Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 2/5/20

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[malaise]

1. Brilliant

Thanks

[Rhiannon12866]

3. The Opening was priceless!

[malaise]

5. He nailed Collins

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

Thanks Rhiannon!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I agree, one of his best - and that just may be my favorite Opening!

[denem]

6. 'a skin bag full of writhing tentacles'

that's a our Susan all right

[Rhiannon12866]

8. He does come up with colorful descriptions!

[cp]

7. Superb!

A tonic after the shitstorm.
Thank you, Rhiannon. We all need to hang together, especially now.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Absolutely!

I still can't believe they let Trump have an actual MAGA rally on national TV this afternoon! I'm looking forward to Colbert's take on it, couldn't stand it otherwise...

[2naSalit]

10. Thanks, I needed that!

One for the "special" folder in the archives.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. I think we all need this at this point...

It's been a stressful - and nauseating - couple of days! And you can tell that Stephen Colbert feels the same way...

[2naSalit]

12. Absolutely!

My farm of last year partner, lives across the country and he called to see if I was in despair. I told him pretty much what you just said.

That whole show was wonderful.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I actually had a conversation tonight with someone I hadn't spoken to before

Because he just had to mention how terrible things are now in this country. I knew exactly what he was talking about...