ETV posts its Mother’s Day special, feat. Lorna Colbert

May 9th, 2008 by Ms Interpreted ·

A huge thank you to Rob and the good folks at ETV, who have posted the special Mother’s Day episode of The Big Picture on their website. You can watch it there; they’ve got a nice link to a radio interview with Stephen (with his accent popping into evidence, y’all!) from a couple of days ago, too.

Mother’s Day Special

The Big Picture Mother’s Day Special. This tribute to mothers of famous South Carolinians includes Gov. Mark Sanford’s mother, Margaret Peyton; NFL player Richard Seymour’s mother, Deborah; actress Kristin Davis’ mother, Dorothy; and comedian Stephen Colbert’s mother, Lorna.

Television repeats will air Saturday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 11 at 1:00 p.m.

So cute, that Lorna Colbert was “bewildered” when Stephen announced his candidacy for the office of President of the United States! That’s just adorable.

Here’s the YouTube clip of Stephen’s greeting to his mom, featured on Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday (Stephen’s full greeting was posted earlier on ETV):

Thanks so much for the great clips, Rob and ETV (and Stephen and Mrs. Lorna Colbert)!

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Episode 4063 (05/08/2008)

May 9th, 2008 by Jennie ·


First Segment:

  • Stephen interviews American Astronaut and Colbert Nation Hero Garrett Reisman… IN SPACE!

Second Segment:

  • Gas as a not for profit industry

Third Segment:

  • Arianna Huffington - owner of Huffington Post and author, Right Is Wrong

In closing: Fireside Chat: Albert Hoffman - RIP

Guest Plug:
Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe


Video Highlight - Garrett Reisman: Stephen goes intergalactic when he makes contact with a Hero floating in space.

NOTABLE MOMENTS, Video links, and more after the fold!

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Friday Free-for-all

May 9th, 2008 by DB ·

Porking

This picture made me laugh, so here you go kids. You know what to do.

Here’s a good starter question: What was your favorite moment of the week? Mine is definitely the astronaut laugh.

(h/t LaColberta for the screencap)

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More from the MTV Networks “upfront”

May 8th, 2008 by Ms Interpreted ·

From the Hollywood Reporter:

MTV Nets: We’ve got connections
Celebrates relationships at its upfront presentation
May 8, 2008, 07:38 PM

MTV Upfront - Jon, Stephen and Doritos / photo from The Hollywood Reporter

After a year of upfront presentation silence, MTV Networks rocked the house with a celebration of its connection to its audiences and advertisers.

. . .

Colbert and Stewart riffed on the commercial partnerships, with Colbert coming out with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos and integrating it into their bit.

Stewart opened the show’s remarks, saying that he didn’t think upfront presentations like this were done anymore. “I thought that was the point of the writers strike … so we didn’t have to do this s#!t anymore,” he quipped.

Stewart and Colbert poked fun at the advertisers, thanking them for their mini-operas (30-second spots) “extolling products both needless and unwanted.” Stewart noted that their two talk shows on Comedy Central score well in adults 18-34.

“They trust us, and I think you can exploit that,” he said.

. . .

Full article available here

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I really hope footage of this turns up somewhere …

May 8th, 2008 by Ms Interpreted ·

Evidently, Jon is hosting the “upfront” for MTV Networks right now. And, according to The Washington Post, he was joined onstage by Stephen (and a bag of Doritos).

MTV Upfront: Jon Stewart On The Big Ad Show: ‘I Thought We Don’t Do These Anymore’
David Kaplan
paidContent.org
Thursday, May 8, 2008; 6:07 PM

Jon and Stephen - Washington Post photo from the MTV Networks 'Upfront'[In progress] MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is bringing out as many diverse stars as possible for what is nevertheless considered a more scaled down upfront presentation this year. Justin Timberlake, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, George Foreman and Sarah Silverman have been enlisted to help convince advertisers to part with more of the budget.

. . .

