KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 -- This week, I watched Stephen Colbert embark on quite the farewell tour for The Late Show, which was axed last year by CBS.

The network called the decision "purely financial", but it was a fairly transparent display of sycophantic, anticipatory obedience by parent company Paramount ahead of getting approval from the US Federal Communications Commission for its US$8.4 billion (RM33 billion) merger with Skydance.

The merger would later be completed, and now, Colbert is leaving.

In a special episode titled "The Worst Of The Late Show", he took the opportunity to look back and reminisce on some of the most bizarre, outrageous and downright ridiculous skits or gags that never made it to air for all sorts of reasons. ...