Colbert is a court jester. So are Trevor Noah, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Seth MacFarlane, John Oliver [1], Jimmy Kimmel, Lewis Black, Jerry Seinfeld [2], Frankie Boyle, Sacha Baron Cohen [3], and any of the equally unfunny drones that appear on HIGNIFY and that show with Rachel Riley.

New Zealand also has a raft of these mirthless but useful drones. [4] It's been a dismal situation for a long time now.

[1] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/10/beaten-stabbed-and-burned-alive.html

[2] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/11/good-news-for-bernard-manning-fans-nov.html
https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-many-war-criminals-can-you-name-in.html


[3] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/imagine-if-thered-been-vacuous-tv.html

[4] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/andrew-clay-this-is-where-i-stop-being.html
https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/an-unusually-inane-and-depraved-edition.html

[5] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bbcs-comedy-crisis-is-now-more-than.html