Saturday September 05, 2015
Colbert's Guest List is So Personal It Makes Us Wonder Who We Would Choose
First show.
A few weeks ago, the day after Jon Stewart's last “Daily Show,” Patricia and I got rid of our cable box. These days that means TV, which means I won't be able to watch “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” when it debuts next week. Except, as he says in his last pre-show web video, “on the internet.” Even so, I'm afeared of missing it in real time. Have you seen his guest list? Persons of interest (for me) include:
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
- Carol Burnett
His guest list is so eclectic, and seemingly so personal, it made me wonder who *I* would book if I had a choice. And a show. And talent.
I'm thinking:
- Louis CK
- Marion Cotillard
- Joe Henry
Others to book before I get the hook:
- Ricky Gervais
- Jon Stewart
- Stephen Colbert
- Jim Jeffries
- Chris Rock
- Tina Fey
- Philip Roth
- John Irving
- Tobias Wolff
- Milan Kundera
- Toni Morrison
- Bill Bryson
- Jill Lepore
- Martin Scorsese
- Michael Mann
- Terrence Malick
- Jacques Audiard
- The Coen Bros.
- Craig Wright
- Jim Walsh
- David Simon
- Joe Posnanski
- Jane Leavy
- Paul Krugman
- Jelani Cobb
- Jackie Chan
- Penelope Cruz
- Salma Hayek
- Berenice Bejo
- Carey Mulligan
- Steve Earle
- The National
- Iron & Wine
- Paul Simon
- The Decemberists
- John Lewis
- David Boies
- Ron Safer
- ANY U.S. Supreme Court justice, but generally in this order: Stevens (ret.), Ginsburg, Scalia, Sotomayor, Kennedy, Breyer, Roberts, Kagan, Thomas, Alito.
It's endless, really.
What about you? First show.
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