Colbert Compares ‘Jeopardy’s’ Mike Richards Controversy to Afghanistan Crisis: ‘Speaking of Disastrous Transitions’ (Video)
who stepped down from the role Friday morning, while making it clear he thinks America’s level of attention to the choice of who is worthy to replace the late, great Alex Trebek is “possibly to avoid talking about everything else” — like the Taliban taking over Afghanistan and President Joe Biden’s handling of that situation.“During their search, the show tried out everyone, from friend of the show Anderson Cooper, to friend of the show LeVar Burton, to friend of the show Katie Couric, to Dr. Oz, which is why people were a bit surprised when in the end as their permanent week-night host, the executive producers of ‘Jeopardy!’ selected executive producer Mike Richards,” Colbert said during his “Late Show” monologue Thursday.