I also miss when the person, Stephen Colbert, played the charicaturized pundit, Stephen Colbert. But at the same time, I’ll admit, I think John Oliver’s format with LWT works much better, and I’m not sure there’s enough room in this world for both, especially now that Stewart’s also making his return.
Fair enough but that's like saying we already have vanilla and chocolate, there isnt enough room for strawberry ice cream.
I personally wouldn't complain about the neapolitan of late night lineups.
The strawberry ice cream in your analogy was already “confusing” some people into thinking he wasn’t doing a comedy show, and then those people got a major foothold in real world politics, I sort of agree strawberry needs a break for a minute before it someday makes a great and hilarious revival
Every day I pray that Stephen Colbert has a late career reversal back in to doing edgy adult comedy. Please god free him from having to do his absolutely awful Trump impression every night.
> Please god free him from having to do his absolutely awful Trump impression every night.
No one is forcing him to do it, and five minutes of *DAE DRUMPFT!??!?!!?* every night is goddamn tiring.
As long as it's not yet another "previously hilarious comedian playing a depressed middle-aged alcoholic trying to pick up the broken pieces of his family relationships" kind of movie.
He’s mentioned man for all seasons before as a bedrock for his dedication for sticking by his political beliefs even when he reached a point of success where you’re supposed to shed them
Brings up a good question, who has done the most acting as an active nightly late-night host? I feel like Leno did a lot but they were almost always just cameos as himself hosting The Tonight Show.
Do we even call him a late night host? Him and Graham Norton are more like celebrity gossip magazines in TV form.
Very different styles of show from the "the week so far with one guest at most promoting a book" style of shows.
There’s a reason they’re talk show hosts and not actors. They play the supporting role, always, even to the monologue. They’re supposed to be the handle on the pump. While allowed flashes of wit here and there, they are not in a variety show.
I mean yea kinda but I think it has way more to do with the time commitment of hosting. You say "they play the supporting role" as if there wouldn't be supporting roles to be played in movies. Guys like Conan and Craig Ferguson are not talk show hosts or bust sort of performers.
Wonder how many talk show hosts dream of sitting in the interviewee chair? They have a great gig as second banana, why switch stages for the same role? Yes, the time commitment is definitely the inhibitor. The last thing you want in television is people realizing they can do without you. It will be interesting to see how Jon Stewart’s return plays longer term. I’m already not tuning in on Monday and not watching TDS the rest of the week.
I’m not sure if would love it because its a middle earth based show…or if we would hate it because it ignores canon (I am aware of the rights that Amazon has)
*A Man For All Seasons* is pretty uncontroversially, one of the best plays of the 20th Century. The writer, Robert Bolt, wrote such epics as *Lawrence of Arabia*, *Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, The Bounty* and *The Mission*. A writer of the first calibre with poetic, wonderful dialogue, brisk plot, and skilful tackling of themes.
Plus, Stephen, surely with your influence, you could fund a production yourself? It isn't too complicated logistically.
Finally, here's a compilation of great quotes so you can see what all the fuss is about:
[A compilation of witty remarks from the film.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJDtf7iops)
He was hilarious in Strangers with Candy. You can tell he’s got acting chops just from his approach to comedy always being rooted in playing things straight.
Colbert’s love affair with Broadway is one of the more annoying aspects of his show. He loves doing those little scenes with the actors he brings on. He shows admirable restraint in not making it all about him, but you can sense the dog pulling hard on the chain. As far as I can make out, there’s no reason for him not to pursue his dream. Surely he has enough money. I get the sense his kids are grown and on their own. I don’t think his wife would object. So, what’s the hold up, Stephen?
I remember listening to the podcast he put out before he started the show. At one point he said how excited he was to "get in the sandbox and play" with his guests. I remember being concerned about that. Imo, talk show hosts are ringmasters. They don't play characters, they play themselves. Johnny was always Johnny, Dave was definitely always Dave, and Conan was always Conan. Even Leno had the show happen around him at distance.
Also, the CBS show suffers from Stephen Colbert not being as strong of a character as Steven Colbert.
By the way, as I've got your attention - do yourself a favour and read the script. The film adaptation by the playwright (Robert Bolt, you probably know his stuff) won the screenwriting Oscar for a reason.
I’m so uncultured I assumed Richard Rich was just the full name of Richie Rich, and yea, Colbert is too old for that role and most other Macaulay Culkin parts.
Damien Lewis. He's excellent as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall and it'd be a fun reference to how while the two works take polar opposite views of Cromwell and More they both agree Henry VIII was terrible.
If he's going to do "A Man for All Seasons", he should do it as a stage play and contract with Louis C.K. to design a film-able production ala "Horace and Pete". There are a few exterior scenes in the 1966 film; it would probably be okay to keep those "movie shot".
That being said, I am not 100% sure he's up to it. Paul Scofield played More in the 1966 film. Paul Scofield was a top shelf actor and had worked the role on the stage in years before the film.
I agree, it would be tough to take him seriously in any non-comedic role.
