EPISODE NUMBER: 5106 (August 5, 2009)
GUESTS: Joe Sestak, Kris Kobach
SEGMENTS: Bill Clinton’s personal appearance; 2010 Midterms; Human Week
VIDEOS: Tuesday, August 5, 2009
Did something happen during the pre-show Q&A between Stephen and a “handsome breed of woman” in the audience? Any Zoners there last night that can fill us in on ?
The importance Stephen gives Shark Week always makes me giggle. For those of us who don’t live in the US, maybe the more American zoners would care to share their thoughts on this cultural phenomenon.
And everybody let us know what you enjoyed about the show in the comments. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
- Yesterday, Bill Clinton met with North Korean Dictator and First Lady Kim Jong Il and he charmed the pant suit off him.
- Where is that delicious sandwich? She must have left it there! Nation, our sandwich technology is in the hands of the North Koreans.
- They were at least 10 years away from the grinder. If they learn how to weaponize peppers, we’re looking at nuclear hoagies.
- I have not seen him that happy since he was campaigning for Barack Obama.
- Withdrawling’s a word!
- Romney is clearly stuck in campaign mode. His engineers may have to force quit and reboot his operating system.
- 2012 is two and a half years away. By then we’ll all be riding hover crafts and eating yeast mash.
- Who can forget the ’94 midterms when Newt Gingrich led the Republican Revolution by making a Contract With America to restore fiscal responsibility and focus on b***jobs.
- Will the Republicans retake control of Congress? Or will the Democrats continue to let them run it, anyway?
- The most shocking twist of this laundry arrest: Stormy Daniel has clothes.
- Everyone knows there are only three appropriate things to shout at a church picnic: “How long can mayonnaise stay in the sun?”; “Shhhh, Uncle Ted. That’s racist”; and “I see Jesus in the peach cobbler!”
- I don’t know which is more frightening – how quickly he gives up secrets, or how much younger I looked one year ago.
- I am terrified of sharks because, first, I am delicious and, second, I use seal fat sunscreen.
- I’m sorry – he was talking about Glenn Beck.
- This is also Discovery’s ‘Self Contradiction Week’.
- You heard him right, folks: Vending Machines. So never go swimming with quarters in your pockets.
- We are certainly making America less attractive everyday.
- Not if Universal Health Care goes through. This place is going to be a death trap.
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Personally, I’m quite grateful for the momentary reference back to the Doom Bunker (el Kañsas and the Werewolf Congress). One of my favorite Colbert moments, right there. Made me dig into the Tivo and rewatch it this morning.
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I’m on vacation at the shore myself, & get to watch TCR in real-time – boy, is it hard to stay awake that late! My iTunes subscription is downloaded, so maybe I’ll watch it later today, & offer more.
My favorite lines of the night: Glenn Beck, & the church picnic comments.
Sorry I can’t explain the Shark week phenomenon, Jennie. I got rid of cable (except local reception) 4 years ago, so no more Discovery channel. Thanks for the episode guide.
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Oh, I loved the church picnic lines! “Shh, Uncle Ted — that’s racist!”
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Oh! I really want to know what prompted the welcoming intro! Wish I had been in the audience last night.
The Toss was great last night as Stephen finally got to address Jon’s attack on South Carolina with a lively wave of his finger and a “Suck it!” Loved watching Stephen vivaciously chew on his pen listening to Jon’s story and then busting out with a “That’s my brother!” Love those two together!
My favorite line of the night was his retort: “Withdrawlings a word!” as I, too, tend to second guess words I have said and been defiantly adamant about it until proven wrong. (The last time was waiting in line for TCR chatting with my sister and we had to consult the iphone for verification) :)
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I thought it was in reference to the horse-f****** Stephen and Jon talked about in the toss. I just assumed the audience had seen it and the “handsome breed of woman” was supposed to be a female horse.
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My favorite part was the opening. I cracked up when Stephen said “withdrawling” and cracked up even more when he caught himself and said “Withdrawling’s a word!” I loved the grinders/hoagies reference, especially because “grinders” was the term for sub sandwiches in my New England college, but I never heard it anywhere else. I loved his reference to all the places Bill Clinton as visited as well.
The toss was hilarious also. Looking forward to the Meryl Streep interview tonight!
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have had the Discovery Channel since the start… been hearing about shark week for years… didn’t know it was a cultural phenomenon… figured it was just a theme week..
ok the toss
after the 4th’s daily show, i kept thinking is not stephen from SC? he has to dress it XD
at least Kenneth Pinyan was not from SC… then that would complete a full circle
enjoyed stephen’s defending of the word: Withdrawling
and the lines:
I am terrified of sharks because, first, I am delicious and, second, I use seal fat sunscreen.
We are certainly making America less attractive everyday.
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I have a weird feeling Colbert’s introduction was some type of apology to his wife – maybe he told the story to the audience before. Any more info on this?
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I know they pre-taped the Meryl Streep interview, so does that mean that Thursday night’s audience didn’t enjoy a live interview? I must admit that I would be sad to miss a live interview. Of course, watching Stephen watch a pre-taped segment comes in a close second:)
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I’m thinking it was someone who didn’t know Stephen was a character or something, Because it seems like his point was that he was an idiot, and that someone didn’t know that was the point.
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Sorry for the late response, but I was there on Wednesday and the “handsome breed of woman” thing was really funny!
When Stephen was doing the Q&A, he pointed to this girl in the audience and said something like “Yes, the young man in the front?” Then he IMMEDIATELY caught himself and realized that she was a girl and he actually blushed because he was embarassed, it was so cute! She didn’t look particularly masculine or anything, so it was really just a slip of the tongue but then Stephen said something like “No really, you’re very pretty! My mind was just on the show! And luckily that’s not a big deal because women don’t have any body issues about things like this!” It was very funny. And then when the girl finally got to ask her question, I think she phrased it a little more harshly than she initially intended (in a joking way, everyone was laughing about the whole thing) And she asked him something along the lines of “Is it hard for you to stay in character and be such a dick all the time?”
So it was REALLY cool that he gave her a shout out on the show after that. :)
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Thanks for telling us. Aww, poor Stephen. And so sweet of him to give a shoutout:)
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I knew someone out there would get us the real story! Thanks so much for that.
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Too funny, and really quite sweet.
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Haha. What did he say in response? Thanks for sharing:)
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Well, after everyone stopped laughing he said something like “Well, I think of my character as more of a *jerk* than a *dick*!” and everyone cracked up again so I don’t remember how he ended it, but I think it was something like “No its not very hard.”
No prob, I wish I remembered more, but it’s difficult because it’s so fun and it goes by so fast :)
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Thanks for filling us in, Sara. That was adorably funny.
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Haha! Thanks for telling the story, Sara!
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