Here’s one for you Monsters vs. Aliens fans: more clips from the recording sessions of the various vocal actors (Stephen’s at the end of the reel, around the 9:25 mark): Stephen’s laughter as he watches the clips is always a delight, and some of the other actors (esp. Hugh Laurie) were really cracking me up, [...]
Episode 5041 (3/30/2009)
March 30, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5041 (March 30, 2009) GUEST: Emily Yoffe, Derrick Pitts SEGMENTS: Desk interview, Node 3 naming update VIDEOS: Monday, March 30, 2009 Oh, how a new ‘Colbert Report’ does a heart good! So I went through a bit of an ethical quandry at the very front of the episode – does “El Shitero” violate [...]
Colbert University: Course of the Week – TCR Promos
March 30, 2009 By
Well, I spent all weekend trying to decide what to feature this week from Colbert University. Every time I visit the site I end up spending an hour or two watching videos and taking quizzes. It’s a testament to the devotion of the CU Faculty that I am able to find something new every time [...]
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist: Colbert iiiiin spaaaaaace!!!! edition
March 30, 2009 By
Greetings, Zoners! How happy is everyone that Stephen is back with a new show tonight? I hope he and the whole TCR staff are rested and ready to create some hilarity for us. One item of interest I’m sure we’ll see addressed with the show’s return is Stephen’s big win in NASA’s contest to pick [...]
Women of the Colbert Nation
March 30, 2009 By
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, I thought I’d take the opportunity to celebrate some of the great ladies to whom Stephen has played host since The Report began airing and, perhaps, to express a hope that more interviews with such women might be forthcoming. (No offense, gents, and I do quite [...]
Site News – New features at No Fact Zone
March 30, 2009 By
A quick reminder: Don’t forget to submit your desktop wallpaper calendar artwork by today, and we’ll post the new submissions tomorrow for everyone to share and enjoy. A few weeks ago, we discussed some of the new features that the new No Fact Zone Completists are bringing to the site. We’d like to list a [...]
Monsters Vs. Aliens is #1 at the Box Office this weekend!
March 29, 2009 By
According to Entertainment Weekly, the new 3-D movie from Dreamworks, “Monsters Vs. Aliens”, featuring the voice of Stephen Colbert, was #1 at the box office this weekend with $58.2 million gross in ticket sales. Here’s more about the movie’s debut weekend, from EW.com: The family film achieved said success by screening in a variety of [...]
Weekend Brunch
March 29, 2009 By
Good morning, Zoners! Today’s brunch menu includes French Toast, scrambled eggs, bananas and a fresh cup of coffee. I’m super excited about the coffee because I went out today and bought my very own 5-cup Mr. Coffee coffee maker. I’m teetering precariously between being a person who drinks coffee and a “coffee drinker”. I don’t [...]
The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club for the Literary Excellence – Sections 6 & 7
March 29, 2009 By
Welcome to the first ever meeting of The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club for the Literary Excellence! We are going to continue the discussion of Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries as we move on to the next sections. Section Six: Science and Culture At the beginning of chapter 35, Tyson states that [...]
The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club for the Literary Excellence – Sections 4 & 5
March 28, 2009 By
Welcome to the first ever meeting of The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club for the Literary Excellence! We are going to continue the discussion of Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries as we move on to the next sections. Section Four: The Meaning of Life My favorite phrase of the entire book may [...]