Reasons to love Stephen Colbert: Number 1,000,001
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I don’t usually link to taping reports because they (1) make people who weren’t there envious, (2) can start to sound the same and (3) make ME envious, but this has a really cute anecdote from Wednesday’s show, and I think people here will enjoy it (emphasis added)
NYC Review: The Colbert Report
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After hustling to Colbert’s studio, we put our names on a list (a much more efficient system than at The Daily Show) and left for about 20 minutes. We came back, waited for another half hour, and got some promising news when a show employee came back and told us he would try to get some of us in, but noted standby people usually are bad audience members because they “didn’t wake up excited to see Stephen Colbert.” Still, the guy said he’d try to get us in if we promised to laugh really loud (a flashback, if you read my review of The Late Show). At this point, I laughed hysterically at the guy until he told me I was scaring him.
But scaring show employees must earn points, because my mom and I got the last two seats in the 107-seat studio! The only negatives of this experience came from waiting in line at The Daily Show, then the Colbert Report, and then standing in a waiting area for another hour. On this particular night, the show’s graphics crashed, so they didn’t start taping until 8 p.m. – one hour late.
This led to a longer-than-normal routine from the warm-up comedian, as well as some awkward waiting. But once Colbert came out, he was tremendous. Unlike Letteman, whom I described as a curmudgeon, Colbert brought plenty of energy and love for the audience, allowing several questions – and even phoning a couple’s babysitter to explain why they’d be coming home late.
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Okay seriously, how cute is that? Can you even imagine being that couple’s babysitter? I’m sitting here in my office with a big goofy grin on my face. This is why it’s so particularly enjoyable to be a fan of Stephen and the Report.
(And no disrespect to Jon and The Daily Show, but I do think the crew of The Colbert Report does an exceptionally good job of making its audience feel welcome.)
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12 Comments
February 27th, 2009 at 11:14 am
awww, that is great! I wasn’t sure if I could take a millionth and one reason, but I seem to have survived without happy heart shock or something. imagine that conversation though! I bet everyone there loved it.
they were running late and someone was expecting you, it would be a bit of a dilemma! once you’ve entered the studio, you’re in no mans land as far as communications go. but they came up with a most excellent solution this time!
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February 27th, 2009 at 11:59 am
that’s beyond adorable…and i agree with DB…Been there, experienced that!
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February 27th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Did I just morph into DB? If so, I’m going to have to learn a lot more about computers, stat! :)
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February 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
oops…my mistake…duly noted Ms Interpreted
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February 27th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
S’okay. I like DB (obviously), so there’s no harm done, and my near-invisible presence on the site lately made DB the most likely to have authored any given post.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
He definitely made one very good point: It’s all about getting there really, really, freakin’ early. It’s SO true! Great report about The Report. I swear, I’m working on getting some tickets again this year and hopefully not having to release them because I can barely move, unlike last year.
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February 27th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Awww!! That is so adorable and touching that he would do that for them! God, I know, can you imagine being that babysitter? I think I’d die! I’d probably think it was a joke! But, seriously, I agree – this story is one of those many, many reasons why we love Stephen as much as we do. <3
Thanks for posting this! :D
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February 27th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I wake up excited to see Colbert every morning, taping or no.
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February 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
He called someone’s babysitter to say why they would be late! LOL! Nice…
And one of the smallest sets in the business they say. ~ interesting ~
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February 28th, 2009 at 1:01 am
This report just made me that much more excited that I’ll be visiting in April. I was there around this time last year and in the fall of ‘07. I’m going to NY anyway so of course I’m going to the report. Unlike him, I have tickets :) :) thanks to my dear friend Tiger.
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February 28th, 2009 at 4:57 am
I secretly hope that they secretly tape all of these Q&A sessions. Love the babysitter bit! If I were the babysitter, I wouldn’t care about being paid after getting a call from Stephen!
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March 1st, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Too cute!
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