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Today, Mashable reported that Comedy Central icon Stephen Colbert is a front-runner to replace David Letterman on CBS' Late Show. Only time will tell if there's truth to the speculation, but it's left us wondering about what would happen if such a transition came to pass. And, of course, we had to put it in the form of a Top 10 list.

10. Conan O'Brien would explode.

9. Bill Carter would get another book out of it.

8. John Michael Higgins would stand a chance of appearing on the show.

7. CBS's highest-profile employee would be a man who once told off a sitting president in front of the D.C. press corps.

6. Interns would continue to be featured prominently on the show.

5. Probably not as prominently, though.

4. #CancelColbert could declare victory.

3. The time for The Bee Buzz might arrive.

2. All of New York would agree to do Colbert spur-of-the-moment favors. Oh, wait, that already happens.

1. The show would maintain continuity in terms of the level of respect showed to Bill O'Reilly:

In today's installment of making new things look old, Game of Thrones gets retrofitted into a 1970s sitcom, complete with overly long exposition and freeze-frame introductions for each actor.

The idea isn't exactly revolutionary, as you can see from the previous mashups we've collected below, but there's still something entertainingly jarring about the contrast of murderous, Machiavellian schemers and an aw-shucks title treatment reminiscent of Little House on the Prairie.

 
Below, some of our previous favorites from the show's rapidly growing pool of parodies.

Game of Thrones as a 1990s HBO show:

 
Game of Thrones as a Seinfeld episode:

 
Game of Thrones as a zany Hollywood comedy:

 
The Game of Thrones intro if it took place in the video game Skyrim:

 
And, of course, Game of Thrones as a Little Golden Book:

To stoke viewers’ (already feverish) anticipation for season 4 of international hit Game of Thrones, DDB New Zealand has crafted a unique social media/experiential event for SKY Television’s premium entertainment channel SoHo, entitled “Bring Down The King.”

With help from production company Finch, DDB has erected a seven meter statue of the show’s much hated King Joffrey in Aotea Square, one of the largest public squares in Auckland. A rope is positioned around the statue’s neck, attached to a winch, and fans are challenged to topple the statue using the hashtag #bringdowntheking on Twitter. For every tweet using the hashtag, the statue will be one step closer to toppling, but it will take one million such tweets to bring down Joffrey.

“Game of Thrones is a worldwide phenomenon and King Joffrey is quite possibly the most hated fictional television character of all time,” explained SKY’s director of programming, Travis Dunbar. “It’s exciting to give fans an opportunity they are dying for; to assist in the demise of the King of the Iron Throne.”

DDB executive creative director Shane Bradnick was equally enthused, saying, “It’s great to be working with clients that want to create ideas that bring the fictional, digital and real worlds together. Let’s bring the bastard down!”

You can keep up with the campaign at bringdowntheking.com. Stick around for credits after the jump. continued…

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