[Joke] The Best Comedian/Pundit -- Stephen Colbert

[ayuperfect (還是在回憶裡好好待著吧)]

        Honestly speaking, in the past when I did not pay much

attention to the complicated global news or my poor English level,

I used to frown upon Stephen Colbert from "The Colbert Report."

Not only that he always toyed with his interviewed guests, but

also that he always talked a lot of what sounded to be total

bias and nonsense.


        After a couple of years, however, my view about Colbert

has completely changed.  I even began to think that he might have

surpassed his buddy and senior colleague Jon Stewart.  For those

who might not know Stewart, he is the host of Comedy Central's

"The Daily Show" from 1999 to present, and he has also hosted

two of the Oscar ceremonies.  Stewart's style is more direct as

he joked about or criticized his targets.  For example, recently a

politician attended a public event against gay marriage, and said

that as leaders should be moral, thus he as a leader believes that

he should protect the moral values.  Of course, that politician's

implying that gay marriage is an immoral practice.  To respond,

Stewart showed a video clip in which the same "morally righteous"

politician was caught smoking illegal substance and looking

undressed in a room with another female who apparently was not

his wife.  At this point, Stewart only needed to add a few funny

comments, but the audience usually have already laughed all over

the floor.

        Colbert has an entirely different approach than Stewart's

by pretending to support his targets, but actually making the

targets look bad in a very clever way.  Because I could not really

tell if Colbert was being serious or sarcastic, I used to mistake

him for an inconsiderate and pompous person.  But in a democratic

and free-speech society, it is natural to have different points

of view, so I just let him be.  However, ever since I began to

realize that Colbert was actually being sarcastic, and that he

could even do so with a straight face and a steady pace, I can

never help but give him more applause and respect.  For instance,

the following links that provide one of his recent shows are

a great representation of Colbert's talents.


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http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Colbert-Report/94816/1117259302/The-Colbert-
Report-5709/videos

http://0rz.tw/oe2Ec for your convenience


http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?
episodeId=226991

http://0rz.tw/O39Hq also for your convenience

both videos show the same content, but for some reason, users from Taiwan

 might not be able to open some of the files from fancast.com )



Because I should not type Chinese here, I will not provide the

translation (and the visitors of this board most likely will not need

it anyway).  But I will point out a few places where the viewers

should not miss, and they start at 01:30 and 05:32 (the latter goes

on longer but it is definitely worth it).


        Besides Stephen Colbert, I have never seen another comedian

who can hold a straight face and pretend as a supporter of the opposite

side, while telling the most hilariously absurd jokes for the entire 30

minutes of his show with almost no slipping or cracking up.  Colbert

is undoubtedly the master of witty sarcasm, and I can only hope that

one day there may be a Taiwanese performer who is as entertaining and

ingenious as Stephen Colbert.





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