MTV is hosting its event around the corner from its offices at Times Square’s Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Theatre. The show is beginning now with a performance by hip hop dance troupe Jabbawockeez, with Jon Stewart taking the stage to host. “I thought we don’t do these anymore; that’s why we had the writers strike,” he quipped at the opening, as he was joined on stage by Stephen Colbert with his ever-present bag of Doritos.

. . .

The original article is being updated as the upfront progresses; read it here

Jon and Stephen, together again! A job in advertising hasn’t sounded this exciting since Cary Grant played an ad man in North by Northwest … and I doubt many people would have gone into the ad biz after watching that.

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Media reports on Garrett Reisman’s interview with ‘The Colbert Report’

May 8th, 2008 by Ms Interpreted ·

Oh man, I can’t tell you how much I wish one of these stories would be called “PUNNNNNDDITS INNNNNNN SPAAAAAAACE!!

From the Houston Chronicle:

Astronaut trades jokes with Colbert in space interview
By MARK CARREAU
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, who is currently orbiting the Earth aboad the international space station, matched wits today with Stephen Colbert, who polks fun nightly at world events from the anchor desk of The Colbert Report.

. . .

“You are an astronaut, you are a scientist. you are an engineer, but more importantly you are a member of the Colbert nation, correct?,” the mock anchor puffed.

“Actually, I would say the Colbert universe, that would be more appropriate,” said Reisman, 40, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

“We have gone galactic,” crowed Colbert. “I should say something really profound. Eat it, Jon Stewart! I’m talking to space.”

. . .

Reisman, who is scheduled to return to Earth in mid-June after two weeks on the space station, explained his preparations for the flight included a two-week stay in an undersea habitat off of Florida’s Atlantic Coast in 2003.

“What do you have against the rest of humanity that you have to flee from us every so often,” asked Colbert.

“I think it’s more what the rest of humanity has against me. I keep being sent off to these far places. I try not to take it personally,” Colbert’s space guest responded.

“OK, we have a great job for Reisman,” Colbert chortled in his best bureaucratic personna. “Send him to the bottom of the ocean. That’s not far enough. Launch him into space.”

Full article available here

Reminder: if you missed it this morning, you can watch the full interview on NASA TV; they appear to have the feed cycle back to it every hour or two from this page (go to the “Media Channel” or “Public Channel” section - thanks, LaColberta!).

Oh yeah, and how many of you, like DB, thought “Every pitch he makes is just one of mine with the words ‘in space’ added to the end“? Hee!

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About that question on whether ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ is “news” …

May 8th, 2008 by Ms Interpreted ·

Broadcasting & Cable is reporting on a new study that the Project for Excellence in Journalism conducted analyzing The Daily Show’s content. Bottom line? The Daily Show is not *news*, exactly, but it *is* something significantly more than mere comedy. In fact, the show’s percentage of “news” content isn’t far off of what can be found on many cable news shows.

From Broadcasting & Cable (internal links omitted):

PEJ: The Daily Show Borders on News Show
Project for Excellence in Journalism: Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Blurs the Line Between Comedy, News
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 5/8/2008 10:58:00 AM

Jon Stewart at his 'Daily Show' desk - Photo from Broadcasting and CableJon Stewart has long maintained that his Daily Show is not a news program, but the Project for Excellence in Journalism isn’t so sure.

. . .

Among the study’s findings: Washington-related pieces, foreign affairs and politics accounted for almost one-half (47%) of the show’s content. “In that regard, by the numbers, The Daily Show closely resembles in its topic agenda the news menu of many cable ‘news’ shows,” the study concluded.

It also called the show’s use of video “quite documentary … culling through archives to show official hypocrisy, abuse of language and spin.”

. . .

As for the show’s popularity, the PEJ found that when spinoff The Colbert Report was factored in, Comedy Central’s satirical political duo was regularly watched by 16% of Americans, two percentage points higher than PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Read the full article here

MediaChannel.org also reported on this story here. Those interested can read the PEJ’s analysis here: JOURNALISM, SATIRE OR JUST LAUGHS? “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Examined.

