16 Things Twitter Needs Answered About Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' Takeover

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By Neha Prakash2014-04-10 18:02:44 UTC

CBS announced Thursday that Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman as the host of The Late Show in 2015.

The news came as somewhat of a surprise, so, of course, Twitter was abuzz with reactions — both good and bad — and many, many jokes. But most of all, people seemed to have questions.

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How will the late night world be changed by Stephen's introduction? How will Colbert, known mostly for his faux-patriotic-right-wing-political-pundit persona (cultivated on his Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, running since 2005) adapt to mainstream comedy?

We compiled a list of the most hard-hitting questions about Colbert, from totally valid to totally absurd.

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