Stephen Is King


Stephen Is King - Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com

The man himself in a stunningly called-for interview. His answers are fantastic. Expected, but still fantastic.

ColbertTime magazine may not have named him Person of the Year, but we here at Entertainment Weekly think Stephen Colbert is person enough to be one of our Entertainers of the Year. Why? Because Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report is the sharpest, knee-slapping-est news talk show on TV. And also because no one basks better in his own glory than Colbert. Read on and see for yourself.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congrats on being named one of EW’s Entertainers of the Year.
STEPHEN COLBERT: I’m honored. Not surprised. I don’t want anyone to think that this comes as a shock to me.

What did you hope to accomplish in 2006?
I set out to change the world — not a lot, just by tiny degrees — and grab the wheel of this nation and turn the great ship of our national destiny.

There’s so much going on in the world right now —
For the first time ever, there’s a lot going on in the world. I’m so lucky that this year was the year something happened in the world. Years before, this show wouldn’t have worked. The world was just phoning it in.

Is it hard to make people laugh about the world, given its current state?
I would say laughter is the best medicine. But it’s more than that. It’s an entire regime of antibiotics and steroids. Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche, and then applies an antibiotic cream. You gotta keep it away from your eyes… Obviously, it’s a challenge to make light of the darkness but, um, it’s better than crying about it.

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