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Colbert's Cancellation and Fake Late Night Guests

from Epstein Updates & Dinner in DC | The Tim Dillon Show #453 · #453

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Tim discusses the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert amid claims it's tied to CBS settling a Trump lawsuit, then riffs extensively on how late night guests are unknown non-celebrities and how tourists just want to see JLo, fat people, or pedophiles in America.

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  • Stephen Colbert is being cancelled amid claims it's retaliation for criticizing CBS's Trump settlement.
  • Bernie Sanders put out a statement saying the decision was because Colbert had the temerity to criticize Trump.
  • Late night shows feel like they're on their way out and might not exist in five years.
  • Hosts do banter with guests nobody in the audience knows or has ever heard of.
  • Tim describes a fake late-night guest promoting a show called Carolina Blue with a six-year gap between seasons.
  • The guest explains the show is on Hulu Plus and describes its plot about a beachside town in Carolina.
  • Tourists from Sweden come to the Ed Sullivan Theater expecting to see celebrities like JLo, not unknown comedians with thousands of followers.
  • Colbert interviews a comedian with 8,700 followers who's on an Amazon show nobody watched.
  • International tourists want to see celebrities and dramatic moments, not hear about unknown non-binary poker players from Oklahoma.
  • Tim questions whether the Trump lawsuit was the actual reason CBS fired Colbert to appease Trump.
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Stephen ColbertCBSDonald Trumplate night televisionBernie SandersJLoGreg GutfeldEd Sullivan Theater

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