Stephen Colbert recently told The New York Times that, after an uneven first couple of months of “ The Late Show ,” his producer encouraged him to lean back into his political roots. Colbert said at first, the plan was to back away from politics after his transition from “The Colbert Report” to “The Late Show.” He explained to NYT, “It was my instinct to be less topical, because I didn’t want to have to engage with what I saw was an increasingly contentious public discourse. And I thought, ‘Aren’t there other ways to have fun with the audience?’” But then, the 2016 national party conventions gave Colbert the opportunity to push hard on political humor. The late-night host said during that time, he felt like “Clint Eastwood in ‘Unforgiven,’ or is it some other movie? He buried his guns. And I’m like, you know, I buried those damn guns.…