EPISODE NUMBER: 5051 (April 16, 2009) GUEST: Kanishk Tharoor, Doug Kmiec SEGMENTS: Teabagging, National Organization for Colbert VIDEOS: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 … And with that little note on Teabagging on the show tonight, let’s hope that will be the last time I hear that word for a loooong time. I loved the National Organization [...]
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – Colbert in Space, Part Deux
April 16, 2009 By
Greetings, Zoners! What did you all think about NASA’s name game on Tuesday’s show? I know many people thought that NASA should’ve honored the results of the vote and named Node 3 “Colbert,” but most folks seem to be content with the results. I think NASA came up with a good compromise. They chose a [...]
Klassic Kolbert – Daily Show Edition: Exercise!
April 16, 2009 By
This Week in God! Even Stephvens! Desk Interviews! Field Reports! All of the Daily Show reminiscing that you want in a convenient weekly post! Good day Zoners! I certainly hope all of you are having a good week so far. I know I am, on account of my school year almost being done. (Yay!) So [...]
Bill of Rights, Bill of Responsibilities
April 16, 2009 By
Hello, hello, everyone! I was too busy to post about this yesterday, but I really enjoyed Stephen’s segment from Tuesday night’s episode; the one that highlighted Clarence Thomas’s crazy assertion that there was a “proliferation of rights” in this country. I know the man’s a Supreme Court Justice and all, but … wow. A well [...]
Episode 5050 (4/15/2009)
April 16, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5050 (April 15, 2009) GUEST: Jim Lehrer SEGMENTS: Tea Parties, Better Know a District – Illinois Fightin’ 18th (Aaron Schock) VIDEOS: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 It’s interesting that one of the harder hitting political commentaries, about Obama and his Habeas Corpus denial to the prisoners at the Bagram Air Force base, was part [...]
Episode 5049 (4/14/2009)
April 14, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5049 (April 14, 2009) GUEST: Sunita L. Williams, Susie Orbach SEGMENTS: Clarance Thomas impresses the kids, The WØRD: Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too, NASA Node 3 update VIDEOS: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 I don’t know about you guys, but when I start respecting a major appliance over a Supreme Court judge, [...]
Stephen Colbert vs. Decemberists: Redux
April 13, 2009 By
Hee! From the AP: Stephen Colbert, Decemberists to face off again 26 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert and his musical nemesis, the Decemberists, will face off again. The Decemberists announced Monday that they will perform on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on April 27. Read the full article here Have yourself a [...]
“I’m no fan of books …”
April 13, 2009 By
Soapbox time, everyone, and this one begins with a sad announcement: Judith Krug, longtime library champion and founder of Banned Books Week, passed away this weekend. The American Libraries blog remembers her here in a post that highlights just a few of her achievements. We know that “Stephen” doesn’t have much use for reading, but [...]
Fangirl Suit Report- Week of April 6
April 12, 2009 By
Welcome to the Suit Report, everybody! I trust everyone is having a good Easter, whether that consists of going to church in a fancy hat, or in my case, rotting out your teeth on chocolate bunnies and jelly beans. But without further ado: Monday, April 6 Stephen kicks off the week in a black pinstripe [...]
Colbert University: Course of the Week – The Trinity
April 12, 2009 By
Happy Easter, Zoners! This past Thursday night, Stephen served it to his guest, Bart Ehrman. One of the topics they discussed was the divinity of Christ, so I thought this week we could take a closer look at the Trinity from THEO 325: Stephen Colbert and Catholicism, which also explores the comedic rule of three. [...]