2. Craig Kilbourn

I think Kilbourn's show would have done better in the age of Twitter and widespread internet fun, as Stephen Colbert has done playing a wink-wink douchebag on his show.

Kilbourn quit that late night CBS show. I mean he wasn't fired, right?

I think I remember reading that he pretty much quit show biz all together.

Yeah, as far as I know, he walked away. I think he was picked by Letterman to host that show originally.

I think he was from Minnesota or North Dakota?

I can't see Kilbourn mocking President Bush at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

Hmm, yeah,probably right about that.

Tho Kilbourn wasn't doing an overtly political show. Colbert's hard to peg, he's a practicing Catholic who teaches Sunday school, is about all I know about Colbert dude. Oh, and like half his family died in some tragic accident when he was growing up, which had to warp him to some extent.

Kilbourn was the original daily show host and he provided Stephen Colbert with the model for his Colbert Report. Kilbourn's CBS late, late show was meant to be a bit--Kilbourn playing the egomaniacal, narcissistic late night host was a character, a combination of Larry Sanders, David Brent from the British Office and Hugh Hefner from Playboy after Dark. Similar to what Anthony Jeselnik does in his stand-up or how Bill Maher apes Johnny Carson in his monologue--except Kilbourn, like Colbert, went whole-douche and wouldn't break character on air.

I think Kilbourn's show would have done better in the age of Twitter and widespread internet fun, as Stephen Colbert has done playing a wink-wink douchebag on his show.

I've met Colbert. Nicest guy I have ever met in my life - no joke. You would never know he was a celebrity. He is politically Left-leaning.