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‘Our nightly sanity check’: readers on their memories of Stephen Colbert and The Late Show
After the long-running late-night institution ended last week, Guardian readers have been sharing their fondest memories of the show and its much-loved host The show might go on: what happens to late-night TV without Stephen Colbert? Stephen doesn’t know that he was my Covid buddy. I’d sent my daughter to her dad’s house in rural Scotland so he was my evening companion and kept me sane. I know he was speaking to me directly but it felt like there was another person muddling through with me. I loved his wit, charm and an American perspective. I stayed with him ever since (on YouTube). A reminder that not all Americans are represented by Maga and that there is still an intelligent and witty America out there, a candle of light in the darkening chaos. He’s charmed me, made me think and I’ll miss him more than a stranger reasonably should. Alice, London Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘Our nightly sanity check’: readers on their memories of Stephen Colbert and The Late Show, After the long-running late-night institution ended last week, Guardian readers have been sharing their fondest memories of the show and its much-loved host The show might go on: what happens to late-night TV without Stephen Colbert? Stephen doesn’t know that he was my Covid buddy. I’d sent my daughter to her dad’s house in rural Scotland so he was my evening companion and kept me sane. I know he was speaking to me directly but it felt like there was another person muddling through with me. I loved his wit, charm and an American perspective. I stayed with him ever since (on YouTube). A reminder that not all Americans are represented by Maga and that there is still an intelligent and witty America out there, a candle of light in the darkening chaos. He’s charmed me, made me think and I’ll miss him more than a stranger reasonably should. Alice, London Continue reading…
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