Stephen Colbert on The O'Reilly Factor

No millions of tags on this video--just good ol' fashioned comedy (with truthiness at the end).

[@tonysamosa1717]

The most eloquent troll in the world.

[@Jon-pw2ik]

@@aliqazilbash5231Colbert is literally the Captain America of political satire and a genius!!!

[@BryonLetterman]

Not anymore he's not. He hasn't been funny since his days on Comedy Central

[@tonysamosa1717]

@@BryonLetterman true

[@sufficientmagister9061]

​@@tonysamosa1717 It is a shame what such a talented man (Stephen Colbert) had devolved into. Even Jimmy Kimmel was funny at one point in history (The Man Show). Both previously challenged political correctness and were creative in offending those who deserved it. Now, they are both useless.

[@hr7055]

Making fun of conservatives is too damn easy.

[@Carium1]

he's got be the slickest shit talker in the universe

[@mhikl4484]

+Carium Stephen Colbert fries O'Reilly and O'Reilly loves it. Using humour to criticize is Colbert's genius. Namaste and care, mhikl

[@OwNeD05]

"Pat robertson's protein shake." Hahaha.

[@7Lace77]

That laugh in the background lol

[@raphbell]

"they criticize what you say but they never give you credit for how loud you say it" LMFAO killed it

[@scottmarksberry7192]

best line in the interview

[@jemert96]

O'Reilly: "THAT'S TRUE"

[@goomymaster6417]

@@jemert96 it flew completely over his head 😭😭falafel lookin ass

[@QuickLern818]

Colbert immediately takes over the show...he's too sharp to control.

[@rohitb2607]

HAHAHA!!! Am I the only one who cried laughing?? Colbert's every sentence is going over Bill's head. The Jon stewart being high part was the funniest thing ever.

[@peorakef]

how the fuck does oreilly not get that hes being trolled?

[@sportsmed77]

How on earth do you not get that obviously both Stephen and Bill are trolling each other? They're both playing characters and goofing around. The fact that people like you can't see that is what's more confusing.

[@peorakef]

sportsmed77 oh really. then neither you nor bill know what trolling compasses. if so he does a terrible job.

[@sportsmed77]

I never said Bill was good at it but it is so blatantly obvious that the two men are just messing with each other here and even probably talked about it prior to the interview. Bill has a set TV persona that is supposed to be abrasive and one-sided in some ways and it is a little different from how he is off camera. Also, it has been well known that Stephen drew inspiration from Bill for his Pundit character on the Colbert Report. The two men are poking fun at that in this interview. The two men also respect each other in real life behind the scenes. In particular, Stephen has a great deal of respect for Bill. Bill is not as good at showing his respect but he does have some.

[@peorakef]

sportsmed77 then i think you dont know what trolling means. yes, bill is messing with stephen. and stephen is trolling him. welcome to the internet.

[@sportsmed77]

Haha, of course I know what trolling is. I do it to people all the time. :)

[@clearyellis1673]

This has got to be one of the best instances of comedic genius Colbert has ever done. My God, this is funny.

[@theeternalnow6506]

The biggest has to be the white house correspondents dinner. His performance was the greatest.

[@BomChickyBowWow]

I absolutely LOVE @ 5:50 when O'Reilly starts angrily shouting at Colbert and loses it for a second before realizing he will look like an ass and regains his composure.

[@richardmacdougall7812]

Really? I hate O'Reilly as much as the next guy, but he's clearly just playing along with Colbert here.

[@ryand4533]

“Check your lawyer” lololol This was great

[@clipstar189]

"There's nothing in these prompters; you're making this stuff up as you go" So awesome, only because O'Reilly thought it was a compliment.

[@nkershable]

So amazing- I love it when he makes Papa Bear's camera crew laugh :D

[@rooh-ante-inferno1276]

Greatest interview ever. Not sure if it's sad how many times I've watched this. Lol

[@kyled2976]

"ARE YOU COL-BERT OR COL-BEAR?!?!?!?!?" (long pause) "Bill, I'm whoever you want me to be." get rekt

[@maudernart5246]

"I'm doing YOU Bill" 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Gerald360halowowness]

holly shit, bill o'reily didn't interrupt him, not even once.

