I love this show for the outrageously silly moments, like interacting with Cookie Monster, as well as for the heart-wrenching sincere moments, such as when Stephen speaks about his mother. This finale had silly and sincere crammed into a half hour of wonderful TV. Any fan that invested 9 years in doing their very best to keep up with Stephen's shenanigans must have laughed so much, and teared up even more. I only wish this could have been a full hour finale, just to really give it the gravitas it deserved. I re-watched this finale immediately before the very first Colbert Late Show aired, and it's still so impactful and sad. Members of the Colbert Nation such as myself were instantly hit with Colbert withdrawal, and 9 months later we finally get to have him back!
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A good initial bit, I guess...
yavermbizi13 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
My overall rating of "The Colber Report"'s Season 11: 4/10
So the initial part with Steven at the desk was pretty funny, and what I understand the show to usually be - biting satire and hilarious lampooning of the world's (and USA's) events. However, everything starting with the chessmatch with Death was very stupid, unfunny, and finished with awful singing drowned in crowd's cheers of a bunch of people of whom I recognised only 2-3, with a strange bit at the end.
And I get that this is a farewell episode, but it could've been done better, and more true to the form.
So the initial part with Steven at the desk was pretty funny, and what I understand the show to usually be - biting satire and hilarious lampooning of the world's (and USA's) events. However, everything starting with the chessmatch with Death was very stupid, unfunny, and finished with awful singing drowned in crowd's cheers of a bunch of people of whom I recognised only 2-3, with a strange bit at the end.
And I get that this is a farewell episode, but it could've been done better, and more true to the form.
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