Slightly Early Friday Free-for-all: I’m on VACAAAAAAATION edition
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Just wanted to give everyone a heads up – as of pretty much now, I’m offline for a couple of days getting ready to head out on a very well deserved vacation. I’ll be staying in a lovely little cabin nestled in the mountains next to a beautiful river, for the next 8 days. I’ll be communing with nature and hopefully getting some serious R&R (and by R&R, I mean of course, T&A). Now, unfortunately, that also means that I have no Internet access unless I use the WiFi at the resort clubhouse. Ouch. So, for all intents and purposes, I’m unplugging for a week. I’ll have my iPhone, but I’m going to do my best not to use it. I’ll be returning on Saturday, October 25th, and will do my best to get caught up on anything that I missed.
Now, don’t get too scared – this is a team effort, and I’m sure that my fellow minions will keep the information flow coming as well as they can. However, I know for a fact that a couple of them will be traveling some next week as well, so it’s going to be rather light as far as coverage goes. I trust that you guys will be okay for one week while I recharge and relax. This is only the second real vacation I’ve taken since starting the site, and I’m having blogging withdrawals already. I’ll miss you! And I’ll tell you all about my adventures when I get home.
So here’s my question to all of you for the week:
What’s your favorite Stephen Colbert quote?
You can use print (Wigfield) TV (SWC, TDS, TCR), or even something from an interview that really hit you hard. I paraphrased one of my favorite quotes earlier in this entry. This little project could keep us busy for a few days. I wonder if this could even end up being the most commented post on the site? Who knows.
Keep yourself entertained, kiddos, I am outta here!
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October 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
have fun! I love being unplugged like that…usually I get a few weeks of it every summer and it’s a nice break. avoid that iPhone and enjoy the freedom! we will all survive, I am sure. (nudges everyone–right??)
I will come up with a quote later.
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October 16th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Enjoy your vacation!!
Stephen’s whole Knox College Commencement speech is definitely a favorite of mine. Especially this part:
Now will saying “yes” get you in trouble at times? Will saying “yes” lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes.”
And there are many other funny lines and inspiring lines from Colbert that I absolutely love, but I cannot think of at the moment. I’m sure I will be back in this post to post more of my own faves and read eveyone elses.
Oh yeah, “SHUT YOUR DIRTY LITTLE MOUTH!!” is another big favorite of mine. Haha.
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October 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Love those two also. Pick one? This is a toughie.
Your vacation sounds lovely, have fun.
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I’d go for that “shut your dirty little mouth”. I’ll search for others later. Finally got the Wigfield off of Barnes And Noble yesterday. Ordered the audio book from iTunes too. I’ll wright down good lines from that.
ReCaptcha thinks that this thread is “ridiculous of)
We’ll show that what is ridiculous
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Good quote. I was gonna do it, but you beat me to the punch.
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I sent this to DB this morning, but I’m sure she was busy a-packin’. Have fun, DB!
Got an e-mail about a new web series from
Rob Corddry and friends. Here’s the trailer. Looks like fun!
http://videogum.com/archives/childrens-hospital-might-be-th_028391.html
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October 16th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
forgot to say, Stephen is the narrator of the trailer.
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October 16th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
That looks so wrong and offensive on so many different levels.
And yet, I laughed so very hard.
Thanks for the link!
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
OK some gems from the WHCD…
… .reality has a well-known liberal bias.
…This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!…
you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. …Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know – fiction!
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Have a great vacation, DB! It is well deserved.
My favorite quote from Stephen is in Parade from 9/23/2007: “You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you’re laughing, I defy you to be afraid.”
I’ll have to think about my favorite Stephen character quote, though.
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I LOVE that quote and I have been trying to track down the source. Thanks for citing Parade!
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I’ve tried applying that quote and the “yes and…” speech to my life. Great words to live by.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
absolutely! so do I.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
You’re very welcome. It’s the researcher in me that always tries to source my quotes :)
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
totally off topic, but that’s what friday free-for-alls are for:
tickets for January, February, and March are up and clickable for The Daily Show. figured there could be some interested souls round these parts…
it also shows us the early 2009 break schedule.
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October 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Yes, I got tickets for January 14! I’m so excited I could bust! Now if I can get tickets for TCR on either January 12, 13 or 15 I’ll be one heck of a happy woman!
Have a great vacation DB! You really deserve it and it sounds lovely. I’m not sure I can pick a favorite Stephen quote. There are so many! “An apple a day will keep anyone away if you throw it hard enough!” pops into my head fairly frequently and always makes me smile.
