We’ve seen him humiliating Rep. Jason Chaffetz in leg wrestling bouts, now see Stephen Colbert visit Rep. Jared Polis in CNN’s ‘Freshman year in Congress’ series (he appears approx. one minute into the clip): Embedded video from CNN Video
Episode 5106 (8/5/2009)
August 6, 2009 By
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 ? [...]
In my mind, I’m already on a relaxing beach
August 5, 2009 By
Every morning I get up at 5:45a, clean my house for 30 minutes, and then spend the next hour to hour and a half doing the nightly episode guide, responding to e-mail, and sometimes even getting up an extra post or two. Throughout the day, I monitor the site, and the comments, and the Colbert-related [...]
Second City alumni celebrate its 50th anniversary
August 5, 2009 By
Taking a moment out of my incredibly swamped couple of days to mention this announcement from The Chicago Tribune (emphasis added): Second City taps celebrity alums for 50th anniversary bash Originally posted: August 4, 2009 As part of its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, Chicago’s Second City comedy theater will host a one-night-only Chicago reunion of the [...]
Episode 5105 (8/4/2009)
August 5, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5105 (August 4, 2009) GUESTS: David Wondrich, Kurt Andersen SEGMENTS: The WØRD: Hippy Replacement, David Wondrich invents the Colbert Bump cocktail VIDEOS: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 There are two reactions that I absolutely savor when I watch a new segment of The WØRD. The first is taking his words and laughing because of [...]
Stuff Journalists Like rates Jon Stewart #45
August 4, 2009 By
This homage to the famous “Stuff White People Like” mentions Jon Stewart (and Stephen Colbert) in a most amusing light. While they do not attempt to conduct the “Jon v. Stephen” battle that so many other bloggers feel the need to engage in, they do touch on it towards the end. #45 Jon Stewart Ask [...]
Emmy awards obtain TARDIS, time-shift ‘Colbert Report’ nominations
August 4, 2009 By
Eight of the categories that the Emmy awards ceremony traditionally broadcast on awards night are possibly going away on the prime time broadcast, being awarded earlier in the day and their acceptance being “time-shifted” with edits to the acceptance and nomination sections. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the reason behind moving these categories is to [...]
Episode 5104 (8/3/2009)
August 4, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5104 (August 3, 2009) GUESTS: Gen. Tony Zinni SEGMENTS: Stephen Colbert Bears and Balls, Nailed ‘Em VIDEOS: Monday, August 3, 2009 What a lovely way to follow up with Library Kid – you know he’s got to be loving a box full of books, when some of that box includes Harry Potter. I [...]
C.O.L.B.E.R.T. patch sold out, no plans to make more
August 3, 2009 By
Here’s some interesting background on the C.O.L.B.E.R.T. patch, which may become even more collectible, now that it has sold out and won’t likely be restocked. From CollectSPACE.com: Sold out space patch no longer a common COLBERT collectible August 3, 2009 — Nearly a month before the payload it celebrates is scheduled to launch to space, [...]
Guest alert: Rep. Joe Sestak to appear on ‘The Colbert Report’ on Wednesday
August 3, 2009 By
From PennLive.com: Rep. Joe Sestak to appear on ‘The Colbert Report’ after ‘major campaign announcement’ by DANIEL VICTOR, Of The Patriot-News Monday August 03, 2009, 10:35 AM After a “major campaign announcement” Tuesday, Rep. Joe Sestak is scheduled to appear in Harrisburg Wednesday followed by a guest appearance on ‘The Colbert Report’ at 11:30 p.m. [...]