[@mackleswimbaits]

"I wanna bring your message of love and peace to a younger audience, people in their 60's, people in their 50's, people who don't watch your show..." I actually had to pause and belt out in laughter

[@snerdterguson]

Every one in a while it hits me how much I miss the Colbert Report. That period where we had Daily Show with Jon followed by Colbert Report was perhaps the greatest hour of comedy in television history.

[@johnsmith7140]

I used to watch the factor and the report nightly

[@nicomoreno5028]

Remember when the Colbert Report ended and he sold all of his stuff for like a dollar a pop to walkers by, then he bought scratch tickets with the money he made, proving that scratch tickets are just a scam? That was fantastic.

[@ManonVarendaz]

I honestly preferred him at the old show. I don't really love the normal talk shows.

[@notmytruthTHEtruth]

I go back to this video occasionally to see how Colbert was before he sold out to corporate war criminals like everyone else on tv

[@nl5828]

watching this, it is sad to see how far colbert has descended in recent years to essentially regurgitating partisan hack “journalist” talking points. the stephen colbert of the colbert report would have riped the stephen colbert of the late show a new one!

[@brendandevlin4165]

I love when Jon Stewart or Colbert go on the Factor and piss O'Reilly off, but you can always hear one of his camera men laughing

[@AngryNerdBird]

I don't get why anyone thinks O'Reilly is actually getting mad here. He's clearly having fun with Colbert the entire time. Anyone who thinks he's legit mad in this has not actually seen his regular interviews.

[@brendandevlin4165]

Goatmon I've seen what I would consider to be a decent amount of O'Reilly, but nothing extensive, so you may be right. I don't think I've ever seen him get mad at Stewart, a little frustrated maybe. He started off pretty playful (for lack of a better word) at the beginning of this interview but he seemed actually mad towards the end. And I mean fair enough, Colbert did just come on his show just to mock him

[@brendandevlin4165]

I think I might be the only person to ever refer to Bill O'Reilly as 'playful'

[@AngryNerdBird]

Brendan Devlin In general, he just isn't very good at comedy, but he's obviously trying his best at it here, and I actually thought he was a good sport about it. Other than his jabs at Jon Stewart. He kinda hates that guy. :P

[@loremipsum7471]

Your logo stinks

[@TheKyleAye]

I love how Bills own staff members are laughing at Colbert trolling

[@jupta00]

+Kyle SoSik That's because they know that already. It's the reason he was on the show. It was/is the reason *for* the shows of both these guys in general, and indeed the entire political landscape of the US. *Mindless* mockery/satire pitched against mindless propaganda, each alternating between the labels "liberal" and "conservative". In other words, mindless opposition - democracy as farce.

[@booty2k]

+jupta00 I bet you're a fun guy!

[@jupta00]

booty2k Yeah I am. The above comment was my attempt at satirizing a guy who is no fun at all. It's satire bro!

[@markh.9822]

@@jupta00 someone came in here with an open mind /s

[@allanmherrera]

@@jupta00 It's called meta-satire. Look it up.

[@TheCarrotBush]

"They criticize what you say, but they never give you credit for how loud you say it" That has to be the most subtle, yet hottest burn of all time. Holy shit.

[@InjuriousPersonalities]

“I spend so much time in the world that is spinning, that to be in the no-spin zone, actually gives me vertigo.” - Stephen Colbert 👏👏👏

[@jfish032]

Fucking brilliant

[@jemert96]

"this is the holy of holies, hit it, I'd love to be nailed" This clip is extremely quotable

[@stellarwind1946]

I think owls are a waste of time.

[@alf08g]

"I'm afraid of bears.. I think owls are a waste of time." - Stephen Colbert Greatest sentence ever.

[@AravindBalaji-u4x]

Many years later Joe Rogan was inspired by Colbert

[@happyorangejuce]

It amazes me how far Colbert can keep it all up. His persona does not waiver one bit. His a steel wall!

