David Letterman is reportedly retiring

[BurtReynolds]

remember Craig Killborn?

I actually remember thinking he was pretty cool

He was the only one who realized the whole late night talk show thing was a pointless waste of time. Good for him. Now he lives in a dumpster.

[Harry Lime]

remember Craig Killborn?

I actually remember thinking he was pretty cool

He was the only one who realized the whole late night talk show thing was a pointless waste of time. Good for him. Now he lives in a dumpster.

w/ Keith O. as his roommate.

[Whitey McTeeth]

Craig Kilborn's delivery was as if he was telling an inside joke at ALL times.

[Norah]

Craig Kilborn left two shows in a row and was immediately replaced by someone immensely more talented.

[zeb]

He can still be witty without being overbearingly facetious. His Comedy Central schtick is just a different outfit. He's still Colbert. I'm excited.

This guy knows what he is talking about.

[BurtReynolds]

Killborn looks like a blonde Josh Homme.

[Biff Pocoroba]

Rush Limbaugh isn't happy about the choice:

Rush Limbaugh wasted no time Thursday responding to the news that Stephen Colbert would replace David Letterman on CBS’ “The Late Show,” and the conservative talk radio host not happy about the choice.

In fact, Limbaugh said, he thinks the network has “declared war on the heartland of America” by hiring Colbert, whose Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report” regularly spoofs the conservative movement that Limbaugh has spearheaded.

“You really care what I think about that?” Limbaugh said on Thursday's edition of “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” when the topic was broached. “Well, I'll give you the short version: CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America.”

Limbaugh went on to suggest that the late-night landscape — and in fact comedy as a whole — will now launch a full-scale attack on “traditional American values.”

“No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values … now it's just wide out in the open,” Limbaugh warned. “What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny, and a redefinition of what is comedy. They're blowing up the 11:30 format under the guise that the world's changing, and people don't want the kind of comedy that Carson gave us, or even Letterman. It's media planting a flag here … it's a declaration.”

[Norah]

What is he, high?

[Harry Lime]

He can still be witty without being overbearingly facetious. His Comedy Central schtick is just a different outfit. He's still Colbert. I'm excited.

This guy knows what he is talking about.

zeb, i think you're the first one to have noticed me in this thread.

[Dev]

the funny thing is that letterman had obviously liberal leanings in the first place. honestly rush has jimmy fallon to console him in the meantime, isn't that enough?

[Harry Lime]

Oh, Rush.

[zeb]

What is he, high?

Gotta continue to stoke the outrage machine, right?

[zeb]

He can still be witty without being overbearingly facetious. His Comedy Central schtick is just a different outfit. He's still Colbert. I'm excited.

This guy knows what he is talking about.

zeb, i think you're the first one to have noticed me in this thread.

And it has been to the thread's detriment, friend.

[BurtReynolds]

Comedy is destroying our values!

[Dev]

I'm still unconvinced colbert can pull this off, I'm not sure he can pull off the monologue

[McParadigm]

What's the demographics on a show like Late Show? I assume it averages out to be almost as old as a front row Pearl Jam crowd.

[McParadigm]

I'm still unconvinced colbert can pull this off, I'm not sure he can pull off the monologue

Yeah, they tend to be real masterful comedic events, those monologues....

[Norah]

Ferguson's monologues are fantastic.

[Dev]

interview shows can be a pretty interesting format, mcparry. you're dismissing them too easily.

[zeb]

Digm, late night television is important. Be crotchety somewhere else.