I’m thinking the non-Worldwide Pants shows are hearing a lot of these comments nowadays. From the New York Observer:
Nation Editor Rejects Invitation to Appear on The Colbert Report, Citing ‘Solidarity’ with Writers
by Felix Gillette | January 3, 2008 | Tags: Media Katrina vanden Heuvel Stephen Colbert
Getty ImagesOn Monday, Jan. 7, following in the footsteps of Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will return to the airwaves without their shows’ writers, who remain on strike. Which guests will cross the picket line to appear on the first night back for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report?
Not Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor of The Nation, who this afternoon told Media Mob that she had recently turned down Mr. Colbert’s invitation to appear on his Jan. 7 show.
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According to Ms. vanden Heuvel, the show was looking for someone to talk about the role of labor today in America.
“I think Colbert is terrific,” said Ms. vanden Heuvel. “We all miss it in different ways, but this strike has to be worked out before one goes back on.”
Ack, this is so painful to read about. I think she’s right, but I’m also worried about what’s going to happen with the show. I hope Stephen can figure out how to do this gracefully. The fact that he wanted someone to talk about “the role of labor today in America” sounds promising.
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Am I alone in finding the proposed topic just the weeniest bit ……in an interestingly multivalent sort of way…..umm….ironic?
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I agree–I can see her point, but this has got to be driving TCR crazy. This sounds like it might be a good time for Stephen to spiral downward into the drug, alcohol, and pregnancy-induced celebrity tailspin he predicted for himself for the coming year. (Could maternity leave get him out of this mess? Read the fine print in your contract, Stephen!)
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@looped linear… I agree.. that kind of runs my mind in circles
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I’m hoping Jon can get that agreement he’s trying for…like Dave did.
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@Fifi,
You said it. I won’t be holding my breath though…
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