[@denverb585]

This is scripted dummy lol

[@Sylar-upd4t3]

We ran into Stephen colbert, around 2016 or 17. He was with some people so we didn’t want to bother him… but we kept staring and talking about it, and it was pretty obvious. He came over to us told us he wasn’t Stephen Colbert. Walked a few steps came back and said “or maybe I am, and I just want to mess with you guys”. It was definitely him…. They called his name on an intercom thing, maybe 5 minutes later. He went up talked a few minutes then left with a few of the people he arrived with.

[@JC-2023.]

​​@@Sylar-upd4t3 I saw Stephen Colbert at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The woman at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly. After paying for the Milky ways he proceeded to leave the store then began to throw all of them in the garbage. Haven't seen him since.

[@dustyomeara5070]

"I think owls are a waste of time." Lmao

[@HarleyCat]

5:26 for anyone who was looking for the time

[@salpy_fish]

So you thought the most quotable joke that my daddy Stephen Colbert made was the most basic and unfunny one? Dusty, I'm so dissappointed.

[@anthonyitaliano7316]

@@salpy_fish Yawn

[@salpy_fish]

Sure

[@mjmellan]

he means the bohemian grove secret society owl's not actual owl's, but who are the bears? skull and bones, the freemasons? I don't know! Read between the lines.

[@Beegaboii]

Colbert's mastered the art of the hidden "fuck you"

[@Overton_Windows]

I remember being ecstatic watching this years ago. It never gets old... "I wanted to bring your message of love and peace to a younger audience; people in their 60's, people in their 50's".

[@RebelTrooperHoth]

followed by “people who don’t watch you,” said in a way where Bill didn’t know it was a part of the list

[@j.dunlop8295]

Mocking satire, GOP Republicans clueless! Why, failure of imagination!

[@Bonovasitch]

Over a decade later and this is still one of the most legendary moments in political discourse.

[@johnnybraccia452]

16years later, this is as magical as ever.

[@letsgobaby8501]

2024 and it’s still amazing

[@drrockkso8882]

Bill is trying soooo hard to get him to break character by repeatedly insulting him, but Stephen refuses to take the bait. He just pretends that every insult from O'Reilly is a compliment and then volleys a backhanded compliment right back at him. Stephen is in complete control of the interview the entire time and you can tell how much it pisses O'Reilly off. His own crew can't even hold in their laughter. This is a master class in trolling. O'Reilly thought he could simply berate Colbert into dropping the parody act. He had no idea who he was dealing with.

[@usul573]

It is pretty funny, O'Reilly seems to be playing along a bit and is having a few chuckles, but talking about owls and bears was IQ 99999 hilarity, and he just snaps for no real reason like he's arguing with a fun house mirror version of himself. I'm whoever you want me to be is like a flirtatious line.

[@danielplainview2584]

Damn, I miss Colbert's persona. His new show is too much like every other left-leaning talk show, of which there are already so many.

[@badbette1916]

Oh my God so the way Colbert is acting right now is just a act? I was wondering why he was acting so weird lol

[@marty2090]

Why don't you pay Colbert for a vial of his semen?

[@TheRealDuckofDeath]

@@badbette1916 Stephen Colbert was an act. Stephen Colbert is real. That has been explained many times. Stephen Colbert was even invited to that Stephen Colbert show to clarify this. It is not rocket science. It is Stephen Colbert.

[@DetectiveLance]

You can hear the crew cracking up a bit behind the cameras and trying like hell to not let it out.

[@viviorko]

We aren’t deaf.

[@x5xxSmittyxx5x]

-"your middle name is Tyrone, how could that possibly happen?" -"Cause I'm Irish Bill" Hahaha

[@HouseCat19]

lmao

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

he actually has an uncle who was killed in the Irish Rebellion of 1916,more authentic roots than o Reilly.

[@alikajimenez8334]

Hahahaha

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

@@keeganmoonshine7183 Tyrone isn't an Irish name, it's the name of a county in Ireland. It's translation from Irish means John's land. Don't question my knowledge, I'm a native speaker of Irish.

[@dylanroper6446]

@@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi so its an irish word.

[@BOUNCER13x11]

all those people who were laughing on O'Reilly's set were fired.

[@MusicHimanshu]

how do i know? or are u just a troll...?

