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Haven't been a late night talkshow guy for a long time either, but I tuned in last night anyway. It's Colbert after all.
Nice touch having Jon Stewart show up in the opening sequence. Colbert's shtick later on with the demon idol got old fast and thus ffwd'ed. His oreo-eating-because-of-Trump's-idiocy shtick was simply epic.
Clooney; the non-movie trailer bits were mildly amusing.
Bush; His answer to SC's question regarding what mistakes his brother GDubya made and what he'd do different was the high point for me. Jeb may be the front-running 'serious' GOP hopeful but even when Trump isn't there he's all over the conversation.
One of the main takeaways for me on this inaugural episode was that Colbert stepped into it without missing a beat. I've watched opening night of other talk show hosts over the years where their nerves were showing, some quite noticeably. Anyone remember the first few WEEKS when Fallon started in his initial "Jimmy Fallon" show? I do. By comparisson Colbert slipped into this show seamlessly, did it justice, paid proper tribute to his legendary predesessor, and perhaps best of all there was no sign of Paul Shaffer (although after Jeb's spot I didn't stick around for the rest).
I think I may just tune in tonight to see how my girl Scarlett is looking.
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