Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report… Howdy, Zoners! This is Val filling in for nerdygirl for the recap. Daily/Colbert – Stephen Is Sleepy: Stephen can’t stay awake long enough to cover news of the New York attack by Cyborg aliens. The Daily Show With Jon [...]
Episode 5111 (8/13/2009)
August 14, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5111 (August 13, 2009) GUEST: Mark Devlin SEGMENTS: Sheila Jackson-Lee takes a phone call, Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, Cheating Death VIDEOS: Thursday, August 13, 2009 What a great show to end the week. Cheating Death is hands down my favorite segment, and I always like interviews that inform as well as entertain. [...]
And the Emmy (magazine cover) goes to …
August 13, 2009 By
Well, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences seems to have had its trouble recognizing Stephen Colbert with an actual Emmy statue for his wonderful performances, but I’ll give them credit for honoring him with their magazine cover. You can order yourself a copy of the magazine by clicking here or on the photo. Kudos [...]
Stephen Colbert + U.S. Cellular’s Alan Ferber = DonorsChoose.org win
August 13, 2009 By
Ha ha! I love this! As you all know, Stephen Colbert champions a number of wonderful causes and is on the board of the great DonorsChoose.org charity. Well, U.S. Cellular’s Chief Marketing Officer, Alan Ferber, is a huge Stephen Colbert fan. Some of the enterprising folks over at their Calling All Teachers program learned about [...]
Episode 5110 (8/12/2009)
August 13, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5110 (August 12, 2009) GUEST: Mark Johnson, SEGMENTS: American Sacrifice; Who’s Not Honoring Me Now?; Formidable Opponent: Health Care VIDEOS: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 A show full of win: Sweetness! Formidable Opponent! Grandpa Elliot! Great to see Stephen doing his part to safe the environment – sacrificing his iPod to the Virginia fringed [...]
Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
August 12, 2009 By
Ahhh, Zoners! I got to see John Oliver performing a while ago at Comix! Our friends over at the Daily Show really are an entertaining bunch. Hopefully some of this info will allow you to have similarly joyful experiences! Wyatt Cenac (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and Larry Wilmore (Contributor, The Daily Show [...]
Emmy Awards mend evil ways, return Tardis to Wales
August 12, 2009 By
Just over a week ago the big news broke that 8 of the 28 Emmy Award presentations would be taped ahead of time and shown during the actual televised award ceremonies. The TV Academy and CBS must have had some rowdy ‘town meetings’ with the guild members this week because they’ve decided to back down [...]
How’d they do that? Technical challenges to ‘The Colbert Report’ in Iraq
August 12, 2009 By
While doing my usual morning skim of Colbert-related news, I clicked on this story thinking it would just be another summary of the impressive “Operation Iraqi Stephen” shows. Boy, was I wrong! This article goes into great detail over the technical and production aspects of the shows and even managed to give me, a complete [...]
Episode 5109 (8/11/2009)
August 12, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5109 (August 11, 2009) GUEST: James Carville, Jonathan Cohn SEGMENTS: @StephensDrivingTips; Afghan Elections; Alpha Dog of the Week VIDEOS: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Stephen and his team were really firing on all cylinders tonight. Some of us were disappointed to not find StephensDrivingTips on Twitter, but I loved this whole segment and its [...]
Six Degrees: ‘Daily Show’ vs. ‘Nightly News’
August 11, 2009 By
Hahahahaha! Once again, friendly rivals Jon Stewart and Brian Williams meet, resulting in a win for Team Stewart. From TVNewser (which might want to distinguish between “Routes” and “Routs” in the future): Daily Show Routes Brian Williams, Nightly News Tuesday, Aug 11 . . . Last evening, Jon Stewart and his Daily Show colleagues met [...]