Friday Free-for-all: Just Under The Wire edition
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Ok, sorry to be a bit late on this, kids. If I told you how crazy this week has been, we’d be here all night. We figured out the problem with the site and the mystery header. In a nutshell, the site was looking at our old server and not our shiny new server due to a Cpanel update on the backend. But Jen fixed it for us, which rocks. Also, this is on a bit of a personal note, but I’d like to congratulate our Junior Senior Correspondent, Jacob, for bringing home a straight-A report card this week. Way to go, kiddo!!
So, here’s my starting question: Do you live in the Dallas area? And if so, would you be willing to meet up with a group of people to go see “The Love Guru” in theaters? Cause I think that might be fun to meet up at Northpark mall and all go as a group to see Stephen on the big screen. I’ll see if there’s interest, and if so I’ll get a Meetup set up. Is this something you might want to do in your own city?
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June 6th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Aw. Too bad I’m not in Dallas. I’m in southeast Houston (NASA area), but will most definitely be seeing this in the theatre. :)
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June 7th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Great job Jacob! Keep up the good work.
I would love it if we did a zoner movie night in the Washington, DC/Northern Virginia area. We could meet at Tysons Corner Center and see “The Love Guru” as a group. I like the idea of going to the Tysons Corner area because it would be convenient for most people in the DC area and it was mentioned in the Tom Davis BKAD segment on TCR.
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June 7th, 2008 at 1:40 am
Shoot. I was just in DC last weekend visiting my family.
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June 7th, 2008 at 9:27 am
DC meetups would be fun, but I won’t be in DC until September. :)
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June 7th, 2008 at 1:07 am
From what I gather, not may people that post regularly on here live near me, here in our little corner of NC. :( Oh well.
Great job, Jacob! Keep those good grades up next year!
Oh, and love the video on the sidebar. I had a hard time not waking anyone up laughing.
Lol. ReCaptcha: Thomas Jellyby
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June 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I live in midnc, but I won’t hook up. Nothing eprsonal, but I don’t trust internet people.
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June 7th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Lol, that’s alright. I’m a bit wary about it too.
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June 7th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
2 am under the streetlight on the corner of Elm and Maple. Wear something loose.
June 7th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
(This is actually in response to your other comment, but there’s not a reply button.)
Haha, “Are there gonna be other people there this time?”
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June 7th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Does anyone have the FULL clip of Stephen Colbert dancing behind Barney Frank? I’d like to see it in context. Thanks.
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Anyone from southern California?
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I’m in LA, but really can’t bring myself to watch The Love Guru as much as I love Stephen:( If there is a more directly-related Stephen event in the future, maybe we can meet up:)
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June 7th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Not in Dallas, sorry. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Stephen’s just in the film for just a few minutes, right? Are you just going to watch his segment, then leave? :)
Also, I love the Stephen photo at the top of the page. Not many Stephen photos I don’t like, but it’s always a nice surprise to see one I haven’t seen before. *sigh*
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June 7th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Good job, Jacob! Keep it up. :)
For the free-for-all, a friend informed me the other day that Dana Carvey is doing a new stand-up special on HBO next Saturday, the 14th. We’re excited, since we watched the special he did 10+ years ago, Critic’s Choice, together back when they used to show it on CC practically ALL the time. Now you never see it. :(
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June 7th, 2008 at 11:49 am
yes! — and there’s an exclusive interview with Dana running on The MySpace right now…. looking forward to seeing Dana again, he’s been away too long.
Anyone near Nashville?
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June 7th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Yay Jacob! Keep it up! Stephen would be proud!
Definitely nowhere near Dallas. But I hope you can rally up a few people DB!
Recaptcha: “adventures in”… adventures in what? Space? NFZ? Where? Don’t play games with me recaptcha!
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June 7th, 2008 at 10:07 am
This is a great idea! I’m very far from Dallas, but I’d love to go see the movie with fans from Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland area. Anyone?
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June 7th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Is there anyone in the Monroe Michigan area? Southeast Michigan. If you are near, I’d love to arrange a meet up.
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June 7th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Come to Kroger on N Dixie near Monroe Michigan. I’ll be the one wearing a wriststong.
ReCapthch: clined moves
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June 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Excellent job, Jacob! Good for you!
I’m nowhere near Dallas, but I hope a bunch of you guys get together and have a good time. :)
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June 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I’m in Jersey, unfortunately, no where near Dallas. : ( I’m a few towns away from Princeton, but I’m sort of on the fence about seeing it. Not to mention my sitting time every day is limited to only a few hours because of my back injury. So, unless it’s a Netflix or On Demand movie for now, I’ll probably have to pass until I’m better.
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Oh hey, I’m in Jersey, too. The centralish part, exit 10 off the Turnpike. ;-) I’m not sure I’d be willing to sit through The Love Guru, but maybe if something else comes up…
Hope your back improves soon!
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June 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
No kidding…my husband was born and raised in Milltown! It’s a small, small world!
