By Michael Starr. September 17, pm Updated September 17, pm. That meant riffing on his favorite target: POTUS, whose election has vaulted his CBS show, with its laser-like focus on politics, to first-place late-night prominence. At the same time, Colbert ironically knew his audience. Funny, biting stuff, but I was hoping I know, I know that Colbert would keep his monologue focused on prime-time television and leave the potential social commentary wind-baggery to the Emmy winners. President, here is your Emmy.
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Please refresh the page and retry. W estworld fans were in for a treat at last night's Emmys , as host Stephen Colbert performed a skit based on the HBO series, alongside Jeffrey Wright as robot-programmer Bernard. When the robo-Colbert was asked if he had ever questioned the nature of his existence, he quipped: "Every day since November 8. O ther memorable comic set-pieces at Sunday's awards show included a song-and-dance number based on Channel 4's The Handmaid's Tale, and Black Mirror writer Charlie Brooker's quirky acceptance speech, in which he asked the audience to "physically make love". However, one comic skit met with a less positive reception: former White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared onstage, joking about his previous remarks regarding the size of the crowd at President Donald Trump's inauguration. Spicer's comic turn prompted a raft of criticism on social media. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Visit our adblocking instructions page.
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The show focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert , played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot ", is a caricature of televised political pundits. Furthermore, the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs, particularly Fox News 's The O'Reilly Factor. The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Central's The Daily Show , where Colbert acted as a correspondent for the program for several years while developing the character.
A Mormon wife will also want to bring the kids along, and that should be discussed and decided before marriage and before kids. I wish I could reach out to this girl and tell her not to pass up an awesome guy. Who knows, maybe a little lighthearted texting is just the 5 minute break he needs.
