Hot on the heels of that outstanding out-of-character Fresh Air interview with Stephen Colbert, we get another interesting Q&A session with Stephen here at Time Out New York. I kind of want to quote the whole thing, but that wouldn’t be fair to the good people over at TONY, so suffice it to say the excerpt below should absolutely be read as the merest teaser for the rest of the interview.
Ring of truthiness
Stephen Colbert spreads holid—ahem…Christmas cheer.
By Steve Heisler. . .
In the special, you perform a duet with Jon Stewart. How has your relationship with him changed over the last three years, flying solo?
Well, he still remains a mentor for me. Friday I asked him over to talk about how I should fashion my objectives for the show. Little things like…How do I manage [an] organization like this? How do I express my vision to people? Or how do I deal with the constant needs of the schedule. He’s unbelievably generous. I can’t say enough good things about him. Well, I guess I can, because I’m done now.What’s The Colbert Report Christmas party like?
Have you ever seen that movie, Caligula? Put a lot of mistletoe and holly in unlikely places and there you have it.What do your kids want for Christmas this year?
Oh, the Nerf guns are very, very big. There are some amazing Nerf guns these days. Nerf’s really found its niche, and it’s violence. I was hoping the Christmas special was gonna be sponsored by something really inappropriate or violent, because I wanted to do really intrusive advertising, like [monster truck announcer voice] “Bloodsport 8: This year let the blood rain down on you—The Colbert Report Christmas special!” But I’m pretty happy it’s gonna be Axe body wash, which is pretty damn inappropriate. [Same voice] “Smell like an elf, rub it on your jingleballs.”
Happy reading, all!
I didn’t know that Axe body wash came in Elf scent. “Jingleballs” is wrong in so many ways. Thanks again, MsI! The folks over at Colbert U are going to have a busy month archiving all this material.
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Don’t we know it. I can hardly keep up with the media blitz. : )
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“Sometimes I do actually say what I feel, but the audience just doesn’t know it.”
Interesting.
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it’s easy to tell sometimes..
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Yeah I agree, that’s what I found the comment interesting.
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“it’s so funny that few people understand: I just don’t know what to do with myself, I’m so happy.”
him singing, me listening I feel the same way!! pathetic? maybe a little, but certainly not unexpected.
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Caligula with mistletoe hahaha!
God he’s funny. I hope he has a fabulous Christmas.
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I love that he gets the chance to step out of character sometimes…. I can’t imagine that being *Colbert* for such long strides would be easy.
I love the fact that he’s so happy, though — happy, not-divorced family, a good value system — what a difference from so many celebrities…. I think that’s what makes us like him more. He’s a genuinely good guy playing someone so terrible that the ridiculousness of it all is funny XD.
Not to mention he can tell a joke. And sing. And dance.
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Good summary of Stephen. That’s why I love him too!
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