Comedy Central has posted some exclusive videos of recent guests on ‘The Colbert Report’ website this week. This one features Paul Muldoon who, asked by Stephen how he makes a living as a poet, demonstrates some income generating gigs.
Personally, I would love a Paul Muldoon voice option for my GPS. (Stephen Colbert, Jeremy Northam, and James McAvoy would be great options too.)
Exclusive – Backstage with Paul Muldoon
In the recession, poetry is not as lucrative of a field as it used to be. Irish poet Paul Muldoon explains how he keeps food on the table.
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Check out some of the other Exclusive Back Stage Videos after the cut
Exclusive – Backstage with Simon Schama
Simon Schama, author of The American Future, makes predictions about the United States by studying its history.
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Exclusive – Backstage with Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean gets excited about his first Colbertnation.com viral video. [Note: I might have featured this one if he'd mentioned NFZ!]
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We may have posted this last one before, but the Hamburgler twittering and Grimace reading Harpers Magazine makes me giggle.
Exclusive – Eric Schlosser in the Green Room
Last-minute changes force Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, to share a green room with some surprise guests.
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Muldoon’s was the funniest, by far. Not sure which made me laugh more: the 911 call, or (from personal creative construction experience!) the Ikea directions.
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those are all great! I the inappropriate poetry one was really nice.
that big rectangley candle setup which I’ve seen so many images of, I can’t say I’m a fan. hahaha.
finally, I just started following real_hamburglar on Twitter. that’s normal? even though he doesn’t update.
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As I said about the Paul Muldoon video at the Colbert Nation site for the first time. . .
Hurray for Paul Muldoon! I didn’t quite say it like that there, Jennie, but I’ll go on to explain in more detail here.
Paul Muldoon’s present connections (I believe he’s still on staff) with the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College’s graduate program, and Robert Frost’s past connections with the school from approximately 1930 through 1960 give them something definitely in common. Robert Frost could never have brought himself to make a video like this (besides the fact that he is quite stone dead these days). Allowing oneself not to take oneself so seriously is such a precious quality – one of the reasons why the real Stephen Colbert being able to be the other Stephen Colbert is such a delight.
This video is really funny, don’t you think? The rest are good too, but the Muldoon one is my favorite.
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I love Muldoon’s voice!
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Loved the Muldoon video. I also enjoyed the Howard Dean video, mainly because I just saw a Daily Show clip of Jon Stewart making fun of the very speech they’re parodying here. It would have been funnier if he had capped it with the awkward “aaa-ah!” But I love that he can make fun of it now.
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I love the Paul Muldoon video! So creative!
Also, is anyone else tickled pink that the green room is actually green? For some reason, I always giggle at that fact.
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Yay for poets! :) That was so funny! And the other clips are so much fun to watch as well.
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Pac Man as economic game theory… That’s inspired.
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hahaha, great additional scenes!
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