Welcome to the month of May, Zoners! If you live in South Carolina, don’t forget to set your Tivo to catch Lorna Colbert (the iron-wombed matriarch of the Colbert clan) on Thursday May 8 on ETV. If you don’t live in South Carolina, cross your fingers for an online clip – and don’t forget to buy your Mother’s Day cards ASAP. Monday’s show might be a thunderstorm of dance-off goodness as Rain blows into New York to take on Stephen Colbert outside of the TIME 100 poll. Who wins? America does.
Episode Guides:
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly for April 28 – May 1, 2008
- Episode 4056 (April 28, 2008) – Songstress Leslie Feist
- Episode 4057 (April 29, 2008) – Author Anne Lamott
- Episode 4058 (April 30, 2008) – Author and professor Noah Feldman
- Urgent fangirl bulletin: Stephen sings ‘Kansas City’ to Donna Brazile.
- Episode 4059 (May 1, 2008) – Author James Howard Kunstler
- Enjoy the most recent ‘Formidable Opponent’ all over again with this video clip.
Drop in and speak your mind in our new feature: the Friday Free-for all!
The Colbert Report Episode News:
- Take a peek behind the scenes at The Colbert Report with blogger Sam Reich, a friend of Report
- Guest Alert: Carl Hiassen and Rain will be appearing on Monday’s Colbert Report. (Raise your hand if you can’t wait!)
Mainstream Media:
- Everyone who headlines White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner will be compared to Stephen Colbert in 2006. Craig Ferguson steps up to the plate this year.
- Shigeru Miyamoto beats both Stephen Colbert and Rain to win the TIME 100 Most Influential People of the Year. But all the articles about the poll mention Stephen.
- TIME Magazine comments on the results of the poll, calling Stephen ‘falsely outraged’ and Rain ‘peach-cheeked’.
- Heroes in the United Kingdom are about to join the Colbert Nation as the Report debuts on May 6!
- ‘Roots’ drummer ?uestlove talks about the band’s performance and guitar-smashing on the Colbert Report set in Philadelphia.
- The Telegraph (UK) names Stephen one of its 50 Most Influential U.S. Political Pundits. Take that, TIME!
- The Toronto Star feels the love from a Report taping, calling Stephen a genuinely funny, genuinely nice gentleman. We knew that – but you can say it again!
It’s Raining Rain, Hallelujah:
- We start the week off with a foggy rumor that Rain might appear on the Report.
- The rumors pick up steam with a fan site spotting of Rain in New York.
- Clouds gather as Rain is seen leaving the Colbert Report studio!
- We get a sprinkling of spoilers from one fan’s report from outside the Report studio.
- The thunderclouds keep gathering with unsubstantiated rumors that Rain’s segment will air on May 5th’s show.
We Call It The Joy Machine:
- Comedy Central has a clip of unused ‘Better Know A District’ footage from Pennsylvania’s Joe Sestak of the Fightin’ Seventh.
- Enjoy this clip of unused footage from Stephen’s BKAD interview with Guam’s Madeleine Bordallo.
- Klassic Kolbert: Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell perform the closing number from Steve Carell Salutes Steve Carell. The harmony will bring a tear to your eye!
Six Degrees of Stephen Colbert:
- We catch up with Stephen’s friends and colleagues: Mitch Rouse, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, Laura Krafft, Meredith Scardino, John Hodgman, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, and last but not least Lewis Black.
- Comedian Dave Hill makes some promises and drops some hints about meeting Laura Krafft and Meredith Scardino at Wednesday’s ‘Festival of Sight and Sound and Other Stuff’ at Comix NY.
- Two interesting interviews: Jon Stewart discusses his standup shows and crossword puzzles, and Daily Show video clip master Adam Chodikoff reveals the magic behind the montages.
- The Daily Show is headed out to tape at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, this August.
- Lewis Black is getting some love from the press with his new show, ‘The Root of All Evil.’
- Happy Birthday, Greg Hollimon (Principal Blackman)!
No Fact Zone Site News:
- One lucky hero wins a pre-release copy of ‘Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into the Best Times!’ by The Daily Show‘s Rob Kutner!
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RE: “It’s Raining Rain, Hallelujah:”
HAHAHAHA!
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