Stephen Colbert Devotes Entire ‘The Colbert Report’ Edition To Discussion Of Last Week’s Controversial Tweet

Stephen Colbert spent his entire Comedy Central program tonight dealing with the Twitter campaign to cancel his show, which erupted last week when the network tweeted a line from one of his comedy bits out of context. At the end of the program, Colbert and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone blew up @ColbertReport — the network’s official Twitter account, with which it promoted the popular late-night show and from which had come the offending tweet. (The page no longer exists on Twitter.)
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Tonight’s episode opened with crew members carrying boxes out of the studio, The Colbert Report set shutting down its lights, a pink rose wilting and dying, the Statue of Liberty in shambles and frozen over, the Native American guy who did those famous early-’70s anti-litter ads shedding a tear. Cut to Colbert, dressed in Washington Redskins sweats and cap, waking on a couch next to BD Wong. Wong told him he’d had a nightmare. Colbert wondered why he’s still dreaming he’s on a couch next to BD Wong.
“You fell asleep watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Wong explained. “Wednesdays at 9, 8 Central, on NBC,” Colbert responded.

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