BREAKING NEWS: NASA TV webcasts Stephen Colbert interview at 10:50a EST today
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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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May 8th, 2008 at 10:52 am
In spaaaaaaaaace.
I’m at work too, but nothing’s working right now. HOORAY!
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:55 am
I hope other people are able to watch/listen to this. :) Laser cannon!
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am
“You grow a little bit in space.” I did not know that.
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:57 am
LOL Reisman is awesome, btw.
(I’m totally spamming this post, aren’t I? ;) )
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
HA! Dippin Dots!
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
“Do you eat Dippin’ Dot? I understand that’s the ice cream of the future.”
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Bottom of the sea for two weeks too? Dang.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:03 am
“Did you have hair when you took off for the space station, and it just got ripped off in the G-forces?”
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Flipping the Wrist Strong bracelet up to God > Genius!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:04 am
lol Cannibalism mention.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I know — loved it!!
I don’t remember it exactly, but I think it went something like this:
“Do you ever catch another astronaut looking at you as if he’s picturing a giant turkey leg?”
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Hee. He should’ve followed up with, “‘Cause I am.” Oh, poor Bobby.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Obvious comment…but I love Stephen’s laugh.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:05 am
“Laughing in space looks fun” – FLIP!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Bwah! “Depending on what my superiors think of this interview …”
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am
LOL He got the bracelet from space!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:10 am
“It’s good to hear something can make you grow an inch, because I’ve got e-mails promising that all the time.”
Stephen KILLS me!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I was waiting for that joke to come. Stephen never fails to make me laugh.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I was waiting for him to suggest sending Jon up there.
Of course, you recompress when you come back down anyhow. :( Aw.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Haha! That was my thought, too!
May 8th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Yay, that was fun. :)
I loved when Stephen asked Reisman to scream.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
that was seriously the coolest thing ever. i loved the spinning wrist strong bracelet…tcr is universe-wide now! how thrilling.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I missed the beginning (only caught from the comment on Reisman’s lack of hair onward), but I’m looking forward to seeing more of this tonight. Good stuff!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Great interview. It’ll be interesting to see which parts make it through the edit.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Please tell me someone can do a recap for we
streaming video-challenged! Dang work!
I think I saw a screen cap.
Did he have on a green shirt?
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
My two favorite parts:
“I can’t believe I’m talking to space! I should say something really profound. EAT IT, Jon Stewart — I’m talking to space!!”
“Hail, Xenu!” (followed by discussion of Gorlock — apparently Reisman recently fired him)
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I hope they keep the Jon part in. :D “EAT IT!!!” Profound indeed.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
They have to — it was perfect.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Oh, and I liked this exchange:
SC: You are a member of the Colbert Nation, are you not, sir?
GR: Well, I guess I should say I’m a member of the Colbert Universe.
SC: We’ve gone galactic!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Our plans of domination are coming to fruition! Mwa hahahahahaha!
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:24 am
*fly hands*
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:59 am
GRUMBLEGRUMBLE
Silly work. I miss everything lately! At least it’ll be on the show.
Anyone who saw it, how long was the interview? Because if it’s longer than like five minutes they’ll have to cut some of it out. :(
Still, my inner nerd is freaking out that he actually got to do that interview! Plus, we know how much Stephen’s into science fiction and stuff, so he had to be soooo excited about it.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
He sounded absolutely giddy — you could tell he was thrilled. So adorable!
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I’d say it was between 15 and 20 minutes. They’ll probably cut out a lot of the delays, but yeah, some of the questions will have to go.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Aww, if only I checked this site an hour ago, I could have caught this. Sad. How long was it?
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Darn, I missed it… but right now its on NASA tv (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html). They usually rebroadcast stuff. probaly 3 times a day…. and they have life streaming video.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
live not life… looks like this will replay between 3-5 EDT again
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Thanks for the hint, LaColberta. I’d definitely like to go back and catch the part I missed.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
You may want to keep an eye on the “live” feed. I just caught the end of the interview, so they may be repeating it through out the day.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Much thanks to Jennie and DB for alerting us to this!!!
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Ditto! :) Thanks, guys.
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May 8th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I just saw it at 3pm Central. It’s 19 minutes long (unedited). NASA TV will replay at the top of the hour several more times today:
NASA TV VIDEOFILE RUNDOWN for Thursday, May 8, 2008 – 12 p.m.
Video-File Schedule:
Media Channel (#103) — In the morning at 4, 5, 6 and 8 a.m., and afternoon/evening 12, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 p.m. (all times Eastern)
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May 8th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Wow!!! That was so great. Loved the spinning WS bracelet, the flip, tossing the bracelet to God (ultimate product placement – hee). Both of them seemed tickled to be talking to each other. Hooray for Intergalactic Stephen!
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May 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Awesome! And Stephen was SO happy, how delightful! Thanks.
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May 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Oh wow, that was so good! I loved the exchanging of the wriststrong bracelet. Stephen’s like, “I got it from space!”
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May 9th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Yes!!! After keeping an eye on the NASA website all day, I finally saw the full interview. Garrett Reisman rocks. What an it-getter! I’m so happy for Stephen.
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