EPISODE NUMBER: 5081 (June 16, 2009)
GUESTS: Karim Sadjapour, Jim Rogers
SEGMENTS: Stephen Colbert’s Balls for Kids – Carnivals! [Redux]
VIDEOS: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I was so thrilled to see so much audience participation in the show tonight, mostly because our good friend Lisa, the guru of Colbert University, was in the front row and even got a little bit of camera time tonight! And not one but *two* Mahmoud alternatives always makes my heart sing. But not as much as inserting a prop right in the middle of the joke. Yay for egg pictures!
It’s been interesting this week seeing the mainstream media (Colbert and Stewart included) talk about the blogosphere and Twitterverse and their roles in news reporting within Iran. I’ve been amazed at the authority that these first-person reporters are being given, and the lack of hard information that the mainstream media has been able to get from their own news reporters. Of course, how is this different than “man on the street” interviews, the staple of news reporting for decades? Here’s my theory – it’s like Lance Armstrong said when he shut down his contact with the media during the Giro d’Italia and simply blogged, videod and Tweeted his news. He called it “cutting out the middle man”.
Even though it was a repeated segment, I loved seeing the Balls for Kidz segment make another appearance. Why did they have to talk about vomit, though? I’ve almost, almost recovered from the Thunderbirds bit. (*shudder*)
The interview was driving me CRAZY! If I heard the word “transition” one more time, I was going to throw my cat at the TV. (The cat that, thankfully, didn’t throw up in front of the TV this show.) I thought that Jim Rogers thought that he could control the interview, and to see Stephen nail him over and over was just classic Colbert.
How did you all enjoy the show? And Lisa, how much fun did you have?
- Surely there is someone in Wisconsin with bigger jeans than this. Stand up, make yourself known! Or if you can’t stand up, use your reaching stick to dial the phone.
- I have recently been informed that ordering your audience to take off their pants is illegal.
- Mahmoud-Ach-here’sapictureofmekickinghimintheballs-ajad.
- And he only wants to wipe Isreal off of Google Earth.
- OMG! just bought cutest hijab. totally deserve it!
- He’s just like Oprah, but with more beheadings.
- Summertime means carnivals. There’s no better way to enjoy the fresh air than by inhaling go-cart exhaust and churro dust.
- By the current definition of clean, could I stick my head on the top of that smokestack and start huffing what’s in there?
- You know what would fix this whole thing? The rapture.
Being Croatian myself I had to vote for the jeans segment.
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That carnival BFK is so old I hadn’t seen it before, though I remember seeing some of the cartoon activities for it on the old Colbert Nation, and I remember wanting to see it. I was laughing pretty hard when the guy in the sunglasses said that people lose bladder and colon control on the rides and the kids were mortified, and he just laughed it up. The lullabye-like music paired with people talking about deaths as a result of the rides…hilarious dark stuff. Reminds me of Jerri and Prince Weasel.
I was giggling at the way Rogers kept saying “coal”. He would linger on it. “Ckooohle.” XD
Can’t wait to hear more from Lisa. So far it sounds like she’s had an awesome time.
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LOL. The Jeans segment made me die of laughter. That was just perfect.
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Love it when the show has “Technical Difficulties!” Glad to see the BFK segment as well. I did not see it the first time around and part of me believes that filling the time with a “re-run” helps the writers and Stephen take a much deserved break from filling an entire show–maybe even getting home before dark!
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Again, Stephen teases us with his undressing. So close, but no cigar;) Reminded me of the town hall.
Oh, that interview drove me CRAZY as well! That man would not answer the question! Transition to what?! Transition to what?! Arggghh!
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Rogers was hard to take. I liked the first interview though. And the egg! LOL! I also had never seen that BFK segment so it was new to me and I laughed.
*waits patiently for Lisa’s report*
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i was at the taping yesterday too!!! Met Lisa and her friends…they are all awesome!! Stephen shook our hands at the end! I think to say that we were freaking out is an understatement haha!!
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I got a handshake at the taping I went to back in January. I wasn’t expecting it and thought it was very nice of him. I had a huge, idiotic grin on my face! LOL! I’m going again in early August and can’t wait! Got any tidbits about the taping you’d like to share?
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Insanely jealous, but happy for both of you & Lisa.
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During the interview with Jim Rogers, I wondered about the process of carbon removal: (paraphrase) “You stick the carbon in the ground, the molecules eventually bond together and you hope it stays there.”
Is there a possibility the carbon will not stay in the ground and if so, what could happen then? It was a throwaway line on Rogers’ part, but it’s that type of remark which makes me suspicious about the “clean coal” disaster risks he wasn’t mentioning.
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Rogers seemed to be talking out of his, um, smokestack. I still think “clean coal” is an oxymoron.
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I’m no expert on carbon sequestration by any means, but a here are a few things to consider. First of all carbon sequestration is a catch all term that refers more or less to any process that takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, or reduces the emission of CO2. So, even agricultural and forestry practices that would enhance plant growth can be considered carbon sequestration.
Mr Rogers on the other hand was limiting his discussion to somehow chemically capturing CO2 as it comes out of the stack, and then somehow storing it underground. My admittedly limited understanding of this is that most experts think this technology as an economically viable option is at least a decade away. I’m not sure how CO2 molecules are supposed to magically stick together. You could attach hydrogen to CO2 in theory, but that would require burning energy to do so, which as Stephen so eloquently put it amounts to reaching behind your ass to touch your elbow. Or something like that.
As far as CO2 not staying in the ground, well, CO2 per se isn’t exactly toxic. You are imbibing it with every gulp of pop or beer or champagne, and you are inhaling it with every breath. I suppose if it got into the ground water it could be problematic because it would acidify the ground water. Again, no more toxic that Sierra Mist, except that acidic ground water could leach minerals out of the surrounding soil. And if the CO2 escaped back into the atmosphere, then we’d just be back t0 the point we are now with CO2 being released from coal burning, oil burning, and exhaling, except that we would have wasted a lot of energy and money in the meantime to no avail.
I “loved” how Mr Rogers kept referring to being able to burn electric lights 24 hours a day as part of the goal of “clean energy”. Because god forbid that we turn off the lights in the middle of the day as a way to reduce CO2 emissions when we can just burn coal to produce the energy needed to pump CO2 underground to counter the CO2 given off when we burn coal.
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Thank you for the response, armillariella. Now I have basic concepts on the subject for further research.
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Technical difficulties! Hovering lawyer! So fun. :)
The interview with Jim Rogers was…annoying? I’m sorry, he sounded so fake when he was laughing. I liked the desk interview with Karim Sadjapour more.
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