Eugene Robinson: ‘There’s Something Comforting’ About Paul McCartney Getting on the Last Episode of Colbert’s Show

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ROBINSON: "You know, I mean, nothing lasts forever, but Stephen Colbert was such an amazing and such — he is such a talented man. I was on his his Comedy Central show once, and we had a lovely conversation in the green room before. And at the end he said, 'Now, when we go out there, I’m not me. I’m that character.' And we got on the show and he was just perfect as the — you know, with all his truthiness. Now what a bookend, though, to have McCartney. Anyone my age or older remembers that night in 1964 on that very stage when indeed The Beatles and, you know, Paul McCartney right there did change the culture. And it’s a — it’s a very different world now. There’s something comforting about that to me, actually. It's a touchstone in our cultural life."