It is with a sad and heavy heart that I report that our Senior International Correspondent, Jennie, will no longer be working with us. She has received some excellent opportunities to follow in her personal life and unfortunately won’t have the time to devote to the site anymore. She, like the rest of the minions, have put in dozens, and I’d even be willing to say hundreds, of volunteer hours, contributing her time and her talents to pour content onto this site and onto Colbert University.
So I wanted to say a very public and very sincere “Thank You” to Jennie, for all she’s done for No Fact Zone and for the fandom. There are so many aspects of this site, and of our sister site, Colbert University, that simply would not exist were it not for her hard and untiring work.
She will be sorely missed. Here’s some of her contributions:
Episode Guides
Not only was she on the weekly Episode Guide rotation among the Minions, doing at least one a week, but she also did guides for over 100 episodes so that we would have guides for each and every episode of the show archived here.
Character Data
She has compiled a comprehensive (and, to me, mind-boggling) list of the quirks and character defining features of “Stephen”.
Here’s a small snippet from a small section of the show’s history (October-December 2005) – the numbers at the end correspond with the number assigned to the show:
- Family, Friends, and Personal Relationships
- Charlene (“I’m not stalking you”) first mentioned – 1004
- Black friend Alan – 1006
–(“I was talking about this to a friend of mine last night. Alan. He’s a black guy. I gave Alan my take on Rosa Parks and you should have heard the string of expletives he started yelling. Just as mad about this as I am.”) - Wife’s name: Lorraine (mentioned in letter to her during the documentary of the Ken Burns interview) – 1010
- Troubled marriage hinted at:
- –“I just want you to know that at our Thanksgiving feast I will not chug the Merlot, call you an egomaniac who you are sorry you married, throw a drumstick at your head and go sit in the rental car for the rest of the meal. Though I know someone who will.” – 1021
- Mother’s Maiden Name: Bailey – 1021
- Grandfather sold glass bottles during the Depression – 1015
- Dog: Gipper – 1011
- Wilford Brimley — mentor (Stephen hired to shave his back during filming of The Firm) – 1014
- - spiritual advisor (Stephen suggests he play Pope John Paul in biopic) – 1027
- 1 of 11 children – 1025
- 1/3 Chickasaw (Colbert in Chicasaw means “Soar Like Eagle”) – 1028
- Named second son John Paul, after the Pope: “He’s four years old and we call him Your Holiness” – 1028
- Has 6-year-old nephew who likes to pretend he’s lit on fire – 1032
If you ever want to know every single minutae of “Stephen’s” character, Jennie has fixed it up so that you have a place to go to find it.
Zeitgeist posts
For a very long time, she was queen of the Zeitgeist posts, bringing us the jetsam and flotsam of Colbert on the Internet. That’s actually how she started helping with the site – she’d send me pages of links, and finally I said, How about I make you an account and you post all these puppies yourself?
Congrats Jennie!
I’m sure I can speak for everyone who reads the blog that we’ll miss your contributions!
Good luck with everything that you do!
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Oh nooooooooooooooooo … Jennie, we’ll miss you! But of course we’re excited about your opportunities, and your mega-contributions here will definitely live on and be enjoyed by many more fans in the future. It was wonderful working with you!!!!
Anyone who would like to see Jennie’s complete Character Data oeuvre can visit its contents page here at Colbert U:
http://colbertuniversity.nofactzone.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=59
And be amazed!
Wherever life takes you, Jennie, I guarantee you will be the most knowledgeable person about Stephen Colbert, there! And if you ever miss us … well, you know where to find us!
Ciao bella!!
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We will definitely miss you Jennie! Thanks for all you’ve done and all the hard work you’ve put in. Best of luck to you!
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Congratulations, Jennie, on your new opportunities. I’m sure you’ll succeed excellently well in them, and I’m really, really happy for you.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be weeping self-centeredly in an offline corner somewhere …
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I’m sorry to hear that you’re going (you’ll be missed), but glad at your new opportunities.
Bon voyage! ;D
The Stephen character trivia is impressive. I keep meaning to really thoroughly go over the University site…
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Jennie, thank you for all that you have done for NFZ and CU. Your contributions have made a huge difference to the zoner community. We are all going to miss you.
I am happy to hear that you have exciting new things happening in your personal life. Congratulations!
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Thank you, DB and everyone else, for the kind words. It’s all bit a lot of fun and I’m going to miss the role of minion… but I’ll still stop by and leave a comment of two! You can’t get rid of me that easily!
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Ah, Jennie, we will miss you! Thanks for all of your amazing hard work, and best of luck with all your real-life endeavors.
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You will be missed Jennie! Thank-you for all your contributions and best of luck to you in your new endeavors.
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Best of luck to you, Jennie!
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Thank you Jenny for all your hard work on behalf of the fandom and best of luck with your future endeavors.
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Thank for everything Jennie! Good luck with your future endeavors! Knowing how thorough you have been at CU, I am sure you will be successful in whatever you do:)
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Thank you Jennie for all your hard work and dedication to the site and to us Zoners. You will be missed. Best of luck to you wherever the road of life takes you in the future.
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Thanks, Jennie and good luck! :)
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Thank you Jennie for your amazing work, it is wonderfully integral to the fantastic ‘Colbert experience’ here at No Fact Zone.
ReCaptcha: ultimate play-last…if I could add ‘forever’ that’d be a good way to describe Jennie’s work here.
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