After CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert told viewers that lawyers representing his old Comedy Central show said he couldn't be "Stephen Colbert" anymore, he thumbed his nose at them with a transparent dodge. They said that the character "Stephen Colbert" was their intellectual property, "which is surprising, since I never considered that guy much of an intellect," Colbert said on the "Late Show" on Wednesday. He then introduced "Stephen Colbert's identical cousin," an interview with himself displaying the same cocked eyebrow expression his old character had. Then the real Colbert did one of the old show's most popular recurring segments, retitling "The Word" to "The Werd." So fans were delighted last week when he briefly brought the old character back.

Source: Fox News July 28, 2016 16:18 UTC