All You Need to Know: 6/15/08 Edition

Happy Father’s Day, Zoners. The mainstream media lost a well-respected colleague this week, when NBC’s Tim Russert passed away on Friday. However Stephen and the crew of the Report decide to make note of it on the show next week, I’m sure it will be a fitting tribute to the man who held his own while interviewing Stephen last October. In happier news, Stephen and Steve Carell are both in movies coming out very soon, and Stephen made us (okay, at least me) grin foolishly and proudly when he accepted his Webby Award. Enjoy!

Episode Guides:

Fantasy Colbert League Weekly for June 9 – 12, 2008

• Episode 4075 (June 9, 2008) – Investigative reporter Philip Weiss
• Episode 4076 (June 10, 2008) – Zoologist Alan Rabinowitz
• The ‘Elitist Menace Among Us’ clip narrator joins the growing list of doomed Report characters.
• The blogosphere buzzes about the ‘terrorist fist jab’ featured on Tuesday’s show.
• Episode 4077 (June 11, 2008) – Author David Hadju
• Episode 4078 (June 12, 2008) – Activist Winona LaDuke, Scientist Dickson Despommier
• Guest alert: Winona LaDuke, environmental activist and executive director of Honor the Earth.

Drop in and speak your mind in the Friday Free-for-all post!

ME ME ME ME ME (The 2008 Webby Awards):

• We get a streaming video of Stephen’s acceptance speech at the award ceremony on Tuesday.
• The first article about the night describes Stephen gleefully celebrating himself while hoisting the Webby trophy.
• Eye Candy! Stephen rules the Webby Awards.
• Ur doing it wrong: a Webby LOLbert.
• Well, all right, we’ll post another video of Stephen accepting his Webby.
• The Huffington Post has a few more photos of Stephen at the Webbys, thanks to Rachel Sklar.
• One last good-quality video of Stephen’s five words.

The Colbert Report Episode News:

• Enjoy the Colbert Report Global Edition #4 and Global Edition #5.
• We get the lowdown on the newly offered full episode player for The Colbert Report!

Mainstream Media:

• Is this mainstream? Stephen gives Dan Levy pointers on how to be a better host (learn how to tie your tie!) during the I Have To Go In A Minute Show.
• Let’s get meta: The Canadian media covers Stephen’s coverage of the Hockey Night in Canada theme song drama.
• CNN features the John McCain greenscreen challenge during ‘The Situation Room.’
• Nice greenscreen entry! Samuel L. Jackson and ‘Pulp Fiction’ can make even McCain’s speech interesting.
• The Washington Post revisits the ageless question: do comedians influence politics?
• Al Franken has been WristStronged!
• Sobering thoughts: how will the Colbert Report be affected if the Screen Actors Guild goes on strike this summer?
• Tim Russert suffers a fatal heart attack at NBC’s Washington bureau on Friday. Rest in peace, Tim. You will be missed.
• Variety Magazine takes a look at this year’s Peabody award nominees and how the shows are marketed to their target audiences. Highbrow fare indeed!
• Are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart also market analysts? The Financial Times says they understand the global spike in oil prices better than you might think.
• Stephen’s got a part in ‘The Love Guru’ and we’ve got the video clips of the trailers.

We Call It The Joy Machine:

• Indulge in a little black-and-white Eye Candy.
• Ha Ha Ha! Montage. Laugh along with Phil Ken Sebben (voiced by Stephen Colbert) from the ‘Harvey Birdman’ television show.
• We know you’re too curious to not click the link. But maybe don’t do it while you’re at work.
• The USA Today suggests that Stephen voice the Brainy Smurf in Sony’s upcoming Smurf movie project.
• You can’t NOT dance to the Mojito Commercial.
• Klassic Kolbert: “I Have A Dreamsicle.”
• An end-of-the-week glimpse into Stephen’s office, which might almost be Eye Candy even without the man himself gazing back at you.
• Happy Flag Day! Stephen’s at full staff!
• Watch this video of Stephen dancing – with recent clips! – and just TRY not to smile. Or get up and dance, yourself.

Six Degrees of Stephen Colbert:

• Jon Stewart chats with the Hartford Courant and the Hartford Advocate about his upcoming standup show in Connecticut.
• Six Degrees: The comings and goings of Stephen’s friends and colleagues – Lewis Black, Peter Grosz, John Oliver, and Eric Drysdale.
• Lewis Black stops by the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C. for a book signing.
• Enjoy the first of many Steve Carell interviews, as he talks to Time Out New York about his upcoming movie ‘Get Smart.’
• Amy Sedaris is adorable, and hysterically funny. Check out some video clips from AmySedarisRocks.com.

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