It's nice to see Stephen back. In his first Late Show promo, he makes an appearance to shave off his Kris Kringle-esque beard (note to the guys- if your beard's coming in all white, it's probably never a good look). I'm on the lookout to see if his new comic persona sans the Colbert 'character' is actually going to be all that different from what we Colbert fans already know. I'm starting to suspect it won't be- Stephen did plenty of non-political silliness on the Report all the time, and this little vid fits right in with all of that already. I guess what's going to be new is his take on politics in general, especially with the next election coming up. Will he take that typical, politically neutral stance the other late night guys all line up behind? That'd be a shame, since we know he can do better- here's hoping he's brave enough.
