All You Need to Know: 5/11/08 Edition

Happy Mother’s Day, Nation! Lorna Colbert’s youngest son has had a big week – facing off with Rain on the Dance Dance Revolution, facing off with Arianna Huffington across the interview table, and talking to a real live NASA astronaut who also happens to be a member of Colbert Universe. In space! I still can’t get over how cool that interview was, and I’m willing to bet that Stephen hasn’t either. Next stop, Mars!

Episode Guides:

Fantasy Colbert League Weekly for May 5 – 8, 2008

• Episode 4060 (May 5, 2008) – Author Carl Hiassen, Pop superstar Rain
• Spoiler alert! Photos from Rain’s visit to the set.
• Spoiler alert! Monday’s Comedy Central promos feature Rain.
• Urgent Fangirl Bulletin: They’re dancing in Koreeeeeeaaaan!
• Relive the dancing (and the red pants) with screencaps and videos.
• Rain’s visit gets a pretty good amount of online press the next day.
• Episode 4061 (May 6, 2008) – Opera singer Nathan Gunn
• Episode 4062 (May 7, 2008) – Professor and artist Hasan Elahi, Author George Johnson
• Jeez, just how many Colbert Report staffers have met their grisly ends on this show?
• Episode 4063 (May 8, 2008) – Astronaut Garrett Reisman, Author and politico Arianna Huffington
• Guest alert for Garrett Reisman from Florida Today!
• NASA TV broadcasts Stephen’s interview with Garrett Reisman – from SPACE!
• The Houston Chronicle spreads the word of Stephen and Garrett’s interview.

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The Colbert Report Episode News:

• The Colbert Report debuts in the United Kingdom!
• Spoiler alert: will former Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmk be visiting the Report next week?

Mainstream Media:

• Frank Rich of The New York Times unwittingly re-hashes the Report’s take on the John McCain-George Stephanopolous interview.
• Stephen’s ‘Colbert Plate’ goes on sale on Ebay to benefit the Parkinson Society Maritime Region. Bidding ended on May 7!
• The Foreign Policy Passport tries to get Stephen’s attention by not nominating him to its ‘100 Top Public Intellectuals’ list.
• The 2008 Webby Awards name Stephen Colbert their ‘Person of the Year.’ Congratulations!
• New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd tells the Harvard Political Review that she finds The Colbert Report informative as well as funny.
• The Project for Excellence in Journalism is analyzing The Daily Show’s content to see that yes, it is more than mere comedy.
• Jon Stewart hosts MTV’s ‘Upfront,’ helped out by Stephen Colbert, on Thursday night. The Hollywood Reporter has more.

“It’s Mother’s Day! Call your Mom.”

• The State.com previews South Carolina’s ETV Mother’s Day special, featuring Lorna Colbert.
• ‘Entertainment Tonight’ previews a bit of Stephen’s Mother’s Day wishes to his mom on Wednesday.
• ETV finally airs its special Mother’s Day edition of The Big Picture, available on its website.

We Call It The Joy Machine:

• Yeah, you can’t go wrong with a little eye candy.
• Check out these hysterical blast-from-the-past clips: Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart discuss The Daily Show and their favorite skits.
• Craig Newmark sneaks a photo of the Report’s backstage decor. Cool!
• Klassic Kolbert: ABC Family re-airs an old episode of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ starring one Stephen Colbert.
• Klassic Kolbert: Stephen and the Colberts. It’s the Charlene video. If you haven’t seen it, or if god forbid you don’t know who Charlene is, click on this link right now.

Six Degrees of Stephen Colbert:

• Check out a promotional video for Rob Kutner’s new book ‘Apocalypse How’, narrated by Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle.
• Steve Carell is featured on the cover of ‘Wired’ magazine to talk about his new movie ‘Get Smart’ – and tell us how to appear brilliant even if we’re not.
• Amy Sedaris talks to the Onion A.V. Club and teases readers with a hypothetical ‘Strangers With Candy’ Christmas movie. I said hypothetical!

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