roman empire supported massive slavery. I'd take less humility from NYC.

[@johnsreactions6658]

Greg Daley Oh you poor snowflake and your fake caring, the entire world had slavery at some point you ignorant college snowflake.

[@DoctorFurioso]

@selfatrophy I'm anti-capitalist, but this is the worst kind of vulgar Marxist bullshit. Wage labour is, even if unfair, and even if sometimes quite unfair, absolutely not the same thing as chattel slavery. Feck off.

[@DoctorFurioso]

@@johnsreactions6658 Did you watch the clip, smart guy? lol

[@JeroenTel]

Life's longer than a day! =) What a wonderful man... both of them talking is amazing to watch!

[@ThePorchKittyProject]

After 200 and meow meow years. My new favorite way of counting! hahaha! Love it!

[@Fifthelement203]

Everybody talking bout the awkward silence relax people. Nothing to see here. The silence added to the bit. Enjoy the interview and calm down.

[@toluadeyemi9049]

It was so funny. It looked intentional to me. Loved it.

[@ransom182]

Wow people are seriously commenting on that 😂🤣 they perfectly make his point about free speech!

[@d4n4nable]

Colbert sucks.

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

"New York is like Rome but with less humility" lol

[@maxhammertruth]

Amazon...”Come back when you have real jobs.” 🤣😂

[@johnlemoine6399]

Colin Quinn is a National Treasure, & the reigning King of Comedy

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Colin and Stephen love the cringy awkward moments, and are brilliant at creating and swimming in them. If Will Farrel (supposedly a comedian) had to ask Colin Quinn (a comedian) why he would make an obvious joke on Twitter, that says a lot about Will Farrel...

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Wil Farrell is not funny.

[@johnathanbuckner4450]

Ingrid Dubbel it will Ferrell isn’t funny then I’m the president of the United States

[@telectronix1368]

@@johnathanbuckner4450 Sometimes he isn't funny. It happens.

[@d4n4nable]

@@johnathanbuckner4450 Nice to meet you, Donald.

[@minnievenkat]

Hahaha! 2 comedians talking and a heart attach becomes fodder for jokes! 😂 hilarious as a heart attack!

[@LUKE-og5fm]

Colin should bring back Remote Control...

[@frankhoffmann74]

LUKE 1854 still the first thing I think of when I hear his name

[@ruby07241]

His comedy special was hilarious.

[@jaydell4039]

I completely forgot Colbert use to do Colin Quinn's show tough crowd and was very funny on there too and had a great time

[@kayrosis5523]

The only thing Utah and New Jersey have in Common is McDonalds and Verizon

[@TheAdamfee]

Sad

[@edalvarez9020]

Utah and New Jersey def have less in common than Hungary and Switzerland

[@Billkwando]

How did they make it through that whole thing without mentioning him being on MTV's Remote Control?

[@MikeSpaa]

As a historian I say this man has good points, and it's not so much funny as common sense.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

@Mike Spaans) Well, I respectfully disagree. It was inevitable that we were to expand farther out from our original 13 Colonies.

[@AlJalandhari]

Mike Spaans as a historian... How long was Rome a city state for? He got me wondering at the end

[@juliaconnell]

history/politics major - and I agree - the 'United States' is a rather accurate description - the states are very different - a lot to be said about them being different 'countries' just not described like that (just like the different countries of the EU - are now the "European Union'")

[@tennisdude52278]

Mike Spaans It should be “a historian” not “an.” “An” is used preceding words with a silent H like “Honor.”

[@juliaconnell]

umm @@AlJalandhari being a historian does't tend to work like that - you tend to have specialist areas or topics that you work in (not ideal - which is why I didn't pursue this as a career - I like to have a broader knowledge and understanding) and city state - exactly what do you mean by that (again, history is complex - and constantly being redefined and even subject matter experts in this area would probably disagree about dates/boundaries/definitions/meaning - quick search - broadly speaking - Rome was a republic for 450 years - became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar's rise and fall in the first century B.C. The long and triumphant reign of its first emperor, Augustus, began a golden age of peace and prosperity; by contrast, the empire's decline and fall by the fifth century A.D. In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire hope that helps

[@Avohaj]

This comment section is excessively awful.

[@coosoorlog]

To be fair here, I think it's really uncalled for to label someone a heroin dealer just for providing the dope to like two or three parties.

[@greenmeanvegan3335]

Amazing that Colbert doesn’t prep to talk to comedians

[@pheonixd2]

One of the bests out there!

