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! Well, the big news this week seems to be health issues, whether its healthcare reform, or how Zicam will destroy your immune system. Well, in digging through the [...]
Klassic Kolbert: Gov. Mark Sanford likes solitude
June 23, 2009 By
Greetings, ladies and gents! I’ve been pretty quiet lately (busy with work and all), but I’ve been following the totally weird story of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford whenever possible to satisfy my itch for items that make me go “Whaaaat?” For those of you who haven’t heard, the governor left work last Thursday saying [...]
Episode 5084 (6/22/2009)
June 23, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5084 (June 22, 2009) GUEST: Simon Schama, Jeff Goldblum SEGMENTS: The Enemy Within – Cane Fu VIDEOS: Monday, June 22, 2009 My TiVo betrayed me! I went to bed early so I could get up early to do the guide, and my TiVo didn’t record it! TiVo, you are SO in time out [...]
Fangirl Suit Report- Week of June 15
June 22, 2009 By
G’day, zoners! I’m certainly glad that Stephen and the rest are back in New York from Iraq and I can get back to plain ol’, regular suit reports. Minus the hair. Monday, June 15 A charcoal gray suit, a pale yellow tie, white shirt, and barrel cuffs. ADDDITIONAL NOTES: What are you wearing on your head? [...]
Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse – Pop culture references in The Colbert Report: June 15-18, 2009
June 22, 2009 By
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!). Hey Zoners! Back from Iraq, and pop culture is on the menu. Because I can’t resist, I’ve [...]
Allison Silverman talks ‘Operation Iraqi Stephen’ on NPR
June 22, 2009 By
A lot of us were hoping that Stephen Colbert would find his way to “Fresh Air’ with Terry Gross on NPR once he came back from Iraq. Terry has given us some great interviews in the past and it’s always great to hear Stephen talk out of character about how ‘The Colbert Report’ is put [...]
Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
June 21, 2009 By
As of late, The Colbert Report has been masterfully providing us plenty of good reading. However, folks at The Daily Show have also showed up in the media in interesting ways, whether describing their lives or making jokes with about the President. Let’s see what they’ve been up to: Aasif Mandvi (Correspondent, The Daily Show [...]
DOOM BUNKER: Department of Justice blames ‘The Daily Show’ for their lack of transparency
June 21, 2009 By
My buddy Craig Newmark often blogs about the transparency of the government, and the strides that the Obama presidency is making in this regard. However, a recent lack of transparency in government records is now being blamed on … ‘The Daily Show’? And late night comedians? The Associated Press quoted Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Smith [...]
Six Degrees: Pressure is on for late night writers … for their Emmy nomination video
June 21, 2009 By
We’ve got a while to wait for the 2008 Emmy awards nominations – they’ll be announced on Thursday, July 16, at 5:35 AM PT from the Goldenson Theatre on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences plaza in North Hollywood. However, the Emmy talk is already starting in the industry over at Variety. While this [...]
‘Colbert Report’ Global Edition marathon – “Susan Boyle”
June 20, 2009 By
Susan Boyle gets the best offer I have ever heard from Stephen Colbert, well, ever. Also, a bit of some NSFW uncut TCR goodness thrown in and a character break closer. WARNING: Megavideo has a crazy monetizing thing where you have to click through to an ad, THEN click again to see the vid. So [...]