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“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Gets First Late Night Jokes on The SCOTUS Decision on Gay Marriage

June 27, 2015
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gay marriage, scotus, stephen colbert, the late show

That’s right. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert isn’t on until September, but Stephen Colbert managed to be the first late night show host to have a segment of some sort weighing in on the milestone in U.S. history.

Such big news as yesterday’s Supreme Court decision that effectively made gay marriage legal across the country is usually met by comedy’s first responders (outside of social media) through the world of late night. We’re sure all comedians everywhere had something to say about it, especially regarding the dissenting opening from Scalia. 

However, several most late night shows don’t tape on Friday like Conan, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Late Late Show with James Corden, @midnight with Chris Hardwick and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. The few that do tape on Fridays such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night with Seth Meyers opted for reruns this week. 

In fact, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was scheduled to be the only late night show with a new episode, but he injured his hand to the point of needing surgery. Thus, he canceled last night’s taping.

SNL is on hiatus, so we were thinking we would have to wait for John Oliver to comment on this great moment on Last Week Tonight on Sunday.

Yet, leave it to the one and only Stephen Colbert to come up with an on-point remote segment from his desk that would otherwise be the type of opening monologue you’d be looking for on his era of The Late Show.

Watch Colbert continue to prove that he will do a bang up job on The Late Show right here.

Before The Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Decision, John Oliver Had This To Say

July 1, 2014
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On last week’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver offered his two cents on the Hobby Lobby’s attempt to go against a contraception mandate on the grounds of freedom of religion. 

Per usual, Oliver’s got some hilariously damning things to say. Give it a watch here.

Please Read Cameron Esposito’s DOMA Essay/Saga

June 30, 2013
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cameron esposito, doma, risk, scotus, storytelling, supreme court

This week when the Defense Of Marriage Act was declared unconstitutional by The Supreme Court, the amazing Cameron Esposito wrote a piece in two parts on what happened afterwards, specifically with her father who has had a conflicted relationship with Cameron ever since she came out as gay to him. 

Yet, that’s changed and what Cameron wrote about it is pretty wonderful, heart-wrenching, funny, and hopeful and so many other adjectives that will just take up to much space on this post. We feel privileged that we got to catch her reading it live at the latest Risk Storytelling Show this past week.

Read parts one and two now, probably with a good cup of coffee or tea to make for a very nice hour this Sunday afternoon.

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