[@modigabdi503]

My God I completely day dreamed throughout this

[@DrumWild]

He was great on Remote Control.

[@ericthatsme]

DrumWild YES!!

[@noirettebeauty]

The people complaining about this interview seem to have forgotten Anna Faris

[@Littlewolf13]

Nothing like a genius w an INCREDIBLE sense of humor!

[@heavnnnsent]

Because 13 colonies is plenty... My favorite SNL skit was Colin Quinn as the lion in The Bronx zoo .... so hilarious. And he was in a movie with Amy Schumer who wrote the script they were both amazing in that movie!

[@waryaawariiri1812]

I wached and kinda liked his hosting duties of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live in the late 90s. I hadn't watched SNL since then..

[@adrock2895]

Always love Colin Quinn I want to see his tour

[@Ob5oLeTe]

Colbert blows, America loves you CQ!

[@anaj9346]

So funny!!

[@NishantMehrotra]

City states is actually a great idea. It worked for centuries

[@inSpihr]

The awkward silence really had me laughing too loud

[@vegastjg]

I miss TCWCQ

[@XprPrentice]

This interview is so fractured. It's at times totally unsettling for its awkward pauses, then totally engaging cos Colin seems like such an amiable dude. (I've seen some of his other "shows" - it's really just informed standup, isn't it? - and I appreciate the way he thinks about things. I'm not sure he's right about the city-states, though... but I'm still hopeful for the country.)

[@helenomstreken7577]

Colin is always so uncomfortable with these things, i honestly dont know why he does these, but i enjoy it

[@apriljk6557]

He's not actually uncomfortable. That's the act.

[@helenomstreken7577]

@@apriljk6557 maybe, thats not how he comes across, i know he feeds off of the awkwardness

[@d4n4nable]

Funny, cause I felt the exact same way about Colbert.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

I think Colin's fine. Everyone else doesn't know how to handle him.

[@jaredsandvold]

Colbert is so unfunny it’s hard to watch, on the other hand Quinn is a comedic genius!

[@theterriblechildren9018]

why is Stephen so awkward around comedians?

[@maverick792]

Job insecurity.

[@Volvican]

I know - right? At least with this one - it was quite clear they had a sort of set list of jokes to go through - likely dictated by Colin - and Stephen doesn't do that well.

[@thehellyousay]

Because he is an actor being a comedian, not an actual comedian. Kind of like Quinn is a comedian who has acted, but is not a actor.

[@XprPrentice]

Do you really find Colbert is an "actor"? I find him a fantastic performer, but whenever he "acts," it isn't very good. Granted, he played the character of "Stephen Colbert" so very well that people thought it was his real persona, but isn't that a virtue of improv and sketch comedy? Is that "acting"? (Yes, in a sense, it is. Now I'm all confused. I _do_ call myself an actor. I suck at improv. I do Shakespeare and junk. I'm only fairly ok being myself in public settings. Though I also have a very dry sense of humor, and can play comedic parts, I'm by no means a "comedian." ... Guh, Carl, now you've got me all mixed up about how to define one's performance profession!)

[@johnsonjohnson3261]

@@BuildinWings Nail on the head right there

[@michaelcianci7944]

Everytime i see colin quinn all i can think about is my father's stories about carrying him back to his dorm room.

[@csweet207]

CQ is the MAN!

[@terrieterrie2914]

I feel the whole world needs to look at everyone, as, one. With social media, Americans, over the years, have not known what has been happening within their own country, let alone any other country, they now, can see that there is more outside of the US, and how the rest of the world is. I see that as a positive, going forward.

[@seanbean4682]

Mushmouth is an American treasure.

[@margo3367]

America doesn't need insults right now. She needs a little TLC.

[@oliverdash2585]

And institutions such as slavery and genocide of native people would have been completely accepted and championed

[@mikepare1967]

"America Should've Stopped At 13 Colonies" i agree.

[@eyy635]

one of the last real TV people of comedy. Colbert fans should see them on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

[@mahtinown-eel]

I love the assumption that because Colin is an entertainer, Colbert assumes he likes the democrats, he’s wrong

[@johnLennon255]

With both patrice oneal and Richard pryor dead, colin quinn is the funniest man alive.

[@NxDoyle]

Colin's performance as Artie's asshole nephew Cully in The Larry Sanders Show was great

[@daleksec5553]

a lot of awkward silence here

[@dralarco]

City states would be aweful.. New York would conquer the east coast, LA would conquer the west and Russia would conquer the center.

