I can hardly be accused of being a pinko-hippie granola crunching populist (unless you ask my older sister), yet I still enjoy Colbert much more than O’Reilly.
And I barely watch Comedy Central to begin with.
That said, I managed to catch O’Reilly’s appearance on the Colbert Report last week. It wasn’t nearly as explosive as I thought it would be (see the video here).
In fact, if you want to watch these guys go toe to toe, check out the recent visit Colbert made to O’Reilly’s studio (video). O’Reilly was well, O’Reilly — spewing anger and hatred at his guest.
And while Colbert was very witty, the funniest part of the segment were the snickers you can hear from the production crew, to Colbert’s tactful comebacks.
Note: one wonders if the self-righteous Lewis Prothero (“Voice of London”) in V for Vendetta was partially inspired by O’Reilly’s pompous arrogance.
See also: O’Reilly versus Krugman; and O’Reilly versus Moore