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Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
January 7, 2018
When I first heard Stephen Colbert was moving from Comedy Central to replace David Letterman, I just assumed he’d be doing his “conservative Republican” character from the Colbert Report. That is the only character anyone was familiar with, and people thought it was actually him. He appeared at all times in public using this character. It was even more extreme than Andy Kaufman’s situation – he had a character named “Andy Kaufman,” but also played other characters – Colbert just did the one.
So when I heard he was switching to his “actual self” – while still for some reason pronouncing his Irish name as if it were French, which was a part of the character on Comedy Central – I knew that everyone would hate it.
The show was consistently at the bottom of late night ratings for the first several years. He has recently brought back the Comedy Central character, however, and this has led to some increased popularity.
Bring it on, Viacom lawyers. That is Stephen Colbert’s message to Comedy Central over him intermittently reprising his “Colbert Report” character on CBS’ “Late Show.”
On Saturday, TheWrap asked Colbert what the current status is of the rights for the character — and for the old cable late-night show’s trademark segments like “The Word,” which has morphed into “The Werd” on broadcast.
“I don’t know,” he responded. “I just do it when I feel like it — and I would love a lawsuit.”
“It would be fun, you know?” Colbert continued. “It would be great to have somebody go into court and say, ‘You cannot go on stage as someone with your own name. That is illegal. We own your name when you inflect it.’”
While this issue hasn’t gone to court (yet?), the attorneys got involved when Colbert first returned his conservative alter-ego to TV.
“CBS’ top lawyer was contacted by the top lawyer from another company to say that the character Stephen Colbert is their intellectual property,” Colbert said on-air at his new job back in July 2016. “So, it is with a heavy heart, that I announce that — thanks to corporate lawyers — the character of Stephen Colbert, host of ‘The Colbert Report,’ will never be seen again.”
Funny personal story: my elderly grandma commented on this situation after Colbert made the network and character switch. She had enjoyed his show on Comedy Central, but after he switched to CBS she said “he’s really changed – he has gotten so liberal.”
And I don’t think she was alone in having sympathy for the character he was playing, rather than for the cynical motivations behind the character.
It’s similar to Archie Bunker, who was a character created by Jews to mock racist white men that white men actually ended up liking and sympathizing with.
The Jew Norman Lear said that he intended the character to be a bad guy, hated by viewers, and was shocked when he turned into a beloved character.
Carroll O’Conner – like Colbert, a very liberal Irish Catholic – also often appeared publicly in character so as to not insult the fanbase by going on liberal tirades.
