The Real Stephen Colbert Is Just as Cool as Fake Colbert on ‘Meet the Press’

Continuing the promotional tour for his new book America Again, “The Real Stephen Colbert” dropped by Meet the Press yesterday to sit down for a chat with David Gregory. It’s another in a series of rare out-of-character interviews Colbert has given the past couple weeks, including one with Oprah and one with Good Morning America, but this interview goes a little bit deeper into Colbert’s comedy and what drives it. Colbert discusses his feelings about the election, the difference between his approach to comedy and Jon Stewart’s, and how comedy can sometimes be a better means for getting at the truth, proving to be much, much smarter than his TV character but equally interesting and funny.

The Real Stephen Colbert Is Just as Cool as Fake […]