Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Looking Back On Stephen Colbert. http://www.npr.org/2014/12/18/371659078/a-tribute-to-stephen-colbert-a-self-proclaimed-junkie-for-exhaustion
Stephen Colbert is immortal. On his show's final episode, Colbert accidentally shot and killed the Grim Reaper, then declared that he would live forever. Then scores of celebrities appeared, from the Cookie Monster to Paul Krugman, before Colbert departed on a sleigh with Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln and Alex Trebek. Colbert will host "The Late Show" starting next year. Emily Yahr in The Washington Post.
His satire is as devastating now as it was nine years ago. "What we were seeing was the perfect indictment of the world of political punditry, yes, but also a send-up of our inflexibility when it came to opinions, reason and the truth." Hank Stuever in The Washington Post.
But did casual viewers ever get the joke? Political scientists surveyed people after asking them to watch Colbert perform in his character of a conservative talk-show host. Many seemed unsure whether the comedian was kidding or serious. Alice Robb in The New Republic.
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