[@MusicHimanshu]

+Thad Stevens haha lol.

[@AlbertHopkinsFromAdelaide]

they're probably colbert's people, his manager was defiantly there and possibly some of the writers of his show

[@pkpimp22823]

BOUNCER13x11 clearly fired. If it was Colbert’s people, there was a heated “confrontation” in the studio post show

[@crazy4sian]

Colbert was in control of the whole thing. I love that man.

[@shaymary5247]

***** I don't. Maybe I do. But I don't.

[@ThatGuy-313]

CrazyAsian lol he literally jokes about his slavery to the NWO. People really are blind.

[@som1980]

He is so sharp and witty!

[@jh3748]

I forgot he used to be funny

[@googleslocik]

10 years later hes a parody of himself, i cant believe this guy changed so much

[@PCardon13]

I love Colbert. The only problem with him, and it really is a big problem, which keeps me away from his show, is that it is so hard to hear what he is saying over the constant noise of his titanium balls clanging against each other.

[@luvs2troll435]

Couldnt have said it better myself

[@MrVedude]

His new show sucks compared to the Colbert Report

[@Defiring]

@@MrVedude Yeah, it's a damn shame, 'cause the Colbert Report was great.

[@BeardAxeMcAxeBeard]

Too bad trump turned him into a pussy

[@GHC3]

The problem with Stephen Colbert's late show is that he became part of the elite establishment that he used to rebel against. Also he is a corporate sell out and an insufferable liberal that is blind to Reality. I miss the old Stephen when he was actor and did Strangers with Candy.

[@Harley717]

Im on a "Bill O Reilly got owned" marathon. Who's with me?

[@subroy7123]

+Dean K. OH MEEEEEEEEE!!!!

[@chinamanandfriends]

+Dean K. I'm never off that marathon.

[@zachyt4643]

needed. never off.

[@wheatbread2002]

Dean K. what brought me here was actually watching Cam'ron roasting Bill.

[@mrrobot8973]

On one right now lmao

[@tth0000]

Art of Sarcasm

[@anthonylong9067]

O reilley got pwned without realizing it.

[@xleax6479]

O'Reilly's not really serious here - he's playing along. If you want to see O'Reilly get serious watch him interview Barney Frank, now that's serious!

[@anthonylong9067]

xleax i dont think he's playing along with anything. He always gets pissed over everything. Typical right wing asshole he is

[@anthonylong9067]

***** im actually on neither side. I just love egging on the right side since they're so full of themselves XD

[@flaper41]

***** If you believe that, then you truly are left-winged. Regardless, the interview was proved to be set up, so anyone who believes otherwise is false. The only people who are worse than blindly biased men and women are those who feign equality towards both sides.

[@azurejarrett136]

Grant R Stfu and stop trying to sound political on youtube

[@ToastyMozart]

Rule 1 of arguing with Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart: DON'T

[@usul573]

The only person who could defeat Colbert or Stewart or Conan has to be Sacha Baron Cohen.

[@shaymary5247]

I'd attempt it. :P

[@OddJob117]

This is hilarious, I'm surprised O Reilly has the mental capability to understand colberts act

[@CrazySushiTaxi]

O'reilly does considering he is much of an actor as Colbert. It's just that O'Reilly has a different role to fulfill vs Steven Colbert

[@jhawk1229]

Somehow I doubt O'Reilly has the capacity to comprehend the intellectual giant that is Steven Colbert. Colbert was running circles around him.

[@Thatguywithlogic]

***** I doubt that O'Reilly is smarter than Colbert, but I sure as shit wouldn't challenge him to any debates. Dude is clearly smarter than that average joe.

[@jhawk1229]

Sam Sutnovsky Dude isn't any smarter than the average joe. Never confuse intelligence with stubbornness.

[@benburch]

its sad you dont have the mental capability to understand that bill o'reilly is just another actor/personality pandering to retards for ratings

[@WhisperingAnthem]

I love how even bill's staff are laughing at Colbert's jokes.

[@sillentskills]

I love the people cracking up and trying to stifle it immediately in the audience or background or whatever The O' Reilly Factor has.

