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Donald Trump is driven crazy by Stephen Colbert.
The erudite late night host had Canada PM Justin Trudeau on last night, which surely drove Trump mad as they laughed in his face.
Nightly, Colbert — with the #1 late night show and millions of fans — cleverly eviscerates Trump, like Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel. Trump has attacked all of them but now added Colbert.
Colbert is pushing Trump’s buttons, and that’s a good reason to watch him.
In a speech the other day Trump said all the late night hosts were terrible, and they should bring back Johnny Carson. Yes, Carson has been dead for years. He tried very hard not to be partisan and had on all politicians. But that was a time when the Republicans weren’t a cult. Carson would be horrified by Trump.
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