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June 12th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Also in Jersey: Princeton, during the school year at least. ;-)
Ditto Ann – if something else comes up, I’m in. =]
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June 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
hey – anyone in NYC? i’d love to go see it with a fellow colbert fan :-)
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June 7th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Congratulations Jacob! Good job!
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June 7th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Random question: Does anyone have the FULL clip of Stephen dancing behind Barney Frank? I would love to see it in context.
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
you know what, that clip would be good behind john mccain for the green screen challenge, if you could take barney frank out. hehe.
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
That is a brilliant idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope someone doesn’t steal your idea because you deserve credit for that one. Since “Stephen” loves being the center of attention, that would be the perfect submission.
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June 8th, 2008 at 9:51 am
That is a great idea for the green screen challenge. Another idea I thought of was to put some of Stephen’s character breaks behind McCain. Anything that makes it look like he’s reacting to McCain would work well. I wish I had the software and knowledge to make a green screen video.
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June 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I would just LOVE to see someone find the same stock footage that the show uses whenever Stephen talks about bears, and put that on the McCain green screen! I would seriously need some sort of oxygen tank for that…
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
i am in chicago area.
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June 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Man, every time I hear the name Jacob images of a googly-eyed badass named Ben and a haunted little cabin in the middle of a jungle pop in my head…
I seriously need to take a break from my LOST DVDs…
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I was in a card store today and what do I hear but “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’!” I barely could contain myself as I imagined Stephen’s brilliant dance moves in my head.
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June 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Fun idea about the Green Screen challenge!
Meanwhile, here I am with my new best friend, Stephen. My husband photoshopped it for me for Mother’s Day. :-)
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June 7th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Sorry, I’ll try it again.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jentaps31/ColbertEagle/photo#5209319463693584642
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June 8th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Cute! Your husband has good photoshopping skills.
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June 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Oh, that’s too cute.
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June 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
With Coca-Cola no less! That makes it even better in my book.
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June 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
We were at World of Coke in Atlanta last September. Every picture I was in, I posed that way. It was fun.
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June 7th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
You don’t have to let that be posted DB and minions.
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June 8th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Wow, I thought this was the Friday Free-for-all. I can’t post a link to a picture of Stephen and me?
@TruthPower, were you speaking to me? My post from earlier disappeared
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June 8th, 2008 at 3:12 am
jentaps,
Please see FAQ #7: ALL comments with links get caught in the moderation queue, and depending on how busy we are, it may take some time for them to be approved. In addition, the spam filtering software on this site — and believe me, we have to deal with a LOT of spam — sometimes catches comments that are not spam; monitoring this queue also takes time. We are doing our best to encourage free discussion in these comments, but we are not infallible, nor are we necessarily watching the site at every moment of the day and night.
If you have submitted a comment that abides by the rules laid out in the FAQ and it has not appeared after a reasonable interval, a polite message to one of us using the information on the “Contact” page informing us of the situation is likely to be the best approach. In the meantime, we thank you for your patience.
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June 8th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Jacob,
Congrats on your perfect report card! You’re setting a high standard for yourself, buddy. ;-)
Keep up the good work!
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June 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
This is off topic for the Friday Free For All.
I work at a Kroger grocery store and had twice put a label on a Spicy Sweet Chili flavor Doritos. bag. I really wanted to see wanted to see someone buy that and maybe explain the joke. Part of my plan has been foiled twice by someone. Yes, they have been bought. So i am spreading awareness of wrist violence. But Id’ like to see that.
I put a label on one Friday. And it was still there on yesterday. However, when I checked that bag after lunch to see if there was still there, it was nowhere to be found. I spread joy, but I secretly had one of those Mr. moments in the movie where he cries about Geoffrey betraying him.
Here Mr Noblet would say: Eyes in the back or the store. Eyes in the back of the store. There is something I want you to see. Eyes in the back”
ReCaptcha: Monday imposes
Monday imposes what?
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June 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
FYI: I’m DYING over the Commencement Address video! Nice work, Jenny with a Y! Great find!
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June 9th, 2008 at 12:45 am
I know someone’d mentioned the Colbert cologne before, but there are posters for it all over Buenos Aires (where I’m studying abroad for six weeks at the moment), and I’ve seen it in stores. It’s super exciting: http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v250/154/2/525925996/n525925996_918839_4574.jpg
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June 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I absolutely had to share this…
So, I waltzed into my local library last week and, as always, was sucked into the display of new books it had recently acquired. And I swear, I found a book that truly takes on the show’s thesis of Truthiness.
It’s called True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society by Salon.com columnist, Farhad Manjoo, and as you may suspect, there’s an entire chapter dedicated to Truthiness (which is called “‘Truthiness’ Everywhere”). How this author hasn’t been on the show yet I’ll never know. But I do know that he and Stephen would find endless terms to agree on (maybe that’s why…I suppose people who disagree with Stephen make for better interviews).
I’ve only just started reading it today, and there are some interesting insights so far, and I figured some of you guys would be interested in picking it up. With an entire chapter dedicated to Truthiness, I just had to share this find with everyone.
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