[@stephenperrotta3759]

The O' Reilly Factor doesn't have an audience. It's the crew of the show, cameramen, sound guys, producers, etc. which makes it funnier in my opinion because they all work for Fox News and Bill O' Reilly.

[@eddiejohnson429]

It's almost sad watching something like this 16 years later, reminding us of a time when Colbert used to actually be funny. Back before the liberal brain rot and Trump Derangement Syndrome absolutely destroyed him.

[@motoquasi]

Stephen was so well prepared for this interview.

[@jillaustin3143]

He doesn't have to really

[@cpreston5]

"To be in the no-spin zone is actually giving me vertigo right now." I almost died.

[@pineapplepeanuts]

"He owes his life to me" Bill, I'm sure you realize this by now because its been seven years, but you just got epically trolled on national television on your own show.

[@jmunley22]

O'Reilly is clearly aware of the whole shtick that Colbert is laying on him, he's giving a sort of tongue in cheek interview

[@greenorangeviolet]

Seriously....trolled??? How high are you? Obviously he was in on it.

[@Wadiyatalkinabeet_]

@@greenorangevioletDon’t reason with these partisan hacks

[@tjokolat]

"I'm doing you, Bill"

[@eastsideconnect133]

"they hate me" ..lol he didnt even catch it

[@benjaminpetrofsky819]

"ARE YOU COLBERT OR COLBERT?!?!?!?!" ".............................................Bill.............I'm whoever you want me to be............."

[@i2pjd6hRw5P]

I've watched this like twenty times. It never gets old.

[@therabbi9848]

Gotta love the people in the background who can't contain their laughter. Wonder if they kept their jobs.

[@rsmith02]

Of course they did. The O'Reilly Factor was just a performance, it all is.

[@jennaramos1229]

Omg those people laughing in the background are awesome

[@ImNotNormAll]

Funny how Colbert turned into the very thing he mocks.

[@GHC3]

Most definitely

[@albertosaurschannel6946]

I miss Stephen Colbert.

[@ObservableFiction]

+Alberto Arras he is still on tv

[@dingovory]

+ObservableFiction No he isn't. Stephen Colbert doesn't exist anymore. Only Stephen Colbert is on tv right now.

[@ObservableFiction]

dingovory How do you know which the original comment meant, though?

[@dingovory]

ObservableFiction Because only one is gone, so it makes sense that OP misses the one that's gone :D

[@ObservableFiction]

dingovory When this comment was made there was no knowledge of him coming back to TV, so you could argue an interpretation that both Stephen Colbert and Stephen Colbert was gone at the time!

[@Spore6001]

O'Reilly isn't great at the whole humor thing.

[@dougdaniels7848]

O’Reilly is so pathetic trying to keep up with someone like Colbert. Billy boy, you aren’t funny, give it up.

[@alexstone3499]

Jesus Christ, or Pat Robertson's protein shake?

[@Durziage]

"I spend so much time in the world that is actually spinning all the time, that to be in the no spin zone is actually giving me vertigo" hahaha Colbert is awesome

[@tyfenrir]

I use that line everytime a boss calls me into their office.

[@unholybadge95]

"I do my show a half hour nights four nights a week. I havent seen my kids in 18 months and i'm losing calcium in my bones, the doctors say i should stop i'm not gonna. You go five nights a week 1 hour plus the radio factor Bill! What are you on, what gives you the strength? Jesus christ, or Pat Robertson proteinshake?" Genius! xDxDxD

[@elijahmiller7733]

I died whenever the one guy realized it was a joke and laughed.

[@ScottCarroll]

Troll level, off the charts.

[@jfish032]

This is the most sophisticated trolling I've seen in my LIFE. ..other than Trump's entire presidency

[@stephenworldwide]

This is when he used to be hilarious.

[@joej1511]

“There are no right wing critics” Ok fine, I’ll admit Bill has a sense of humor

[@RosalezJohn]

Even Bill's crew can be heard laughing... Lamoo

[@NuclearNick]

I come back to this video every few years because its actually the best thing on the internet LMFAO

[@DropNinety]

I'm addicted to watching this. Just a complete dismantling of everything wrong about o'reilly right to his face. Colbert is a true pro

[@yavitvexe9997]

Pushing some serious important question "why is colbert pronounce like this and not like this" 😂😂😂

[@thephysicsgamer123]

I can't quite tell if Bill was being serious.