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October 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Tiger, you are my HERO! I got ‘em for March 31! To echo Michele, if I could get TCR tickets on the 30th or April 1, I’ll be set for life! Up until this point, my “NYC/Boston Grad School Trip” was purely theoretical. Now it’s GOT to happen! xD
As for favorite Stephen quote, I tracked down one of his that I couldn’t think of but have been referring to myself for a while. Sort of as a confidence booster, especially in “the ‘biz” (from “Parade’s Web Exclusive”):
“…[T]o do any kind of performance, I think to do any kind of thing where you present yourself or your work to the people, however much you may demur, you have an ego. Or else there’s not that much to express.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
awesome! I’m glad you got those tickets!
I also strategically got some tickets on a “sandwiched” day for optimal TCR flexibility!
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:27 am
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOu are my HERO!!!!
OMG. I finally got ticket in March for TDS! NOW all I need is TCR tickets…MUAHAHAHAA!!!! EEEEPP!!!
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October 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Thanks! Got a tix for March 17! Yippee.
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October 17th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
me too!
I am not sure if I’ll be able to get there but if I can do any day it’s then!
October 16th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
“Do that again and you’ll pull back a bloody stump.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
“Whos been f@#king the coral reef?” always sticks in my mind lol and also “I’m glad you’re here, i’d like you to leave” – I say that to people all the time now :-) I’m sure there are some less obvious ones, I’ll have to think about it some more.
Hope you have a great holiday DB!
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October 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Oooo! Have fun on your vacation!
I’m pretty sure my fave quote ever, because it’s so absurd, is from Strangers With Candy:
“Now we all know that Fidel Castro dressed up like Marilyn Monroe and gave JFK a case of syphilis so bad it eventually blew out the back of his head.”
I nearly fell off the couch laughing when I first heard it.
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October 16th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Oh I love in that episode when Jerri asks if people often die from syphilis and he says, “Oh, absolutely. Historically syphilis is ranked right up there with Germans.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
What episode is that in? I need to see that. There are some real winners in SWC. I love that line in the SWC movie and episodes of Exit 57 I think.
“I’m not pushing you away. I’m puling me towards myself”. I’m taking the mug. Geoffrey!!!!!
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October 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I’m pretty sure it’s called “Jerri’s Burning Issue”. The one where she tells her BF that she’s a virgin then gives him syphilis.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
oh, god, that’s definitely one of my most favorite quotes ever!!
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October 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
A clip from Exit 57 was on this show called “Comedy Remix” Sunday. It was the one where the boys were insecond grade greeting the new guy. It was a really random thing to see, because the rest of the show was just a bunch of stand-up clips of different people.
Great topic! It’s not a tough choice for me…the Knox college paragraph about saying “yes” is absolutely my favorite quote of all time, period. It has helped me, as well. I have the words “Say yes” on the inside of my class ring, which, by the way, I’m getting TOMORROW! =DD
“Saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. ‘Yes’ is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say ‘yes’.”
Of course there are the funny ones, too, but jeez, there are so many to choose from. One of my top picks is “Yes, Muffy, the brie is delicious,” (what it inspired me to make -> http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Nukaleu/YesMuffy.jpg ) from his interview with the New York rep. I just love random sentences that are beautiful in and out of context, and that one fits the crit well.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
OK, now I’m getting down to business and trying to think of a quote. it has to be one I think of, and then have to look up for the wording…not the other way around, cuz otherwise I don’t love it enough.
alright, this one is kind of silly but it really made me laugh at the time:
“that’s cuz I blew it too hard…[audience goes 'ohhhh']…oh my God.”
it’s so nice that petty innuendo is the most memorable for me…but I think I like it because it was unplanned, and Colbert got caught in his boastful interview game. he didn’t argue with the audience or turn their “ohh” on them like he often does with an audience response. he reacted the way MOST of us do when someone misconstrues our meaning like that. and that was unusual and endearing.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
oh man.. that was a fantastic character break. :)
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October 17th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Good one! I loved the look on his face when the audience reacted to that.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
have fun on your break, DB!
as for the quote,
“You cannot be both young and wise.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Unrelated but:
Amy Sedaris to do sitcom w/ help from Paul Dinello!
That makes me an EXORBITANT amount of happy.
As for a quote?
“My vagina is on fire.”
It’s a classic.
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Hah, right now my favorite Stephen quote is from the other night: “That’s like shipping bulls**t to Washington.” There are so many good ones, it’s hard to single them out.
Apropos of nothing: the TCR taping for November 10th (which I had tickets to), has been cancelled. Don’t know why, but I suspect it’s an extra day off to recuperate after election day/week. I was able to pick up tickets for a taping in December, so at least I still get to go. I just have to wait a little longer.
