Posted on 01/09/2016 7:46:11 AM PST by oblomov
No one misses David Letterman ... except perhaps Rupert Jee.
Miffed about the absence of tomato in his B.L.T., new host of "The Late Show" Stephen Colbert toted a blow-up photograph of his sandwich to its place of origin, Hello Deli, to give shop-owner Rupert Jee a piece of his mind.
"It's bacon, lettuce, tomato — the recipe is right in the name! The lack of tomato isn't just an insult to centuries of B.L.T. craftsmen who died toasting bread at Gettysburg; it's an insult to me personally," Colbert said, in segment on Thursday's night's episode.
"Stephen, I'm sorry," Jee said.
"I wish sorry put tomato on a sandwich," Colbert retorted.
Regular appearances on "The Late Show" during the David Letterman era made a tourist destination out of Jee's business, which is next door to the Ed Sullivan Theater where the CBS show is filmed.
After Letterman's departure, many wondered if Colbert would continue the tradition of featuring the deli, though Jee preferred not to speculate on the issue during an interview with DNAinfo prior to Colbert's debut in September 2015.
But Colbert had other gripes with Hello Deli. The comedian objected to "The Colbert," a sammie that Jee renamed in his honor in August, a month before the debut of the new "Late Show." The sandwich had once been called "The Paul Shaffer," after the former "Late Show" musical director.
"What is it about me that reminds you of Paul Shaffer?" Colbert asked a distressed-looking Jee, who denied any correlation.
Jee proffered a bag of chips as consolation.
"Okay, I forgive you," Colbert said before ushering his camera team out the door.
No ratings.
Mean and funny isn’t funny. Typical liberal outlook on life though. There’s something wrong with everything.
Sounds like the show is about to go under.
Oh, hilarious!
Not!
This fool is about as funny as a wagon load of dead babies in a Mother's Day parade.
How long is CBS going to keep this turd around?
“Okay, I forgive you,” Colbert said before ushering his camera team out the door.
What an utterly reprehensible ass.
A Colbert Sandwich? Would that be a turd between two slices of bread?
“This fool is about as funny as a wagon load of dead babies in a Mother’s Day parade.”
You mean the Planed Parenthood parade float.
Whiny-ass D.C. douchebag. Never seen him on LS. Not worthy of my time.
At least, the shop owner creates sandwiches.
What does Col-bore create besides leftist, nasty and unfunny words!
Leni
Neither Colbert nor Jee have ever lived in the DC metro area. Who are you talking about?
Colbert was born in D.C.
You are reading way too much into a silly gag on late night TV. Colbert may well be a reprehensible ass, but this wasn't an example of that. It was a gag, and Rupert was in on it.
Ya’ mean someone was watching this moron’s show? Really?
The real question is why does Colbert pick on brown people so much.....
What a superior choice for late nite, Les. Has Summer taken you to the woodshed yet? Colbert is a total asshat.
Tell Colbert it’s not that he reminds anyone of Paul Schaffer: it’s the HAM in the sandwich...
Next time the guy should send him an A.S.S.(anchovies,salami and swiss) sandwich, tell him he’s added it to the menu and called it the Colbert.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
“but this wasn’t an example of that.”
So, this is an example of Colbert pretending to be what he
really is? Well I have to say he’s pretty good at acting like himself.
You know, I really don’t care. He’s a liberal, therefore an
ass simply by existence. I don’t watch him because I do my
best not to support liberalism and people with that frame of mind.
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