[@megan2484]

he is not being serious

[@okEric89]

At parts you could tell he was, but then he would try to be joking to not look bad.

[@TehTezMan]

Daniel C he seemed genuinely kinda pissed at colbert in the beginning

[@Serum462]

He's never serious.

[@war1980]

TehTezMan Only because the video is in such low resolution, he was holding back a smile. "I talked to your 3rd grade teacher..." GTFO. This is about as serious as a far side comic.

[@richardrackley2430]

"I want to bring your show to a younger audience... people in their 50s and people in their 60s" ahahahahaha

[@Aevetico]

Bill makes me cringe.

[@ottodob]

lol. bill o reilly thought he had something on colbert with the name pronunciation.

[@usul573]

Talk about digging your own grave.

[@dreamweaver1603]

I used to love The Colbert Report so much. I think Colbert was so freaking funny! I was excited for him to get a late night snow, but then his show was awful. Turns out the real Colbert wasn't all that funny without the writers

[@jeffwilliams2828]

He kept all his writers tho ??? 🤔

[@dreamweaver1603]

@@jeffwilliams2828 but not the persona. He was more interesting as a caricature than his own self.

[@jamesscanlan6240]

Back when Stephen was still funny.

[@willgraham08]

"they criticize you for what you say, but they never give you credit for how loudly you say it" No one better then Colbert

[@alexanderskae5720]

Colbert: "I wanna bring your message of love and peace, which I understand that is your message-" O'Reilly: "It is." Colbert: "I wanna bring the message of love and peace to a younger audience, people in their 60's, people in their 50's, the people who don't watch your show." Trolling at its finest lol

[@spacecadet7606]

I miss when he was like this and wasn’t so unhinged. Back when political satire was supposed to be funny, not an emotional soapbox.

[@tomholiday563]

im a sensitive, kind guy... ARE YOU COLBERT OR COLBERR!!!!!

[@pwarner]

"I'm doing you, Bill" lmao every joke straight over his head

[@phroskies]

What did the host of the Late Show do with this guy here? Two completely different guys.

[@blakerackley8874]

Man, Colbert used to be so funny.

[@trumptouchesivanka]

Nah, he still is, it’s just that *L0ser 1n.bred maga TURDS* get triggered over any little thing now #CancelCulture

[@jorgeponce7947]

I am not a fan of O'Reilly, but in order to do this, he has to have sense of humor.

[@FreshHas]

To do what? Seemed to me O'Reilly invited Colbert on his show to confront him about his late night emulations on him. He repeatedly tried to discredit/belittle his career as a comedian, and questioned the adopted pronunciation of the mans name.

[@oldwestcreative83]

@@FreshHas You're insane. The whole interview is tongue-in-cheek. He wasn't trying to "confront" him. He had him on for a funny/amusing segment and then went on his show the same night. He's in on the bit, and they're both trading comedic barbs, O'Reilly clearly thought it was funny or flattering at some level. As a sidenote, I'm on the right politically, but I found Colbert to be funny when he was doing the Colbert Report, even though he was mocking O'Reilly/Republicans, because it was done in a way that wasn't mean-spirited, it was mockery without anger behind it. The way Colbert turned once he replaced Letterman, on the other hand, turned us all off, because he just became an angry partisan hack whose venom and hatred for Trump and anyone on that side of the aisle was oozing through the screen with each monologue.

[@FreshHas]

@@oldwestcreative83 Hahaha, okay it was "tongue-in cheek", but you can't tell me there wasn't some thrust and parry or hidden venom within their comedic barbs. Or maybe I just like to think they have/had a genuine dislike for each other... Either way I just can't accept their "friendship" or whatever the fuck people call it. Look, Bill seems like the kinda guy that gets easily rattled... that being said he does have a sense of humor as OP said. I give him credit for that. On your sidenote, I know what you mean there. Despite being on the left, John Oliver and Trevor Noah really make me cringe. It becomes more of an angry rant with insults. There is no wit or entertainment value whatsoever, it's just a bitching platform.

