The lawyer in me goes all geeky when Stephen has guests like Mr. Sloane scheduled. From Legal Bisnow (internal link omitted): Cliff Sloane is something of the DC bar’s jack of all trades … he’s already adding another title to his cv: Author. The Great Decision, his non-fiction tale of the drama behind Marbury v. [...]
All You Need to Know: 01/25/09 Edition
January 25, 2009 By
Greetings, Zoners. It’s been quite the week, hasn’t it? On Tuesday we officially began a new U.S. administration and so far both Stephen and Jon have demonstrated that they’ll find a way to snark on these new political figures. And it will be funny. I have a feeling that Stephen is going to struggle with [...]
Episode 5012 (1/22/2009)
January 25, 2009 By
“Congratulations to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on its thirteen Oscar nominations. See? Americans do support torture! This is The Colbert Report!” As the World Yearns: “Tonight! The world reacts to President Obama, and I yell back in Esperanto.” Un-American News: President Obama Edition Minority Report: “Then, I’ll profile the head of the NAACP. [...]
TDS/TCR Global Edition – Week of January 12, 2009
January 25, 2009 By
According to ChicaLolita, our friend from the UK who brings us these videos every week, “FX are showing these later and later every week. Next Monday the Global Edition starts at 1.30am!” Do they have TiVos in Great Britain? Daily Show (Week of 1/12/09) – The last Global edition with George W. Bush as president [...]
Fan Art: Fake News Rumble – New TDS/TCR online comic
January 25, 2009 By
You may remember Zoner Page Branson from her wonderful Colbopoly board last year. Well, she’s done it again, with a full-blown online comic featuring the characters of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Eric Drysdale and Paul Dinello, as well as a high-profile cameo from a former president. Her new comic is called Fake News Rumble, and [...]
Warrior-Poet Stephen Colbert brings poetry to the masses
January 25, 2009 By
I’ve been intending to post about the way Stephen showcases poets and poetry since Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander was the featured guest on Wednesday night (below); I’d just been too busy to collect the links I wanted. The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Elizabeth Alexander Colbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVD Green ScreenBill O’Reilly [...]
‘The Colbert Report’ wins Producers Guild of America award
January 25, 2009 By
Yay! I love seeing news of my favorite show’s success; it’s so very well-deserved for everyone over there at The Report. From the Los Angeles Times (h/t Jennie): Producer of the Year Award goes to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Other Producers Guild of America Awards went to ‘Wall-E,’ ’30 Rock,’ ‘John Adams,’ ‘The Colbert Report,’ ’60 Minutes’ [...]
The WØRD: “Statute of Limitations” — Lilly Ledbetter vindicated
January 23, 2009 By
This is probably too recent to qualify as a “Klassic Kolbert” segment, but the feminist — and, you know, general human being — in me is doing a happy dance because the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passed in the Senate last night (passage in the House and signing by our new President are expected [...]
Cool jobs, brought to you by Stephen Colbert
January 23, 2009 By
From fishbowl DC: The Revolving Door Friday, Jan 23 Former NBC/National Journal embed reporter Adam Aigner-Treworgy has officially joined Colbernation as a researcher for “The Colbert Report” in NY. He says Colbert prefers to call him and his colleagues the “fact police.” Original entry here Note to self: When I free myself from this skull-crushingly [...]
The Essential Twitter follows for Diehard ‘Colbert Report’/'Daily Show’ Fans
January 23, 2009 By
For those of who who have not found the addiction of Twitter, the basic concept is simple – 140 characters, describing what it is that you are doing. Sounds simple, right? Even mundane, really. But something quite odd happens when you join Twitter. At first it makes no sense, all these little tweets floating around. [...]