Late Night: Ronan Farrow gets to talkin’ ‘bout his generation on ‘Colbert’

Ronan Farrow stopped by “The Colbert Report� on Tuesday night for a confab about the youth generation and just who exactly is the target demo for his new MSNBC show -- hint, it doesn’t exclude grandmothers leaving church collection early.

After introducing the 26-year-old wunderkind (against the background song from could-be/could-not-be father Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon�) and listing his various achievements at a tender age, host Stephen Colbert teased Farrow about the purported generation his show, “Ronan Farrow Daily,� intends to appeal to.

The show airs at “1 p.m. weekdays to appeal to the youth demographic of people who are just waking up from not getting to their job,� Colbert said.

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A smiling Farrow quickly interjected, saying his show is “not a youth show� but one that connects with his generation -- setting the youthful twentysomething up for a bit more ribbing.

“What is your generation?� Colbert pressed.

“Strange people .... who have worked in Afghanistan and at the State Department and now run a TV show,� Farrow said playfully. “That’s the target demo: nerds.�

And then things got all quotable. An unconvinced Colbert asked Farrow whether he was just another shill for the left with his MSNBC program.

“Look, I could secretly be a [Bill] O’Reilly type,� Farrow responded. “You’re Papa Bear. You are my Papa Bear.�

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