Feb
28
Hallelujah! ‘The Colbert Report’ gets a website revamp!
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At last! The moment we’ve all been waiting for: Comedy Central has given The Colbert Report’s website a shiny and new makeover!
Just what we all needed: MORE Stephen Colbert! My productivity is now measurable using only negative numbers, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do …
EDITED TO ADD: Some of our Canadian commenters have noted that the official Comedy Central site won’t work for them, for which I can only offer a heartfelt, “I’m sorry.” If anyone figures out a way around this hurdle and/or if the Comedy Network creates a comparable Colbert Report site of its own, please let us know (the contact info is here), and we’ll spread the word.
EDIT II:
I read on the Colboards about a site that allows you to install a software that helps you to bypass the country firewall. Does anyone know what site I’m talking about, and is this something that actually works?
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27 Comments
February 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Good God, now we have FOUR nipples in the top fold of our site. That disturbs me on multiple levels.
And hey! He’s not backwards anymore! YAY!
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Bwah!! I’m glad all my contract employees left before I read that comment; it’s the only thing that spared me the indignity of shrieking with laughter in front of all of them …
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Site looks great. But here’s hoping they give it the full Daily Show website treatment and put up clips from all of the past episodes.
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
could colbertnation.com be next?
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
@Tina:
Here’s hoping.
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
@MsI:
I don’t know why, but that shot was just so disturbing to me. In a good way, the same way that High Princess Thea is disturbing to me. But disturbing nonetheless. Unsettling comedy is gold, I always say. But … yeah.
Four nipples. That’s just too d*mn many nipples, I gotta be quite honest with you.
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
@ Page,
I do believe that’s the ultimate plan, although the new version of the site is obviously still in beta mode at present. Articles like this one from last Fall certainly suggest that a fully archived site for TCR was under consideration at that time, though.
@ DB,
Amen, sister.
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
KICK ASS!!
Oh happy day!
luv
U
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Thank God! The old site’s poor functionality was giving me a rash.
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February 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Now I’m really not going to get anything done. I spend too much time online as it is. :-)
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February 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
GAH! It’s so pretty…*faints*
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February 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Looks very nice and all, but on behalf of all Colbertnation’s Canandian chapter, having the content being blocked sucks. Same thing for TDS.com
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
oh my gosh. thank you. that site was looking like a dump.
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
In hopes of the archives…
not sure if the site was supposed to be noticed yet, as when it was mentioned on the Colboards, they immediately took it down, but I think that was just to flip Stephen.
Also, I’m hoping they put some tags on the clips and maybe make tds clips accessible via the tcr site and vice verse
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
WOOOOOOOOOOOO! that looks great. And big video’s, that is just freakin awesome.
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Wow! It’s beautiful and worthy — kudos to the redesign team! I love the “Crucial Colbert” box, and that they’re calling out Stephen’s opening line of each show (a bit like NFZ’s widget?). And the Moments of Truth are well chosen — I love that they’ve got their “Music Man” fanvid up there, hee.
Plus it’s easy to see how to order tickets, and it’s interesting that they have a way for people to visit the Colboards w/o going through ColbertNation … Plus the swoony red/blue background! If I ever missed a show, this would be a pleasure to visit — all-around a 1000% improvement!
It’s giving me a little flag as its icon, hee.
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
@ Fifi,
I’m sure they don’t mind its being noticed; typing in the address for the old version of the official Comedy Central site automatically forwards you to the new version.
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February 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I love the ginormous video window…
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February 29th, 2008 at 1:34 am
*standing ovation*
Beauuutiful! Finally, a decent site that won’t crash my computer anymore! And I sincerely hope ALL the old clips are eventually uploaded. I’ve noticed the TDS website is missing some material. No way were there only 19 Even Stephvens done over the years.
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February 29th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I’m glad to read about the new look for TCR web site. Unfortunately, I live in Canada… so I cannot enjoy the goodies. Yes, I am very very very bitter.
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February 29th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Thanks God for the new site!!!! Hopefully this is the first step toward making it Daily Show-esque!
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Is anyone else having stalling/buffering issues on the site? I have broadband dsl but the vids hang and buffer every 10 seconds! Plus after playing two it jams and plays two at once and I have to reload.
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February 29th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
@vigwig
I am having a lot of issues with the site. I had the buffering issues earlier today. Now I get nothing but the advertisements. An advertisement will play, the site will skip my selected video, the same advertisement will play, the next video will be skipped, etc.
I remember that TDS Web site had a lot of these issues at first too. I still sometimes have problems with TDS but not nearly as often as I used to.
I hope they put a video search function on the new TCR Web site.
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February 29th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
@vigwig
Yeah, I have have broadband too, and the same probs with the buffering. Haven’t been able to watch a video straight through on the TCR site OR the TDS site yet. It’s a bit annoying, really… :-(
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March 1st, 2008 at 10:16 am
at work i cant watch most of the videos because they buffer for a minute and then it goes to the replay or see more vids thing, for both the TCR and TDS. (We have DSL at work) at home where I have access to cable internet it works much better but i still have some buffering issues (and I can load an entire 5-7 minute youtube video in about 45 seconds) so there are definitely issues with the comedy central video player.
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March 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Whew, thanks all for the feedback on the site issues, I’m relieved it’s not my pc but them.
I’ve got a T-1 line at work and they play fine there. They can’t expect everyone to have that speed at home can they?
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March 2nd, 2008 at 7:40 am
I’m Canadian, and I use this to access TDS.com and comedycentral.com:
http://www.ultrareach.com/company/download.htm
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