O'Reilly, meet Colbert
Just as I hoped, YouTube came through:
Colbert on O'Reilly
I thought it was pretty funny, as I noted last night.
O'Reilly on Colbert
When Colbert held up O’Reilly’s book, I thought I was going to lose it. And again, with the photo at the end.
I guess some people were expecting some kind of giant confrontation between the two, and were disappointed. I thought O’Reilly said more than he intended in the second clip when he mock-confessed, “I’m just an act.” To which Colbert replied, “If you’re an act, what am I?” The audience got it, and roared with laughter. Maybe it’s a little too true to be funny, but I’ll take my giggles where I can get them these days.
Comments
I haven't watched Colbert on O'Reilly yet, but I kinda liked Colbert's kinda subtle dig at O'Reilly's sexual harassment suit during "The Colbert Report."
Posted by: Andrea | January 19, 2007 06:54 PM
I thought that was good, too! I think he let O'Reilly off kind of easy. From what I've been reading and hearing on TV today, I guess a lot of people were expecting them to really tear into each other. And so they're disappointed.
Most people do seem to think Colbert totally had his way with The Gasbag, and I think that may be the key to it. Despite his sharp wit, I think Colbert is fundamentally a nice guy; in the words of the old joke, he refused to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Posted by: pat | January 19, 2007 08:35 PM
I think you're probably right. I thought he got some nice subtle digs in, but it wasn't really aggressive and nasty. And there's nothing wrong with that. Who needs aggressive and nasty?
Posted by: Andrea | January 22, 2007 09:48 PM
Apparently Bill O'Reilly does. But I won't get started on that one.
Posted by: pat | January 23, 2007 11:00 AM