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All You Need to Know: 10/14/2007 Edition
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The best new book in town has hit the shelves and people can’t stop talking about it! Stephen is making the talk show rounds to promote ‘I Am America (And So Can You!)’ as well as give us a bit of a look into the ‘real’ Stephen Colbert. He’s charmed Diane Sawyer, David Letterman, and Larry King; keep an eye out for his upcoming book signings! Enjoy the week in review below.Stephen’s Just-Announced Upcoming Appearances:
- Check out our calendar to find out where Stephen will appear next! And welcome to NFZ Senior Junior Correspondent Nicole, who will be keeping the calendar up-to-date.
- Stephen heads home to Montclair, New Jersey on November 11 to sign copies of ‘IAA(ASCY!).’
Episode Guides:
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly for October 8-11.
- Episode 3127 (October 8, 2007) – George Saunders, author of ‘The Braindead Microphone.’
- Episode 3128 (October 9, 2007) – Stephen Colbert, comedian and author of ‘I Am America (And So Can You!)’
- Episode 3129 (October 10, 2007) – General Wesley Clark, Retired Four-Star General and author of ‘A Time To Lead’
- Episode 3130 (October 11, 2007) – Chris Jordan, photographer
- Preview of Chris Jordan on Thursday’s show.
’I Am America’ Becomes ‘Make Me America’:
- The Sunday New York Times reviews ‘IAA(ASCY!)’ in the book section and in the ‘Style’ section.
- Comedy site Dead-Frog.com reviews ‘IAA(ASCY!)’.
- Barnes & Noble reviews ‘IAA(ASCY!)’ and calls it a successful product.
- CBS’s ‘PublicEye Blog’ is fascinated by ‘IAA(ASCY!)’.
- Borders has some book spoilers and images up on its site.
- MakeMeAmerica.com comes online. Join today and become part of the I Am America nation!
- (Colbert Nation crashed the site after Stephen mentioned it on the show.)
- Check out the MakeMeAmerica Religion Randomizer!
- A clip from Stephen’s appearance on ‘Good Morning America’ with Diane Sawyer.
- ABC News posts a few spoilers from the book.
- Klassic Kolbert: Stephen’s short-lived career as an ABC Correspondent.
- Stephen chats with NPR’s Terry Gross from ‘Fresh Air’ about the book.
- Check out a quick transcript of the show!
- NPR’s talk show ‘All Things Considered’ also speaks with Stephen about the book.
- Video of Stephen on ‘Late Night with David Letterman.’
- Stephen faced off with Larry King for a full hour of ‘Which Stephen am I?’ on Larry King Live.
- On the show, he drops a bombshell about the upcoming election. Huckabee/Colbert ’08?
WristStrong Will Not Be Eclipsed by all the Book News!
- Celebrity WristStrong sightings: Matthew Perry, Sherrod Brown, Mark Morgan and Erik Estrada.
’Colbert Report’ Episode-related News:
- ’The Colbert Report’ might be going global!
- The ‘Report’ filming crew were spotted at a street festival during the New York Leather Weekend in New York City.
- Upcoming guest Dennis Kucinich wants us to organize fundraising parties during the rerun of next Tuesday’s show (he’ll be a guest on Monday night).
- Al Gore and his team won the Nobel Peace Prize this week, but Stephen also made a movie about global warming. Nobel Peace Prize please!!
- ’Report’ guest John Kao blogs about his interview and separates his life into ‘Before Colbert’ and ‘After Colbert’ eras.
Stephen in the Mainstream Media (Non-Book-Related!):
- AskMen.com names Stephen the coolest celebrity Star Wars nerd.
- Cross your fingers that a possible writers’ strike WON’T happen!
- ’The Washington Post’ wonders why so many more Democrats are willing to appear on ‘Better Know A District.’ Because they have a sense of humor?
- Tek Jansen update! The next comic should be released in late November or early December.
- A Huffington Post blogger asks whether Stephen is the ultimate test for presidential candidates.
- Scans of an article about Stephen in Canada’s Maclean’s Magazine.
- Stephen took over Maureen Dowd’s column in the New York Times this weekend!
The Zeitgeist Doesn’t Read ‘The New York Times’ Either:
- Zeitgeist for October 9, 2007 (I Am America Day Edition)
- Zeitgeist for October 11, 2007 (National Coming Out Day Edition)
NoFactZone News:
- We had minor web hosting service trouble on Tuesday, but we’re back up and running!
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