Hey, Zoners! Happy New Year!
This Klassic Kolbert episode is fantastic from beginning to end, but Stephen’s dance-off with Rain is definitely the highlight of the show. RAAAAAAAAINNNNN!! I have to admit, I still watch the dance-off segment at least once a month. It is one of my all-time favorites. Every time I watch it, I end up watching “He’s Singin’ in Korean” as well. Those two videos never get old!
Here are some notable quotes from this episode:
- Before we begin, there’s something I need to do with the latest issue of TIME magazine. [Holds up a copy of the TIME 100, then runs it through the shredder]
- You see, uh, TIME’s online poll of the most influential people in the world closed last week, and, contrary to logic and decency, I lost. [Stands up, pulls out a gun and shoots the now-shredded TIME magazine several times]
- Donkey Kong?! Donkey Kong. Oh sure, it’s okay when a gorilla does it, but when I throw barrels at an Italian plumber, they call it a hate crime.
- Now, I challenged Rain to come on my show and settle our differences in the only universally accepted way: a dance-off. It is how, it is how, all the big conflicts are settled. Very few people remember that the final Lincoln-Douglas debate was a disco throw down.
- But of course, of course, Rain didn’t show. Shame on you, Rain! When I find you, it is going to be the most humiliating thing to happen to Korea since Japan forced the Joseon Dynasty to sign the Treaty of Ganghwa in 1876. And yeah, yeah, I’ve been reading a biography of Empress Myeongseong. Moving eong…
- My one criticism of this movie: it stars Rain. RAAAAAAAIINNNNN!! So, Rain, now that you’re a big movie star, I just finished writing a screenplay I think you’d be perfect for. It’s called ‘Speed Racer II: Under the Car.’ It’s, uh, it’s two hours of a car repeatedly backing over Rain.
- There are those who let life pass them by, and then after it passes them by, they bite it in the ass. These are the Alpha Dogs of the Week!
- A 911 operator’s job is to help the caller relax, and this guy was just leading by example – by taking a nap.
- And don’t get me wrong; there is a serious problem here: dull emergencies. That lady on the phone was so boring! What happened to her? She was robbed at gunpoint, and some guy was… I’m sorry, I blacked out. Where was I?
- One of the things I love about golf is that, you have to belong to a club to be a member. It’s extremely expensive, and we can keep out the riff-raff. I mean that’s, uh, that’s the good part. Plus, the girl who drives around the little cart to serve you beer, in the middle of an athletic competition?… I mean, I’d probably play, you know, team sports, if I could play football and drink at the same time.
Please enjoy!!! Videos after the cut!
ah, i was waiting for this. i must admit im a bit of a rain fangirl as well, so when two of the “most influential” men in my life went toe to toe… well, lets put it this way. when this aired i was in month 3 of a 6 month stay in a japanese hospital after a motorcycle accident. i managed to get intermittent internet access from my bed and after i saw this episode i was floating (and not from the painkillers). im just hoping for a rain interview once his new movie ninja assassin comes out this spring! *doki doki*
btw if i double post im sorry, my faulty internet explorer inhaled my first draft. gotta love windows vista!
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Happy New Year 2009, NFZ and Zoners!
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the word segment was really strong in this episode, Stephen can keep saying he’s doing a fake news show but that segment alone contained more truth than a days worth of cnn/fox/msnbc combined. And Funny :D:D
Also, love the girly style dancing of Rain:-)
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It’s strange, whenever, in the middle of the day, I happen to think about Colbert, I also think about the RAIN episode dance-off. And then, out of some strange coincidence, I browse online and see others chatting about it concurrently… it’s like a stream of consciousness that for some reason or another, never ends.
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The other day, I was reading a year-end round up of the best and worst movies of this past year, and one of the worst, as noted by a particular movie critic, was Speed Racer. As I was reading along, the only thing I could think of was Stephen’s reaction to it: “If you want to get a feel for what this movie was like, here’s all you do: Put 80 lbs. of fireworks into an industrial dryer, crawl right in there with ‘em, turn it on and then light the fuse. It’ll give you a good idea of the visual onslaught you’ll be enduring.” Hahaha!
Oh, and before I forget…RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIINNN!!!
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