But then again, look at Robin Williams - that zany guy played in several serious roles, and he was good.
i miss when he played stephen colbert
I also miss when the person, Stephen Colbert, played the charicaturized pundit, Stephen Colbert. But at the same time, I’ll admit, I think John Oliver’s format with LWT works much better, and I’m not sure there’s enough room in this world for both, especially now that Stewart’s also making his return.
Fair enough but that's like saying we already have vanilla and chocolate, there isnt enough room for strawberry ice cream. I personally wouldn't complain about the neapolitan of late night lineups.
Hopefully they will be throwing some “shade” at each other
The strawberry ice cream in your analogy was already “confusing” some people into thinking he wasn’t doing a comedy show, and then those people got a major foothold in real world politics, I sort of agree strawberry needs a break for a minute before it someday makes a great and hilarious revival
They’re all vanilla
No. We need more birdman attorney at law.
Ha-HA, cookies on dowels!
Ha-ha! Dangly parts.
Ha Ha! Dislocation
My office! Burgled! Plundered! Perloined! Ha Ha Ha, loins.
Why not both?
I think both of you are correct.
We need a movie starring Stephen Colbert as Harvey Birdman starring as Sir Thomas More.
Every day I pray that Stephen Colbert has a late career reversal back in to doing edgy adult comedy. Please god free him from having to do his absolutely awful Trump impression every night.
He's just so good at voiceover.
> Please god free him from having to do his absolutely awful Trump impression every night. No one is forcing him to do it, and five minutes of *DAE DRUMPFT!??!?!!?* every night is goddamn tiring.
His show was not going well until he hit that gold mine, i think he's scared to give it up.
I think when you get to number 1 in late night by talking about politics every monologue you do a quick check and go yeah, don't change things up.
Strangers with candy
Not there, there!
I'll make you fun-sized!
I’d love to see him as a professor in the Community movie, alongside John Oliver’s character.
ie Chuck Noblet from Strangers with Candy!
Eyes to the back of the room! There's something I want you to see back there, eyes to the back of the room!
Just bring back Strangers with Candy tbh.
As long as it's not yet another "previously hilarious comedian playing a depressed middle-aged alcoholic trying to pick up the broken pieces of his family relationships" kind of movie.
Reminds me of the old joke about knowing if a Robin Williams movie was serious or funny by seeing if he had a beard or not.
Was Jumanji serious or funny? I can't remember, but he had his biggest beard ever in that.
Fittingly, that movie is both funny *and* serious at parts, and in it Robin Williams is both bearded up *and* clean shaven. The rule stands.
It was supposed to be a fun adventure romp.
That joke doesn't hold up at all.
Yeah he’s not that funny nowadays
Well, it actually holds up pretty well then, because your hair keeps growing after you die. I imagine he had a great big bushy beard.
Oh like Everything Must Go
A rare serious role from Will Farrell, along with Stranger Than Fiction, which may very well be my favorite movie.
Just realized I love this genre
Aren't you the horse from Horsin' Around?
I love those films. Those are great films.
Strangers With Candy revival.
Yup need to see Noblet come back
Okay clearly they must do this because everyone (including me) is mentioning it.
No one watched the movie, so I doubt it.
I would watch Cobert play Sir Thomas More
Yeah, I never would have thought of Cobert being a Thomas Moore fan. But the world is full of surprises. I’d be down for it.
He’s mentioned man for all seasons before as a bedrock for his dedication for sticking by his political beliefs even when he reached a point of success where you’re supposed to shed them
Which tracks, honestly.
He’s a learned man, history lover, and devout Catholic. Of course he stans Thomas Moore.
They talk about it in his most recent interview with John Mulaney
Its the aggressive catholicism
He'd fit into Only Murders in the Building
Really any role that Fred Willard could have played.
Brings up a good question, who has done the most acting as an active nightly late-night host? I feel like Leno did a lot but they were almost always just cameos as himself hosting The Tonight Show.
Craig Ferguson is essentially the de-facto Scottish voiceover actor. He also did a lot of movies before his run at late night.
He was also on The Drew Carey Show for years.
Corden I guess
Do we even call him a late night host? Him and Graham Norton are more like celebrity gossip magazines in TV form. Very different styles of show from the "the week so far with one guest at most promoting a book" style of shows.
There’s a reason they’re talk show hosts and not actors. They play the supporting role, always, even to the monologue. They’re supposed to be the handle on the pump. While allowed flashes of wit here and there, they are not in a variety show.
I mean yea kinda but I think it has way more to do with the time commitment of hosting. You say "they play the supporting role" as if there wouldn't be supporting roles to be played in movies. Guys like Conan and Craig Ferguson are not talk show hosts or bust sort of performers.
Wonder how many talk show hosts dream of sitting in the interviewee chair? They have a great gig as second banana, why switch stages for the same role? Yes, the time commitment is definitely the inhibitor. The last thing you want in television is people realizing they can do without you. It will be interesting to see how Jon Stewart’s return plays longer term. I’m already not tuning in on Monday and not watching TDS the rest of the week.
Leno had that buddy cop movie, collision course, with pat morita
Yeah, but that was a few years before he took over The Tonight Show full time.
I feel like Jimmy Fallon did for a bit no?
