I’m with Gerry Geurts here!
We at The Curling News are casual fans of Stephen Colbert‘s new late-night U.S. TV talk show. The veteran host recently took over from David Letterman and is finally portraying himself, and it turns out he is, in fact, oddly warped… something we first suspected from his previous right-wing political persona.
So when Colbert broke down and accepted his writing room’s determination to do something on the never-ending saga of #broomgate #brushgate #broomhaha #brushapalooza #doomandbroom misery – no doubt this past week’s New York Times feature was the last straw – we were optimistic that Colbert and his talented team would deliver.
The verdict? Meh.
In our opinion, the stampede to cliché humour was simply too much… typical, in fact, of U.S. attempts dating back to the late 1990s and early 2000s. That’s right, Stephen, your troops brought old-school corn husks to this here modern comedic battlefield.
We did appreciate the effort, however. And we rather enjoyed, in no particular order:
• The rip on everyone, including Canadian media
• Fish Soccer
• The wireless-controlled curling stone (and backstage hand)
• The shoutout to Gerry Geurts (correct spelling). Stephen is with you, Gerry…
