Hurrah! I’ve been watching Neil’s blog all day to see when he would blog about his trip to The Report, and the wait is finally over. From Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Monday, Colbert, and tabs galore Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Posted by Neil at 3:16 PM . . . I love The Colbert Report. It gets [...]
Guest report: Neil Gaiman on the suit, Tom Bombadil and ‘The Colbert Report’
March 18, 2009 By
Episode 5038 (3/17/2009)
March 17, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5038 (March 17, 2009) GUESTS: David Grann SEGMENTS: Colbert Report – Persian Gulf, Colbert Aluminum, Stephen Colbert’s World of Nahlej VIDEOS: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The ‘Colbert Report’ set was covered in green, and Stephen Colbert used the color green to segue into the wonderful news that he will [...]
BREAKING: Stephen Colbert headed to the Persian Gulf
March 17, 2009 By
Holy cow! This just in from Stars and Stripes: Colbert heads downrange, maybe New Mexico By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Stephen Colbert ARLINGTON, Va. — Stephen Colbert is OPSEC. The host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” said he is headed to the Persian Gulf to entertain U.S. [...]
Geddy Lee talks about Rush’s ‘Colbert Report’ gig
March 17, 2009 By
Remember when Rush played The Colbert Report back in July, how people were freaking out because it was Rush’s first TV appearance in decades? Well, Entertainment Weekly has done a Q&A with Geddy Lee in which Lee is asked how Rush came to play the show, and I’m really loving his response. From EW.com: Rush’s [...]
Update on the ‘Dana Carvey Show’ DVDs
March 17, 2009 By
As we’ve noted here before, a set of DVDs of The Dana Carvey Show is scheduled for release this Spring. Now, from Home Media Magazine, here’s a bit more news: Shout! Factory Slates ‘Designing Women,’ ‘Dana Carvey’ By John Latchem | Posted: 17 Mar 2009 jlatchem@questex.com Shout! Factory is expanding its comedy slate in May [...]
Guest report: Carl Wilson blogs about his fruit plate, Ogre Milk and his ‘Colbert Bump’
March 17, 2009 By
I’m a couple days late to the party on this one, but Stephen’s guest from March 4th, Carl Wilson, has his account of the Colbert experience posted over on Zoilus. From his post (emphasis in original): A Big Steaming Mug of Ogre Milk . . . A lot of folks have been asking me about [...]
Stephen Colbert beats Rep. Chaffetz in leg wrestling AGAIN
March 17, 2009 By
CNN has some footage of a leg wrestling rematch between Rep. Chaffetz and Stephen Colbert, and — shocker! — Stephen wins again! It’s kind of a lot of footage of a couple of the freshman congressmen (and more CPAC footage than you ever wanted or needed to see), but Stephen makes his appearance around the [...]
Six Degrees: Comedy on TV and the Web – SXSW Panel featuring ‘Colbert Report’ writer Meredith Scardino
March 17, 2009 By
The South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive festival started in 1987 as a local music festival, and after adding the Film and Interactive festivals, has come to represent one of the premium festivals featuring cutting-edge discussion of new media issues and ideas. This year, one of the highlights of the festival was the “Comedy on TV [...]
Episode 5037 (3/16/2009)
March 16, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5037 (March 16, 2009) GUESTS: Jonathan Chait, Neil Gaiman SEGMENTS: Desk interview, Better Know a Governor redux VIDEOS: Monday, March 16, 2009 Ah, mondays! So glad that Stephen Colbert is back in all his megalomaniacal glory, and I know I’ll be enjoying the ‘Colbert Report’ an extra little bit this week knowing that [...]
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly: March 16 – 19
March 16, 2009 By
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. [...]