O'Reilly on Colbert
 

Did anyone else just catch that? Did O'reilly come across as the biggest ass around, or what? I mean, politicians across the board come on the show and do fine, but he came across as an arrogant blowhard (which I suppose, is not much of an achievement). :D

So he was himself on the show?

I wonder if you may have brought that opinion with you rather than taking it from the actual show, because that's an interesting "spin" (pun intended) ... considering this little tidbit:
"Colbert turned to the studio audience as he exited the stage and said, finally out of character: "He seems like a nice enough guy.""

Colbert, meanwhile, stole the microwave from the Fox Studios break room (and no, I'm not making that up).

I'll have to watch the replay tonight. I assumed going in that Colbert was going to completely fluster O'Reilly with his sarcastic character, to which O'Reilly would either be unable to appropriately respond or come off looking like an ass trying to respond.

BTW, JIMG, what is that quote from?

Mainstream wire service article that cleared last night after the shows. From reading that (and a couple of other pieces that I read around the 'net in advance of last night), I'm under the impression that the Colbert quote is genuine. Seems, however odd it may sound, that he really does like O'Reilly fairly well.

Anyhoo, here's some linkage on the one I quoted:
http://apnews.myway.com//article/200...D8MOBRE00.html

Colbert and O'Reilly both play characters in order to get ratings.

Colbert is just a bit more obvious about it.

Quoted for truthiness...

O'Reilly was kind of funny in places (saying it was a big mistake for him to come on Colbert's show). He clearly struggled with not being in control initially (saying "yeah" or making other noises when Colbert finished a sentence as though he were conducting the interview), but seemed to get into the flow. He said some pretty odd things that I think he meant to be funny that didn't come off right. But all and all, I didn't think it showed a different O'Reilly and I thought it was a decent, if not great, showing.

I haven't seen O'Reilly on Colbert yet, but I did watch Colbert on O'Reilly. It was pretty lame. O'Reilly just going on and on and on and on about the "Colbear" vs. "ColbERT" distinction. Which is it? Is it French? I don't want a Frenchman here... blah, blah, blah.

I agree that Colbert on O'Reilly was pretty bad. That makes sense to me, though, since O'Reilly's show isn't intentionally funny and O'Reilly didn't have any "substance" to his questioning of Colbert. So, it just ended up being pretty boring.

Honestly Jon, I've seen many guys more right of center than O'Reilly on both that show and the Daily Show - Irving Kristol comes to mind, as has Zell Miller and a couple of others. Most of them have dealt with it pretty well - the show has a Democrat bent, and its genuinely going to be harder for them. Just my take, but O'Reilly seemed more uncomfortable (and I guess its a parody of him, so he might be) than anyone else I've seen on the show. :twocents:

I saw O'Reilly on Letterman about a month or so ago and he looked very uncomfortable. And Dave seemed to be really going after him like you wouldn't normally do to a guest. I am not a big Letterman watcher so maybe him and Dave are always like this, but it was a very interesting but uneasy interview.

Dave is a closet liberal. He plays it close to the vest for the most part, but he didn't do very well in the O'Reilly interview. He let his personal opinions get the best of him and made it into an attack more than an interview, which it really should have been.

Its the Late Show with David Letterman. I am guessing that within reason he can interview how he wants.

Certainly he can. But he risks alienating a part of his audience, which is never a good idea. The late night shows are suppose to be funny and provide good interviews of the guest. I laugh all the time when he has various administration officials like Bush and Rumsfeld because some of his clips are extremely amusing. With that said, I don't watch it to listen to his political views. He's there to ask the questions and make humorous remarks, not to state his political opinions and attack guests. Leave that to the news channel hosts.

Letterman is there to get ratings, by any (FCC & CBS approved) means necessary.