Speaking of Jon Stewart, he’s set for another round of stand-up gigs, as we noted here earlier. He’s given a few interviews that are worth mentioning, heading into those gigs.

Here’s one from Creative Loafing (h/t TWoP’s shamskygirl). It’s short, but he talks about the strike, balancing the comedy and the satire, and the interview with Chris Matthews.

The other, lengthier interview is from Nashville Scene:

Daily Dose
America’s reluctant anchorman talks about Al Gore, the Jewish media conspiracy and his upcoming Ryman appearance
by Jack Silverman

. . .

Scene: So do you really hate Tucker Carlson, or just bow ties?

Stewart: Barely know him. It’s amazing—it’s been set up as the Hatfields and McCoys, as though it’s this longstanding thing. Met the guy once, didn’t have enough to eat before I went on the show, hit ’em all pretty hard and then never really saw him again. Can’t lie and say I was a fan, but it certainly wasn’t personal.

Scene: So you have nothing against bow ties.

Stewart: Look—do I like seeing them on people under, let’s say, 80? Probably not. Feels a little bit like a monocle…unless you’re Mr. Peanut.

Scene: Besides Tucker, has anyone else not really gotten that the show was a parody?

Stewart: Oh, they all do. I think they believe that because we comment on social events and political events, somehow we believe ourselves to be a part of that. And we don’t. We’re not trying to get anybody, we’re not trying to accomplish our agenda, we’re trying to do an entertaining show. If the criticism of us is, “I don’t really find your show entertaining or funny,” that’s a valid thing to feel and say, and I know a lot of people feel that way. But to suggest that somehow we have failed our responsibility to the public discourse by not exercising the same journalistic standards that we demand of CNN, then you’re a little lost up your own a$$ at that point.

. . .

Read the full interview here

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BREAKING NEWS: NASA TV webcasts Stephen Colbert interview at 10:50a EST today

May 8th, 2008 by DB ·

We just got this tip in from Jennie:

Tune in to The Flame Trench to watch an comedian Stephen Colbert interview an astronaut.

Station flight engineer Garrett Reisman, a New Jersey native who threw out a ceremonial first pitch from the outpost prior to a New York Yankees game against the rival Boston Red Sox last month, will do a space-to-ground interview with Colbert at 10:50 a.m. EDT today. The interview, which will be webcast live here in The Flame Trench, will be aired on “The Colbert Report” at 11:30 p.m. EDT that night.

I’m at work and can’t watch it, so if anyone out there can catch it, please post spoilers in the comments.

And if you want to avoid spoilers, um, don’t go to the comments. :)


EDITED TO ADD: If you go here, you can watch the interview at the “Media Channel” portion of the page (thanks for the hint, LaColberta!). - Ms I

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Episode 4062 (05/07/2008)

May 8th, 2008 by Kinaesthesia ·

“You know what they say: when in Rome, get on a plane back to America. This is The Colbert Report!



List and Shout: “Tonight, who is on the terrorist watch list? And why does the terrorist watch list know so many terrorists? Better put that list on the list.”

  • Desk Guest: Hasan Elahi, professor, artist, and self-surveiller

Primary Schooled: “And then, more analysis of the primaries. How many d*mn states do we have, anyway?”

  • Democralypse Now: The Delightful Dismemberment of the Democratic Hopescape

Tech Johnson: “Plus my guest George Johnson has written a book about the ten most beautiful experiments. I’ll conduct a beautiful experiment on how a guest responds to six minutes of sustained shouting.”


INTERNET COL-BOMB SITE OF THE DAY:
Trackingtransience.net - Hasan Elahi’s ‘livelogging’ site



In closing: That’s it for the Report, everybody. Goodnight.

Video Highlight — George Johnson: George Johnson and Stephen re-create one of the ten most beautiful experiments.



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‘Colbert Report’ Body Count Death Watch

May 7th, 2008 by DB ·

Good God, he’s killed another staffer. What are we up to, two? Plus whoever’s head was in that box.

We gotta get a graphic for this - anyone got any suggestions?

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