Notícias com uma pitada de graça

O programa que revolucionou a forma de fazer humor nos EUA chama-se Saturday Night Live. Aí, começaram a surgir sketches que transformavam as notícias em histórias ridículas, divertidas, satíricas ou irónicas. Depois apareceu The Daily Show e foi um sucesso. Agora é a vez de partilhar as gargalhadas com The Colbert Report (lê-se com pronúncia francesa).

Bringing Out the Absurdity of the News
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Published: October 25, 2005

There was never much chance that Stephen Colbert would bungle his own show. Mainly, there were concerns that the "The Colbert Report" (pronounced with a French accent, as in ra-PORE) would turn out to be the Double-Stuf Oreo of Comedy Central - too much of a good thing.

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