2012 was quite a year, wasn't it? Kidz Bop 21 was released to widespread critical acclaim. Lincoln swiftly became one of the greatest action films of all time. Also, Mitt Romney? Mitt Romney was a person in 2012 — a person running for president with a penchant for firmly inserting one or both of his feet into his mouth with a moment's notice. In September of that year, Romney performed a rousing poem written to honor the impoverished citizens of our country and inspired a wave of national support karma-driven failure upon its immediate virality:
"There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. These are people who pay no income tax."
Three years after delivering what we can only assume is Donald "Troll Me Harder" Trump's favorite poem of all time, Romney is still a person and still definitely adores poor people. According to the latest batch of Late Show with Stephen Colbert teasers, Romney even favors the food of the common person — pancakes. Surely a nod to his satirical past on The Colbert Report, Romney's inclusion in one of three new Late Show promo clips — which debuted during the most recent episode of 60 Minutes on CBS — is indicative of The Shape of Late Night to Come. In the other two clips (see below), Colbert brandishes an enviable Charlie Rose-adorned Trapper Keeper and attempts to guess your cards (too early for existentialism?).
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuts September 8 on CBS. Meanwhile, Colbert's former partner-in-comedic-justice Jon Stewart is nearing a career transition of his own. [Insert lyrics from David Bowie's "Changes" here.]
