I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. (Stephen Colbert)

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.

Stephen Colbert

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