EPISODE NUMBER: 5080 (June 15, 2009) GUEST: Austan Goolsbee SEGMENTS: Stephen’s Sound Advice – How To Be A Totalitarian Nutjob, CAR SHOUT! VIDEOS: Monday, June 15, 2009 I sat there and laughed for a good solid two minutes at that horrible plastic wig. Oh my dear lord! We were hoping for a wig, but no [...]
Klassic Kolbert – Daily Show Edition: IRAQ!
June 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! Hello Zoners! Well, the Iraq trip was a resounding success. With the buzzcut (hawt!), the camo suit (awesome!), and the sheer admiration and respect that Stephen has for the military was [...]
Spoiler Alert! Upcoming TCR field piece raises cane!
June 16, 2009 By
Why were the crew of The Colbert Report so interested in R.S. Mitchell’s martial arts class in Delaware Maryland? You can click past the break to read about it… or wait until June 23 when the segment is (tentatively) scheduled to air.
LA Times: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.”
June 15, 2009 By
[Finally, I got to use that headline!] You may remember, if your memory isn’t slipping, a recent post by Ms Interpreted about Forbes magazine’s concern for the future of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as their audience “greys”. Well, a nice young man named Joe Flint at the Los Angeles Times wrote a [...]
SIX DEGREES: Captain America alive? Will Stephen get to keep the shield?
June 15, 2009 By
I saw this interesting bit of information on CNN.com on my lunch break today: Captain America, thought dead, comes back to life By Chris Kokenes CNN Perhaps he should be called Captain Phoenix? Rising from the dead after being killed off over two years ago, Captain America is being resurrected by Marvel Comics. Though the [...]
Tonight’s guest on ‘The Colbert Report’: Austan Goolsbee
June 15, 2009 By
Hello, all, and welcome to another week of Colbert Report goodies. I have to say, I’m feeling a little bit anxious for/sympathetic toward tonight’s guest, Austan Goolsbee, if for no other reason than it can’t be easy to be scheduled for the first show back after last week’s historic USO trip. That said, it sounds [...]
Weekend Brunch
June 14, 2009 By
Happy Sunday, Zoners! Well, we made it through the insane week that was Operation Iraqi Colbert! This sunday’s Brunch is French toast, lovingly made by my very cute husband. And I learned something today – frying an egg isn’t nearly as easy as my mother made it look. At 38, I would think that I [...]
Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando — a Zeitgeisty follow-up
June 14, 2009 By
Where do I start? Stephen and the rest of Team Colbert put on an amazing week of shows from Iraq, and I’m still absorbing it all. I’m speechless with admiration and pride for what they’ve accomplished, and for the obvious passion and dedication that made the shows a resounding success. Kudos to everyone involved for [...]
The Colbert Issue: A Newsweek Omnibus
June 14, 2009 By
Remember back two weeks ago when we still didn’t know where in the world or when Stephen Colbert was going and Newsweek announced he’d be the first ever guest editor of the magazine? Remember back when Stephen still had a lovely, rich, full head of gorgeous hair and we were shocked (shocked, I say!) to [...]
‘Strangers With Candy’ on at 11p EST tonight – Come chat with us!
June 13, 2009 By
Okay, kiddos, we’ve only got 20 minutes until the television premiere of the ‘Strangers With Candy’ movie, at 11p EST on Comedy Central. And No Fact Zone has set up a chat room for everyone to come and chat as they watch the movie. We can talk about Chuck Noblet’s adorkable outfits, the goofiness of [...]