Stephen Colbert retires Stephen Colbert, introduces new Stephen Colbert

Remember last week when late night host Stephen Colbert brought back the character of Stephen Colbert, the star of Comedy Central’s faux-conservative talk show The Colbert Report? Apparently Comedy Central’s lawyers do. During last night’s episode of the real Stephen Colbert’s current program, The Late Show, the host announced "immediately after that show CBS’ top lawyer was contacted by the top lawyer of another company to say that the character Stephen Colbert is