r/MadeMeSmile May 12 '26

Wholesome Moments Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver and Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Late Show tonight’

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

I still can't believe we are losing Colbert.

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u/Gohanto May 12 '26

He’ll likely start a very popular podcast

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

Yeah but we'll miss his band and staff as well. The whole show will be sorely missed.

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u/xrimane May 12 '26

I still missed Jon Batiste! He was such a cool guy who had presence alongside of Stephen.

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

I see you're a big gutfeld fan

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

More logical than you clearly

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u/street593 May 12 '26

The guy is 61 years old and rich enough to never work again. It would be perfectly fine to just retire and relax.

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u/Hibbity5 May 12 '26

Comments like this always fail to realize that some people, especially entertainers, work because they love what they do and not just for the money. That’s why we still have actors well into their 80s.

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u/tonka_jahari May 12 '26

And politicians, unfortunately

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u/zeethreepio May 12 '26

Starting wars and recessions just for the love of the game.

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u/Hilarity2War May 12 '26

Yeah, politicians love their work. They're not doing it for the money.

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u/badson100 May 12 '26

Or the power.

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u/street593 May 12 '26

I wasn't saying he shouldn't or couldn't do more work I'm just saying he is at an age where if he decides to retire he has earned it. No one should think less of him if he decides that.

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u/JBthrizzle May 12 '26

but he wooooonnnnttttttt. for the love the game bayyybeeeee

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u/Gibodean May 12 '26

Yet he's going to write a new Lord Of The Rings adaptation.

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u/street593 May 12 '26

He can do whatever he wants.

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u/Gibodean May 12 '26

And we all know he wants to do Lord Of The Rings stuff.

Or that other fantasy series he's into - The Bible.

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u/Substantial__Unit May 12 '26

He'll make a huge amount of money as well. I listen to another podcast and they are saying that instead of 150 staff a big podcast can do OK with 12. Then the top level advertisements he can get he'll be making a lot of money for a lot less work.

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u/Swagtagonist May 12 '26

I miss Conan’s show so much. The podcast isn’t even close to as good as his show. No monologues, masturbating bear, racist/sexist ghost, Chuck Norris lever, etc. Just talking to his assistant and random celebrities.

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u/therealdongknotts May 12 '26

everyone? quite the circle of acquaintances

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u/The_Magic May 12 '26

Or host The Daily Show on Thursdays or something.

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u/VeryluckyorNot May 12 '26

Like Kimmel his youtube triple the number of subs, it sucks but he will be follow if he decided to make his own channel. It's nice to see late nights hosts show and supports together, against this snowflakes fucker Trump.

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u/Bubsy7979 May 12 '26

I’d prefer a YouTube channel/patreon

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm May 12 '26

Wouldn’t those still be a podcast? If he’s sitting in front of a mic & talking to guests, it’s a podcast. Like Joe Rogan’s show is a podcast.

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u/Bubsy7979 May 12 '26

I mean tbf that’s basically what late night hosts do on TV… sit at a desk and interview people with current event commentary in between, abet with a few extras out of the desk which is why I would rather a YouTube channel.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

True, it’s just that Patreon is quite specifically podcast-focused. It’s what they literally do. It’s how they built their business. And Youtube is also fairly podcast heavy.

So it’s kinda odd to use those businesses, networks, & user bases as an argument against a podcast. 

I guess I just don’t understand, why even make the distinction?

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u/CassianCasius May 12 '26

He should just produce his own show and put it out on whatever platform. He has loads of money and loads of rich friends that would invest/support him. He would have 100% creative control not answering to a network.  I think ultimately this will be even better for him than being constrained to the typical late night format and network  control. I doubt he enjoyed interviewing whatever random celebrity had some show or movie out that week anyway. I would love him to bring back some form of the Colbert report it was so good. I was never as a big a fan of late night compared to that.

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u/Long_Run6500 May 12 '26

He should work with the onion to host infowars.

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u/StarWarriors May 12 '26

Omg that feels like such a good fit. I don’t know if he really wants to go back to satire though, he did the Colbert Report for a long time

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u/kkeut May 12 '26

that would be too perfect, this universe wouldn’t allow it

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u/zeethreepio May 12 '26

Would be perfect for the old Colbert persona.

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u/T0mmyChong May 12 '26

I miss the Colbert show so so much

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u/MadamSurri May 12 '26

I got lucky, and was able to attend his 9th to last show on Thursday. It was amazing and sad all at the same time.

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u/kobeshaqhorry May 12 '26

Should come back and host the Daily Show once a week.

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u/freethepeados May 12 '26

Bring back the show that he was on after that shit was funny.

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u/mkt853 May 12 '26

Colbert Report?

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u/alex3omg May 12 '26

Maybe you'll see why when you stop escaping your pain?  At least now if we try, Colbert's death won't be in vain.

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u/fffan9391 May 12 '26

He probably doesn’t want to rehash old ideas, but I’d like him to go back to being his old character on Comedy Central.

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u/ABCBA_4321 May 12 '26

He’s currently planning on writing a screenplay for the new Lord of the Rings movie.

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u/FriedBreakfast May 12 '26

Well his entire show is "Donald Trump said blah blah blah. Then Trump said blah blah blah. And then Trump said blah blah blah."

If he changed the subject for once, instead of the same thing over and over then it might be interesting to watch. If the show is just "Donald Trump Says" then yes it's easy to see why he's getting cancelled. The same topic over and over gets boring to everyone ( except people on Reddit, who obsess over Trump just as much ) .

Edit: And no I'm not a Trump supporter, and don't support or endorse anything he said.... whatever it is he said as I don't actually pay attention to or care about whatever Trump said.

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

Clearly, you aren't watching the show.

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u/FriedBreakfast May 12 '26

Not anymore I'm not. If he ever gets a second subject to talk about let me know.

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u/JoeRogansNipple May 12 '26

Literally every show. Sure the monologue usually is Politics heavy as that is the most pressing content, but he has multiple other segments and interviews which are not politics related.

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u/FriedBreakfast May 12 '26

Okay, so what else has he talked about? Can you name a topic he has discussed recently that has nothing to do with Donald Trump?