If you haven't seen the new Daily Show spin-off...

...then you haven't seen funny.

I mean it.

The Colbert Report is purely stunning in its ability to wipe the floor with modern-day tv media.

It is simultaneously cerebral and pandering.

Witty and numbskull-y.

The fact that they got STONE PHILLIPS, host of a "legitimate" news show, as the guest for the first show... well, that is just pure good ol' fashioned irony.

Ballsy irony.

Stephen kills during the interview with him.

When Stephen smugly points out his shiny Emmy and Peabody awards, Stone is rightfully emasculated.

"Did you see my Emmy?..."
(Stone admits to having an emmy)
"...Do you keep yours next to your Peabody?"
(I keep looking at SP's bio, and I don't see "Peabody" anywhere. -Drew.)

HAW!

Stephen is visibly having a blast fucking with him.

When the two of them match up in a battle of "gravitas" I almost fucking die.

There is a write up here.

And you can see an interview with Stephen Colbert (by Stephen Colbert) here.