[@oldwestcreative83]

@@FreshHas ​ @HDhalla I really don't think so. As someone who watched O'Reilly at the time, I honestly think he got a kick out of it. Exactly. John Oliver can still be funny and make decent points at times, despite it all being so politically charged. But I don't even understand who Trevor Noah is doing that show for. He's never been funny. I think if you wake up every day raging at Trump and are a foaming at the mouth SJW, then maybe, watching him could be some kind of stress reliever. But I can't imagine anyone legitimately finding his version of The Daily Show to be funny. It's the same dynamic with Alec Baldwin's impression of Trump on SNL. You can tell he hates the man with a passion. If that's the case, you shouldn't be playing him because it comes across in your character and just looks petty and gross. Previous SNL Presidential impressions (Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, Darryl Hammond as Clinton) were funny, there wasn't this underlying sense of hate behind it, trying to make the President look as bad/evil as possible, instead they were poking fun at the way they talked or loose stereotypes about them. Night and day, really.

[@danielplainview2584]

@@oldwestcreative83 This comment changed my perspective on this whole thing. Thank you.

[@bomboy7]

It’s weird point in my life, and it’s taken time to get here. But I think once you really grow up, you realize how these two actual human beings, although politically polarize, are the same. And not just in satire. Smoke and mirrors to maintain relevancy.

[@PMlaxer90]

Bill thinks he is so great...

[@TheGIJew.]

"It's tough being me, is it tough being you?" "It's hard for me to be you."

[@Lolaismypoopydog2036]

Wow - actual evidence that Stephen Colbert used to be actually funny 😮😮

[@jasonmcdonald5875]

There is a reason why o’Reilly is gone good riddance

[@corvinredacted]

Bill thinking he's got the perfect gotcha lined up with that whole, "are you Irish or French???" mess had major, "since when is Kamala black???" vibes. It says a lot when that's all the controversy they can come up with 😂

[@mhead1117]

"To be in the no spin zone, actually gives me vertigo" Lmao

[@DNeeds]

Not a bill fan but he's great here having fun w colbert.

[@PaintballVideosNet]

This was the the peak of Colbert. Has gone downhill since then.

[@BryonLetterman]

Back when Colbert was truly funny

[@tyfenrir]

He has his moments. I still laugh out loud when he interviewed the Canadian immigration officer.

[@mastod0n1]

You have to separate Stephen Colbert the person and Stephen Colbert the character

[@saybya]

It takes a lot of arrogance to think that you can go toe-to-toe with a prolific improv comedian who has made his mark making fun of you full-time.

[@bobsondugnutt7526]

Gahh Colbert used to be so good. I resent what he has become! :(

[@Max_m]

Remember this was the guy who was the face of the Right & we all thought was extreme? Now I’d take Bill over Hannity and Carlson everyday of the week

[@jamesstewart8377]

Are you serious? Sean Hannity has been around longer than Bill genius.

[@johnpascarelli4944]

I miss this Colbert

[@freaksh0]

Back when Colbert was funny..

[@twistedoperator4422]

Holy shit 17 years

[@travishughes7221]

Crazy man

[@daha3074]

Time flies.

[@siyabongagabela8772]

😂😂😂😂 "Being in the no spin zone gives me vertigo" I'm dead.

[@GTRrocker84]

Back when Colbert was actually funny

[@armkidmustang]

It's sad that I'm watching this now and realizing how much of a sellout Colbert really became once he got his show on CBS, Comedy Central Colbert was as hilarious as it could get

[@LexBlazer]

They see him Trollin', they hatin'...

[@soulmantim]

Back when Colbert was funny

[@trumptouchesivanka]

Nah, he still is funny AF, it’s just that *L0ser 1n.bred maga TURDS* get triggered over any little thing now #CancelCulture

[@66zebulon]

Steven, Steven, Steven.........where did this version of you go? I miss it. And America needs it (my .02)

[@xxczerxx]

When did Colbert drop this persona and just be himself?