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October 17th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I suspect both shows are probably taking their 2-week hiatus following the election, since they were actually supposed to be off this week and next week. So I’m guessing why your tickets for 11/10 were canceled. But, I think because their ratings are so high, and because it’s an election year, they decided to postpone their break to help us muddle through the rest of this election without pulling all of our hair out. : )
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October 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am
They were really supposed to have two weeks off? Hmmm. According to the e-mail I got from the audience dept. yesterday, the final taping for the year is December 11th, which means an extra-long break over the holidays, too. And truthfully, I can’t see them taking a long break in November when they’re already off Thanksgiving week (I’m assuming). I guess we’ll find out!
Not that they don’t deserve a nice long break, but I know some fans have difficulty with the withdrawal symptoms… :-)
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October 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
December 11 the last taping!? this must apply for TDS too, in which case I might have a little jaunt to NYC in the canceling…
I don’t recall them originally have two weeks worth of break in October when the huge chuck of TDS tickets was out in July or earlier. and I know from scrutiny of the tickets page that the recent massive last-minute ticket give-aways were only for this past week.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am
oh, interesting.
perhaps they’ve moved the break they just skipped up to that week.
I don’t blame them…
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October 16th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Have a great vacation! I could sure go for one right now xD
Oh god, there are so many wonderful quotes, I can choose. Well, this one is from Even Stephven, and the first time I heard it I was crying I was laughing so hard
Carell: “Do you think us blind?”
Colbert: “Blind as masturbating bats with glaucoma.”
And I love this quote, I don’t think you can not love it:
“I would say laughter is the best medicine. But it’s more than that. It’s an entire regime of antibiotics and steroids. Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche, and then applies an antibiotic cream… Obviously, it’s a challenge to make light of the darkness but, um, it’s better than crying about it.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Enjoy your time off, DB!
I like “You can be whoever you want to be, whoever you say you are.”
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I tried adding this to the IMDb page a while back, but I don’t think it’s going through anytime soon:
“Am I right?” (applause) “Evidently I’m right.”
Perfect.
Recaptcha: Gounod’s needs. Poor Gounod. Will no one think of him?
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:11 am
OMG MOMENT!!!!!
STEPHEN IS A PERMANENT TREASURE OF AMERICAN HISTORY!!!!!! WE DID IT!!!!!! Now I need to get there. Are any of you in Michigan? Specificly Monroe County? I need someone to help me get down there!!!
Dude. An Emmy, Peabody, spider, Cookie Monster, run for president, etc.
And then an offical AMERICAN TREASURE!!!
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
“And as everybody knows, you can’t sink a boston whaler.” Brilliant.
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October 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Two of the best quotes ever:
“If I had a nickel for every time I was wrong, I’d be broke.”
“Costumes are lies that you wear.”
Stephen is the best!!!
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October 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
“Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” That has to be my absolute favorite because it’s true.
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October 17th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
As a fangirl, here are two quotes that I love (both said at the top of the show):
“It’s ladies night here on the report… My suit… Half off! This is The Colbert Report!”
“This is a no-smoking building! Then what am I doing here?”
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October 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
haha, I was at the taping for the second quote…but I didn’t hear it at all till I watched it later online because I was so worried about clapping and cheering at the correct intervals, lol.
(also, for my quote above, I think it’s actually “I blew it so hard” but I can’t check right now…)
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October 19th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Too bad it remained a quote and didn’t become a reality;)
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October 19th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Just to avoid confusion, I’m referring to the “half-off” quote!
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October 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Some of my favorite Colbert quotes:
** There’s nothing wrong with stretching the Truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.
** Romance languages lead to premarital sex.
** Changing “French fries” to “Freedom fries” was arguably this Republican Congress’s greatest accomplishment.
** Librarians are hiding something.
** I don’t see color. People tell me I’m white and I believe them, because police officers call me sir.
** You see, we’re “America the Beautiful”, not “America, well at least she has a great personality”
** I’ve always found coral reefs to be the sluts of the sea … letting any old triggerfish make a home in their crevices
** I don’t want to sound like a sexist, but I have some sexist things to say, how do I do that?
** What do atheists yell during sex? “Oh, nothingness! Oh, Charles Darwin, that feels good! Ohhh, science, do that again!
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October 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
** What do atheists yell during sex? “Oh, nothingness! Oh, Charles Darwin, that feels good! Ohhh, science, do that again!
is SO one of my favorites! that whole segment, I was laughing so hard my body ached, i was crying, and drawing a lot of strange looks!
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October 19th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
its a baby bear!!
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October 19th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Stephen in gladiator gear pre-TCR. Just found this. Maybe you Zoners are already ahead of me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwVLq7w3-o
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you’re laughing, I defy you to be afraid.
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