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Best wishes to departing writer Eric Drysdale (we’ll miss you)

By Ms Interpreted on February 18th, 2008 ·

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Not surprisingly, readers here and elsewhere on “the internets” have expressed sadness at the news that “Bobby” (Eric Drysdale) has left his job as a writer for The Colbert Report. Eric thanks you for your well-wishes and has asked interested people to keep up with his latest endeavors via his website, www.edrysdale.com.

Best of luck to you, Eric!

To commemorate Eric’s departure, I thought it fitting to include this segment from his days as a Daily Show correspondent:

I’d also like to commend him on sticking it out with that rowdy Daily Show crew for as long as he did; treatment like this from Steve Carell would probably be enough to make anyone quit his job! ;)

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23 Comments

h.
February 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Sigh :(

meaculpa
February 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

@ h.

Ditto. =(

Shruti
February 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Oh dear, really? ):

One of the Heroes
February 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Thanks for this information.

Best wishes Eric! Thank you for the laughs you have provided through your work. You will be missed.

Bobby’s gone. *sad*

vigwig
February 18th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

God speed Eric Drysdale (according to Eddie Izzard, that’s REALLY fast) and good luck.

M
February 18th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

ilu edrys.

Esteban Colberto
February 18th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

We’ll always remember you little buddy!

*salutes a departing hero*

supernova8610
February 18th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

I’m going to miss him. :-(

Tonks
February 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

noooo! YOU WILL BE MISSED, ERIC!

dustdevil
February 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

Awww, he calls them “TDS” and “TCR” on his website. Can’t wait to see what’s up next.

Till
February 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Is there any chance of some kind of final send-off for “Bobby”? He was one of my favorite recurring parts of the show.

Lisa
February 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

Happy trails and good luck to you, Eric. We’ll miss you…

Shruti
February 18th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

@Till: I know, right? I figured something suspicious was up when he wasn’t among the writers who Stephen called onto his set during the return episode, but he’s practically been a recurring character; he could at least be acknowledged in some way.

looped linear
February 19th, 2008 at 1:02 am

Good luck, Mr. Drysdale….we’ll miss you, Bobby.

The Colbert Report will be a little bit poorer without you.

Michele
February 19th, 2008 at 1:11 am

Good luck Eric! You will be missed.

pinhead
February 19th, 2008 at 9:20 am

I think I may have figured out what the next “interesting project brewing” for Eric will be: his own show on Comedy Central, called “Bobby The Stage Manager” (“BTSM” for short). A spin-off of “The Colbert Report” just as that show was spun off of “The Daily Show.” It will air at 12:00 a.m. and nobody will be able to get up for work or school ever again.
Good luck, Eric.
He will be missed.

Gaia Faye
February 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am

Even the most powerful heat lamp in the world couldn’t replace him. :(

pellenaka
February 19th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know that Eric had been a TDC correspondent

One of the Heroes
February 19th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

@pellenaka
I didn’t know that he had been a TDS correspondent either. From what I saw on his web site, it looks like he only did the one story. I searched for him on TDS web site and didn’t find anything other than the clip provided by MS Interpreted.