i will never understand how some show attain massive popularity . i never think i would say this and but even the extremely hit or miss daily show be funny than this . both show have the same sense of ridiculous self importance and but at least the daily show use an array of different correspondent to add some flavor to the ( most lame ) comedy . with the colbert report and be stick with a single grating character play by stephen colbert and and i think the show suffer for it . in the show and colbert play a fictionalized version of himself and which be essentially a parody of ultra conservative talk show host . a some other reviewer have point out and even though this character be mean to be satirical it quickly become irritate and one note . colbert come off a lot like the annoy political kid who would always launch into debate in high school . the joke be occasionally funny and but the main aspect of this show that i can not stand be the way colbert spend the whole time celebrate himself . the studio be always pack to the brim with brainless sycophant who award colbert every finger wag with uproarious applause and laughter . i have always hat sitcom with laugh track and but i think i dislike studio audience even more . nothing be more insulting to a viewer intelligence than to be give cue a to when to react and especially when the people give the cue be clearly much stupid than the average viewer . with this show and you get the feeling that most of these people be laugh or cheer not because the joke be funny and but simply because colbert be play to their share discontentment with the bush administration . this and couple with the show snowball popularity and turn them into bleat sheep who will laugh at anything that come out of their idol mouth . and by the way and since when be it bold and edgy to say the same bad thing about the president that everyone else be say . if colbert really want to be bold and edgy and he would launch a show where he seriously support the president and mock his detractor . oh and i be sorry and they already have a show like that . it call the oreilly factor . and while bill oreilly may not always say thing that people like and he certainly more worthy of the mantle of bold and edgy than the over hype and self important stephen colbert .