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...because I had the impression Colbert was NOT expecting it, and it was fun to see the tables turned for once. His completely zany interviewing style often ties people in knots, and Jane COMPLETELY flummoxed him.
Nor do I understand other comments about Jane's age in relationship to this -- excuse me? Flirting is NOT about whether you meet someone else's standards for youth or attractiveness and, in any case, she wasn't "flirting." She was, in effect, invading and conquering.
I think, Joan, that you WERE picking up on Colbert's discomfort, but given the nature of the show and how much he dishes it out, I doubt it will kill him if once in a while he has to take it. I like watching him do it because he's not mean-spirited, and I LOVED watching Fonda do it because she wasn't mean-spirited (and because women almost never do get to do this), though she WAS ferocious. If I thought for one moment that Fonda were "serious," I would have been squicked out.
But next time they should add Eleanor Holmes Norton and make it a 3-way. *grin*
