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![NRO Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::19417492.png) National Review [@NRO](/creator/twitter/NRO) on x 369.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-22 21:00:30 UTC

Colbert’s career began on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. 

He had comedic craft and delivery, but as @EsotericCD puts it: “He is not a writer himself; he is only as funny as the people he pays to ‘be funny’ for him.”

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