囧司徒攜手扣扣熊 玩壞特朗普
In his first live “Late Show” broadcast since the start of the Republican National Convention, Stephen Colbert promised the return of an old friend from his basic-cable days, but instead, viewers got to see two familiar faces: first, Jon Stewart, the longtime host of “The Daily Show,” and then “Stephen Colbert,” the unctuous conservative commentator that Mr. Colbert portrayed for nearly a decade on his Comedy Central program, “The Colbert Report.”
在共和黨全國大會揭幕後主持的首次直播《深夜秀》(Late Show)中，斯蒂芬·科爾伯特(Stephen Colbert)承諾會有自己在有線電視基礎套餐歲月裏的一位老朋友迴歸。然而，觀衆們卻看到了兩張熟悉的面孔：一是長期主持《每日秀》(The Daily Show)的喬恩·斯圖爾特（Jon Stewart，網絡暱稱爲“囧司徒”——編注)；二是科爾伯特在喜劇中心頻道(Comedy Central)主持《科爾伯特報告》（The Colbert Report，網絡暱稱爲“扣扣熊報告”——編注）期間塑造了近十年的一個角色：油腔滑調的保守派評論人“斯蒂芬·科爾伯特”。
The guest appearances from Mr. Stewart and that other Mr. Colbert appear to have paid off for “The Late Show.” According to preliminary ratings information on Tuesday, “The Late Show” was the No. 1 broadcast late-night show in overall viewership on Monday night, the first time the program has surpassed all its competitors (including Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show on NBC and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC) since Feb. 15.
斯圖爾特和另一位科爾伯特的客串讓《深夜秀》受益匪淺。根據週二公佈的初步收視數據，《深夜秀》是週一晚間總體收視人數最高的深夜脫口秀，令其自2月15日以來首次傲視所有競爭者（包括NBC播出的吉米·法倫[Jimmy Fallon]主持的《今夜秀》[Tonight] 和ABC播出的《吉米·凱莫直播秀》[Jimmy Kimmel Live]）。
“The Late Show” announced in June that it would present two weeks of live broadcasts, Monday through Thursday, to air after each night of the Republican and Democratic conventions. Though the current iteration of the program made its debut to considerable fanfare in September, it has had trouble finding a consistent voice under Mr. Colbert, who succeeded David Letterman as host and who has tried to expand his horizons beyond the irreverent political comedy he performed on “The Colbert Report.”
今年6月，《深夜秀》宣佈將進行兩週直播，從週一到週四，在共和與民主兩黨全國大會召開期間的每個晚上播出。儘管這檔節目去年9月改版首播時激起了不小的水花，但此後在科爾伯特的主持下卻一直苦於尋找連貫的聲音。科爾伯特當時是從大衛·萊特曼(David Letterman)手中接過的話筒，一直試圖突破他在《科爾伯特報告》中表演的那種肆無忌憚的政治搞笑。
Monday’s installment of “The Late Show” on CBS began with an elaborate, pretaped musical number performed by Mr. Colbert, paying satirical tribute to the Republican convention in Cleveland and the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump. (As Mr. Colbert sang: “This week, you and me, we will witness history / As the R.N.C. crowns their orange manatee.”)
週一晚間CBS播放的《深夜秀》一上來是預先錄製的科爾伯特表演的音樂劇片段。這段經過精心編排的節目對在克利夫蘭召開的共和黨大會及鎖定該黨總統提名的唐納德·J·特朗普(Donald J. Trump)進行了冷嘲熱諷。（科爾伯特唱到：“這星期，我和你，要見證歷史。共和黨全國大會要給他們的橙色海牛加冕。”）
The host followed with a live monologue in which he riffed on moments from the first night of convention and Mr. Trump’s “60 Minutes” interview with his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.
接下來，科爾伯特進行了一段現場獨白，重現了大會開幕當晚及特朗普與競選搭檔——印第安納州州長邁克·彭斯(Mike Pence)——共同接受《60分鐘》(60 Minutes)節目採訪時的精彩片段。
Later, a taped comedy sketch followed Mr. Colbert to what appeared to be an isolated cabin in the woods, where he knocked on its door and was greeted by a bearded, bathrobe-clad Mr. Stewart, who was Mr. Colbert’s boss for many years at “The Daily Show” and is now an executive producer of “The Late Show.” Alerting Mr. Stewart that it was once again time for a Republican convention, an animated Mr. Colbert told him, “You will not believe who the nominee is.” He paused to let Mr. Stewart take a sizable drink of water from a mug, then told him, “It’s Donald Trump,” at which point Mr. Stewart doused him in a sizable spit take.
這之後是一段預先錄製的小品。科爾伯特似乎來到了深山老林中一棟孤零零的木屋前，他敲開了門，眼前出現了鬍子拉碴、裹着睡袍的斯圖爾特。他曾是科爾伯特在《每日秀》期間多年的上司，如今還是《深夜秀》的執行製片人。科爾伯特激動地告訴斯圖爾特，又到了共和黨召開大會的日子了，“你怎麼也不會相信提名人是誰。”他停下來等待斯圖爾特從杯子裏喝了一大口水，然後告訴他，“是唐納德·特朗普呀！”於是斯圖爾特一口水全噴到了他臉上。
The sketch revealed that Mr. Stewart had been sharing his cabin with the Colbert character (brandishing a sword and a Captain America shield). And then “Stephen Colbert” (still holding the sword and shield) returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater and performed a new edition of “The Word,” a recurring segment from “The Colbert Report,” which ran from 2005 to 2014.
小品演到後來，觀衆發現斯圖爾特的木屋裏還有一個“科爾伯特”（揮舞着一把劍和美國隊長的盾牌）。這位“斯蒂芬·科爾伯特”（依然拿着長劍和盾牌）隨後回到了埃德·沙利文劇場，表演了新版的“說文解字”(The Word)。這是2005到2014年播出的《科爾伯特報告》中反覆出現的一個環節。
Just as “The Colbert Report” helped introduce audiences to the word “truthiness,” Mr. Colbert used this latest installment to contemplate the condition of “Trumpiness”: “Remember, elections aren’t about what voters think, it’s about what voters feel. And right now, at least half of Americans feel their voices aren’t being heard.” (An onscreen graphic delivered the punch line: “Especially Mike Pence.”)
正如《科爾伯特報告》向觀衆介紹了“感實性”(truthiness)的概念，科爾伯特在最新這期《深夜秀》中思考了“特朗普感實性”(Trumpiness)的用法：“請記住，選舉的關鍵不是選民的想法，而是選民的感受。今時今日，至少有一半美國人感到自己的聲音沒有得到傾聽。”（此時屏幕上打出了點睛之筆：“尤其是邁克·彭斯”。）
After a commercial break, Mr. Colbert returned as — presumably — himself. “It was really great to see Jon Stewart again,” he said. With a knowing smile, he added: “You know what would be nice? To have that happen again some time this week.”
廣告過後，科爾伯特意料之中地以本尊迴歸。“又一次看到喬恩·斯圖爾特真是太好了，”他說。帶着意味深長的微笑，他又開了口：“你們知道什麼會很棒嗎？那就是，本週什麼時候再這麼來一回。”
