Fantasy Colbert League Weekly: February 23-26
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Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of ‘Colbert Report’ guests, created in the spirit of the oft-enjoyed Fantasy Colbert League. While we can’t start up the online version of the game again, we can make it so that you can get the information you need about the guests before they come on the show.
Just like you, we want to be it-getters before the interviews start. So we’ve compiled brief bios, issues or events that Stephen might bring up during the interview, and a fun Fract (Freedom Fact) to impress your fellow viewers during the commercial breaks. Read, enjoy, and see if you can anticipate how Stephen might nail each of the following guests!
Note: As always, guests are subject to change.
Monday, 2/23: Helen Fisher
Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, is a research professor of the Center for Human Evolution Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She is also the Chief Scientific Advisor to Chemistry.com, an internet dating site. Her latest book is ‘Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type
- Fract: Dr. Fisher uses data on 28,000 people collected from the dating site Chemistry.com for her studies on biology-based personality types. Could you be one of them?
Tuesday, 2/24: Cliff Sloan
Author Cliff Sloan served as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, graduating from Harvard Law School to become the publisher of Slate magazine until March 2008 when he became a partner at the law firm of Skadden, Aarps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington D.C. Sloan has served as general counsel at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the online media unit of the Washington Post Company, since 2000. His book The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
- Fract: The last time Sloan met with Stephen, he needed latex gloves. . . to thoroughly vet the next presidential nominee.
Wednesday, 2/25: John Fetterman
John Fetterman is mayor of the city of Braddock, Pennsylvania. In 2001, he started a program serving Braddock’s underprivileged youth so they could continue their educations and earn their diplomas. He won the three-way mayoral face in 2005 by one vote – and since then, has focused on improving the quality of life for young people in and around the Pennsylvania city. He hopes to attract artists and ‘urban pioneers’ and revitalize Braddock.
- Fract: Mayor Fetterman’s arms bear a number of numerical tattoos that memorialize the dates of murders committed in Braddock while he has been mayor. He lives in a converted warehouse across the street from the original Carnegie Library.
Thursday, 2/26: Kris Kristofferson
Writer, actor and musician Kris Kristofferson is a Rhodes Scholar who started as a janitor at Columbia Records and wrote songs like ‘For the Good Times’ and ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ until he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. He also had time to star in movies from ‘A Star is Born,’ for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor, to ‘Blade‘ and all its sequels. His latest album is ‘This Old Road
- Fract: Kristofferson, who was a commercial helicopter pilot at the time, landed his helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to gave him some demo tapes including Kristofferson’s future hit “Sunday Morning Coming Down“.
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