Jeb Bush, George Clooney are the first guests on debut of CBS ‘Late Night with Stephen Colbert’

OPINION:

A movie star, a politician. That sounds about right. CBS has revealed the very first guests on Stephen Colbert’s very first show when he debuts as host of “Late Night,” the longtime domain of David Letterman, who retired in May. The two stars who will be appearing exactly two weeks from Tuesday: George Clooney and Jeb Bush.

And, of course, there’s a survey for everything, even this unlikely pairing. A Harris Poll of 2,039 U.S. adults released earlier this month found that Mr. Clooney would best Mr. Bush in a theoretical presidential match-up; 57 percent of the respondents chose the actor, 43 percent the Republican hopeful. Among other things, Mr. Clooney is marketing his own brand of tequila, but that’s another story.

Mr. Bush, meanwhile, is raffling off a ticket to the show to one lucky fan, advising potential winners: “To get a VIP ticket to the very first taping of the ’Late Show’ with a new host, that’s something you’ll still be talking about 20 years from now.”