[@juliaconnell]

I actually agree - the 'United States' is a rather accurate description - the states are very different - a lot to be said about them being different 'countries' just not described like that (just like the different countries of the EU - are now the "European Union'")

[@The_Petey]

Was he not allowed to talk about the scandals or something?

[@Zeluth]

heh heh heh (Just kidding) I like this guy's comedy.

[@MultiMolly21]

Four countries, divided by Time Zones. America, East and West, Middle and Mountain.

[@didderjade]

He's...really not wrong about colonialism/imperialism causing most of America's problems. A point well made.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

I totally agree that North America needs to be split into several countries! I've been thinking the same thing for a little over two years now.

[@stevecassell]

CQ is the greatest.

[@Daniel_B79]

Colin for president!

[@Nulono]

If only we could divide the country into a few dozen smaller sub-countries with the sovereignty to govern themselves by their own laws. Fifty seems like a nice, round number.

[@jasonbean1176]

Okay, now we get some answers..:)

[@Blitznstitch2]

Green party. Libertarian party. And a wild card- Whigs.

[@TheBishop111]

colbert used to be on tough crowd, why is he acting like he doesn't know quinn is a comic.

[@sebastianhaze3979]

he has a point, we just accept what we have been doing for 200 years and never question it, maybe we need to evolve as we go instead of being a stagnant nation with no new ideas, we are just riding on the coat tails of a bunch of old dead guys for 200 years. pretty sad.

[@samehkhayat7695]

His accent is so awesome! shamefully, I heard it's disappearing (not sure how accurate my info) but that's what I heard!

[@Gymnopediea]

Never realized he's such an intellectual. Shave, Mr. Quinn. I'd love to know you.

[@KNiiTEMARES]

LOOK AT THE SHEEPLE

[@pinktoes3875]

a multi party system like the eu sucks bcuz they have to make coalitions so in the end there are still only 2 coalition sides opposing each other. it just gets even more complicated and costly than a two party system

[@TitoTimTravels]

If we wanted to stay in the original 13 we would never have had to revolt against England. They had an unrealistic expectation that we would honor treaties... how naive ha ha

[@1901180108]

We revolted because England was imposing all kinds of taxes on the colonies and the colonists had no representation in the government. I mean, there were also other things, like the fact that colonists were required to let British soldiers stay in their homes and eat all their food for free. The point is, even if we had wanted to stay in those thirteen colonies, we would have had plenty of reasons to revolt.

[@dsugioaga]

I think bad public education and religious fanaticism in some states - especially when coupled together - are bigger problems than the size of the US. Spot-on on the two parties problem, however.

[@Paul_C]

Thank god he got a week vacation, maybe after that he can start listening once in a while.

[@covenant11]

Was that the TRON theme?

[@edmsing]

Colin Quinn moves his off-Broadway comedy to CNN on Memorial Day, confirming that appearance marketing is a malignancy that even a fifty-nine-year-old comedian cannot excape from, as hair dye appears as his second banana, and is a very necessary element in his comedy, never shall he appear without some…

[@enriqueali]

Well, that was a bit awkward. I get the impression that a lot of the time Stephen didn't really clock which direction his guest was headed, or did so belatedly, and kept having to change tack in mid stride. A bit unsettling for him I imagine. Certainly for this viewer

[@corhydron111]

How about 0 colonies?

[@jmurdadasteppa]

Colin Quinn is the only funny thing that’s happened on this show since Colbert took over. Late night TV is such garbage now.

[@RoxanneM-]

Transfat and Amazon did not make it in NY.

[@thesimulation9651]

Colin's a good guy

[@johnsweet5893]

Delaware never rebelled against british rule and was part of Pennsylvania until june 1776 when it declared independence (12 colonies then not 13, as depicted on the flag never made by betsy ross). More american b.s like claiming washington was the first president

[@LambertBowden56]

People need to listen to Colin riff on Opie and Anthony. When he's shitting on his friends, he's at his best.

[@johnsonjohnson3261]

Anyone else feel the awkwardness?

[@markbrownner6565]

a lot of truth in that perspective..I've said many times that if we were to design America knowing what we know now would it look like what we have today..??..I think not..and if not what would it be and maybe we should be moving it in that direction instead of being mortgaged to the past.....50 states is unmanageable and do we really need 2 dakots / Carolinas / Delaware / rhode island.....redesign the country based on watershed and eco-regions......

[@squeakeroo1]

One man audience.....at his one man show.

[@TheInselaffen]

Scotland is not a nation state.

[@FlameAdder]

You could hear butthurt levels rising immediately after he said "15 genders"

[@terrikukla5017]

He's a comedian..