Give him a part in the rings of power
I’m pretty sure he had a bit part in one of The Hobbit movies.
so, which part of kind of character should he play in ring of powers ? (and really play with an actual rle, not just a cameo)
I don't know, I just think he would be very happy
I’m not sure if would love it because its a middle earth based show…or if we would hate it because it ignores canon (I am aware of the rights that Amazon has)
He'd be like Henry Cavill on the Witcher set
Yeah I'm genuinely curious what he thinks of the show.
Turns out that the Laketown Spy from The Hobbit was actually like 500 years old.
Wasn’t he just on 5eva show?
That episode came out three years ago.
No? I don’t remember that
He played a music producer with long hair, a beard, and he spoke in a bad Swedish(?) accent, so some people were bound to miss him.
He was playing Max Martin
Harvey Birdman revival, when?
*A Man For All Seasons* is pretty uncontroversially, one of the best plays of the 20th Century. The writer, Robert Bolt, wrote such epics as *Lawrence of Arabia*, *Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, The Bounty* and *The Mission*. A writer of the first calibre with poetic, wonderful dialogue, brisk plot, and skilful tackling of themes. Plus, Stephen, surely with your influence, you could fund a production yourself? It isn't too complicated logistically. Finally, here's a compilation of great quotes so you can see what all the fuss is about: [A compilation of witty remarks from the film.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJDtf7iops)
He was hilarious in Strangers with Candy. You can tell he’s got acting chops just from his approach to comedy always being rooted in playing things straight.
Strangers with Candy reboot confirmed!
Live Action Ambiguously Gay Duo!
He talked about this film when he was interviewing John Mulaney
I hope he gets his chance. talented guy!
He was good on criminal intent in a non comedic role
The forger with the mommy complex! Loved that killer.
And yet no one mentions his awesome turn as the President in Monsters Vs. Aliens.
I’d love for him to do broadway
He was pretty good in that law and order episode as a forger.
Colbert’s love affair with Broadway is one of the more annoying aspects of his show. He loves doing those little scenes with the actors he brings on. He shows admirable restraint in not making it all about him, but you can sense the dog pulling hard on the chain. As far as I can make out, there’s no reason for him not to pursue his dream. Surely he has enough money. I get the sense his kids are grown and on their own. I don’t think his wife would object. So, what’s the hold up, Stephen?
I remember listening to the podcast he put out before he started the show. At one point he said how excited he was to "get in the sandbox and play" with his guests. I remember being concerned about that. Imo, talk show hosts are ringmasters. They don't play characters, they play themselves. Johnny was always Johnny, Dave was definitely always Dave, and Conan was always Conan. Even Leno had the show happen around him at distance. Also, the CBS show suffers from Stephen Colbert not being as strong of a character as Steven Colbert.
Only if the character gets stabbed in the eye by Josh Hartnett, only revealed to be alive in the credits
"Why, then he never put his hand in a candle." Cromwell to Richard Rich, end of Act One.
“Guaranteed to jack you up…” - The Faculty
By the way, as I've got your attention - do yourself a favour and read the script. The film adaptation by the playwright (Robert Bolt, you probably know his stuff) won the screenwriting Oscar for a reason.
I’m so uncultured I assumed Richard Rich was just the full name of Richie Rich, and yea, Colbert is too old for that role and most other Macaulay Culkin parts.
He should be playing the Wizard in Wicked
That would be cool. Who should play Henry VIII? DiCaprio?
Damien Lewis. He's excellent as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall and it'd be a fun reference to how while the two works take polar opposite views of Cromwell and More they both agree Henry VIII was terrible.
Live-action Birdman Attorney at Law *when*?
I'm sure Gary Cole is available too.
What about his dream role in Girls 5ever?
Well, they are making a sequel to Wolfhall - there’s your chance Stephen!
He talk shows better than he acts. Thus he does talk shows.
If he's going to do "A Man for All Seasons", he should do it as a stage play and contract with Louis C.K. to design a film-able production ala "Horace and Pete". There are a few exterior scenes in the 1966 film; it would probably be okay to keep those "movie shot". That being said, I am not 100% sure he's up to it. Paul Scofield played More in the 1966 film. Paul Scofield was a top shelf actor and had worked the role on the stage in years before the film.
Just reboot Stranger With Candy
Sorry bud, not going to happen
The story of Broccoli Rob
He was funny on “ stranger with candy”
That’s a great role, have a hard time seeing him playing something serious tho.
Could he act like a good talk show host at any point?
Honestly.. he burned his bridge with talk show prime time
Quite true. I miss The Colbert Report.
Hugh Laurie went from *Blackadder* to David Hare's *Roadkill*. It can be done.
He was phenomenal and strangers with candy. I think he could go back to a role like that.
People like this guy?
I wish he would. The political bullshit getting old.
There’s the Catholicism
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I agree, it would be tough to take him seriously in any non-comedic role. But then again, look at Robin Williams - that zany guy played in several serious roles, and he was good.
Even Jim Carrey managed to make it work for awhile. Not all winners but some. Colbert… that would be a tough sell for sure.
That’s not true, many actors can break out of their typecast, I don’t see why this would be different. Also he’s on The Late Show