I just watched a replay of it on C-SPAN. The President and the impersonator were terrific. Colbert was pretty good, but the venue makes it difficult for a large crowd to whoop it up. The tape production that Colbert presented was excellent, imo.
Wow, I came away with a different impression. I watched it last night and thought Colbert was not that good because his jokes seemed to be too small minded. He was funny when he first talked about the head vs gut, but then it was time to move onto something else. :-) The beauty of liberty is that there's something for everyone.
Captain Ed was watching Fox and he gave this perspective
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006875.php
You and I must have been watching a different guy. Almost 100% of last night's live thread freeper comments were devastatingly critical of this unfunny excuse for a comedian.
A lot of us had to turn the TV off or walk out of the room. It was excrutiating and embarrassing to watch him try unsuccessfully to be humorous and even relevant.
Freepers are an extremely upbeat, witty and humorous lot. They laugh at good material even though it may be at the expense of themselves or conservatism. Liberals are humorless, and the only thing that gets them to laugh is bad, downbeat, negative humor.
Liberals were laughing at this pathetic little lefty last night.....conservatives were not.
Leni