Colbert University – February 2009 Additions

This was originally posted at the Colbert University What’s New blog, by Lisa.

In February, as always, everyone at the Report worked hard to keep us laughing and smiling through the economic turmoil. Come on over and take a peek at everything that was added to Colbert University this past month:

• Test your knowledge of all things Stephen by taking the March It-Getter’s Quiz written by Faculty Associate, Vigwig!

• Check out Seasons 1 and 2 of Strangers with Candy on Hulu.com!

• Watch Stephen sample some unique Icelandic cheese, called skyr, which results in some hilarious facial expressions in Gastronomic Adventures (aka Stephen Eats!).

• We saw some great new phrases added to the Opening Graphics this month! Check out all the “Grippy” action:
  • “Seven-Inch Gangly Wrench” appeared in honor of the great Steve Martin’s guest appearance on The Report.
  • “Juice It!” replaced the former on the episode after Martin’s guest appearance.

• It seems Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz had as much fun with his appearance on The Report as we did watching it! Check out all the exclusive unaired footage that was added to POLI 301: Better Know a District: A Compilation!
  • Watch Stephen and better known Rep. Jason Chaffetz perform the Rock Band version of “Charlene, I’m Right Behind You”.
  • Stephen also gives Rep. Chaffetz a facial!
  • Get a glimpse of Chaffetz speaking with Stephen backstage before his interview!

• Watch “real” Stephen’s brother Ed Colbert’s visit to the show as he and Stephen debate copyright infringement in PSYCH 101: Introduction to ‘Stephen Colbert‘.

• Stephen has yet another namesake: Stelephant Colbert! Read all about her and watch Comedy Central’s video mash-up of all of Stephen’s namesakes in IMPROV 401: Audience Participation and the Colbert Nation, Part 2!

• Oscar Awards season means movie stars in fancy dresses and tuxedos, but it also means Stephen’s prediction of the winners using the DaColbert Code! Check out all of Stephen’s predictions and the results in COMM 401: Faux-News Segments.

• Want your canine to be top dog? Try Stephen’s Formula 40-Woof, which was added to MKTG 401: Marketing Concepts: The Colbertoverse.

• The always wonderful Eleanor Holmes Norton made an appearance on the show and promised to make Stephen an honorary citizen of Washington D.C. and give him a key to the city! And in a candid video after her appearance, she spoke about how much exposure Stephen has brought to the DC Voting Rights Act in POLI 301: Better Know a District: A Compilation.

• Watch some exclusive unaired footage of Stephen’s interview with Sir Paul McCartney in which they discuss vegetable hunting, courtesey of Comedy Central’s new video collection, Better Know an Outtake!

• Check out all the most recent authors and books that have been featured on the show in the Extra Credit Reading List!

• Watch Comedy Central’s video montage of lots of hot and steamy Report moments in PSYCH 401: Sexuality and the Character of ‘Stephen Colbert’.

• The amazing writers at The Report are always surprising us with more than just the fantastic job they do on the show each week. Check out what’s been added to Better Know a Report Staffer!:
  • Read Report writer Frank Lesser’s side-splitting essay on love and relationships.
  • Poor “Audience Member” (aka: Report writer Tom Purcell) gets shot…AGAIN! Check out his most recent shooting as well as his other appearances.

• In honor of fellow “late-night fight” compadre Conan O’Brien departing the New York area for L.A. to host The Tonight Show, Stephen steals Conan’s invisible pocket dance strings and adds them to his Bookshelves, and later appears on one of the last episodes of Late Night with Conan O’Brien where the two square off in an invisible pocket dance, dance-off!

• Stephen’s feet were flying this past month! Check out everything that’s been added to PE 101: Dancing with Stephen Colbert!
  • Watch Stephen’s dancing feet get crazy while celebrating Mardi Gras.
  • While flashing back to1997, Stephen gets down to “MMMBop!”
  • And, Stephen talks about working with Rain during the dance-off!