Comedian Stephen Colbert took aim at the recently announced Paramount-Skydance merger during his Monday night monologue, using a series of humorous jabs centered around the new stock ticker symbol assigned to the combined entity. The merger, which unites Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media, has sparked a range of reactions from industry insiders and investors, but Colbert chose to highlight the new ticker symbol PSKY with a series of pee jokes, a signature element of his comedic style.
Colbert’s segment, while clearly lighthearted, touched on the public’s often negative perception of large corporate mergers, suggesting that the humor was a clever way to address the growing concerns about the consolidation of media power. The joke about the ticker symbol PSKY, which stands for Paramount Skydance, was particularly pointed, as it played on the idea of the merged company’s new identity.