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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is Stephen Colbert the Mark Twain of this age... [View all]
I am sure he writes a good chunk of his stuff simply because of the Persona he carefully built on the Daily Show...
Of course he has a great team of writers behind him and Twain did all of his writing. But if you compare the total amount Twain created over his years as an Entertainer with Colbert's 13 or so years of creating at least 100 daily shows each year, well, you would have to say Colbert is at the very least in Twain's league.
So, I think it is safe to say that Colbert, and not to forget Jon Stewart, are both a national treasure and make the madness coming out from our political, media and business leaders a little less bitter by giving us the chance to laugh. Otherwise, so we could easily go crazy.
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Laughter is absolutely essential, esp. during our days of national madness...
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2013
#1
I am meerly poiting out that Colbert, as was Twain, the premier satarists of their time...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#10
It is no insult to Colbert to say he is no Twain; Twain was beyond all superlatives
REP
Aug 2013
#12
Well when you lose all your money in bad investments and you bury two of your daughters...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#20
I'd say he is more like the Will Rogers of our time, Twain was a novelist and story teller as well
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
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