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VIDEO: Stephen Colbert reading ‘The Story of Ferdinand’
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Wonderful! NJ.com has added video of Stephen’s reading.
Watch it below:
| Stephen Colbert reads to Children at Montclair Library |
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51 Comments
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Ohhh! So adorable! Thanks for posting the video! :D
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October 2nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
that was one of the cutest things ive ever seen. just adorable
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October 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
“Did that just blow your mind?”
Absolutely.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Cutest. Reading. Ever.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
that’s a cute story! I like the support of people (bulls) being a little dazed and not going around butting their heads. I’m so pleased they had a video to share!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
My gosh. That was adorable. And I’ve never heard that story before.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Oh my god, that was absolutely adorable. “Ferdinand sat on a bumblebee.” “GASP!” go all the little kids. =)
That matador sounds an awful lot like the character Stephen.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
He’s just a regular dad…*sigh*
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
:)
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October 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I’m too chicken to press the play button.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
It’s sweet and innocent and lovely.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 4:53 am
and let me reassure you–the bull lives!
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October 3rd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
LOL I know, I’ve read it many times. Peculiar sensation–I finally watched it and it’s odd to see that he’s reading it straight. I won’t say that I read it better to my children, or did, they are old enough to read for themselves now. But I did make them laugh when I read it. It is a sly book. He read it straight, very interesting.
Love the book and so do my girls, it was one of their favorites.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Having just come back from family movie night (Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service)at our local library with my 3 year old, I’m feeling the library love more than usual about this. He’s such a dad :)
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October 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 am
I’m absolutely in love with my local public library systems. They provide such a great resource to the community.
They have a computer lab, free printing up to 10 pages, free wifi to laptop users, and books, CDs, Audiobooks, VHS, old newspapers, and access to online digital collections.
I try to donate 50 bucks a year. Our library systems really should be utilized more often, and I think they would if they took on a different atmosphere.
Since I live in the capital city of the state, the library I am located in is pretty advanced. I am so lucky in this way.
But, I think what has worked so well for Borders is the fact that they do allow people to just come in and purchase coffee and such will reading books. If libraries put in a small coffee shop just inside the entrance, I could see many more people visiting and actually giving to the libraries instead of corporations like Borders.
But yes, I hope everyone will see the library as a place of true technological advancement, knowledge, and cultural interactions rather than a stuffy old book warehouse.
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October 10th, 2009 at 9:59 am
When I was unemployed last year, I was a library junkie too. You seriously couldn’t get me out of there without bringing at least 3 books home with me. i think that’s the only thing I miss about being jobless: lots of time to read!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
OMG, too frickin’ adorable. Nice capper to a long week.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I have always liked that story, but now it is one of my favorites! He is quite engaging…I think I sighed and smiled during the entire video–like I was one of the kids!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
this couldn’t have made me happier. love seeing the adorable dad come out. thanks for posting!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Awwww, so cute! I love stories, and to hear Stephen read one to the kids was great. I also really liked that chair!
Stephen is so great with kids. What a wonderful Dad he must be.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Soooo cute!And I love this story,Disney made a short film about it and I watched thousands of times when I was a kid,I even drew Ferdinand and has on my Orkut profile.
That made my day.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 am
I LOVE that cartoon! That’s exactly what I was thinking about when Stephen was reading this story. :)
(In between my hysterical laughter and ‘awwwww’ing, of course.)
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October 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
The part he calls Ferdinand’s mom cow is just like the cartoon!Just perfect!
It’s weird but he kinds reminds me of my dad telling me story.Oh God,I hope Freud can explain that LOL
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October 3rd, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Haha. He’s just got that “dad” quality. Don’t worry:) I remember reading an article awhile back in which a recent TCR guest described Stephen as a “classic 1950s dad” with a firm handshake. I’ll have to hunt down that article.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Oh my, I agree with all of you – so adorable, so Dad. In the best way possible. Those kids just loved the storytelling, and it was so cute with him up on that big chair. The gasp from the kids when he mentioned the bee was precious.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 am
Aw…this is one of the first books that my mom read to me when I was a kid. This video was so sweet and I can only imagine what a wonderful dad Stephen must be. You’re breakin’ my heart Stephen! Sigh…
Wouldn’t it be fun to hear him read his favorite kids’ book, “Swiss Family Robinson”?
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October 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 am
Please—I’m sure his fav books as a child were included in the Old Testament =p
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October 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
Lol!! No, he said in a quick snippet for Banned Books week that “Swiss Family Robinson” was his fave book as a kid. :)
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October 3rd, 2009 at 7:15 am
many thanks for making my day!
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October 3rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
Ah, so adorable! We had that book when I was a kid. I love that story.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 10:04 am
So cute to see him clamber up the chair. I have to read that story.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I kept thinking of Edith Ann (Lily Tomlin) & her rocking chair from Laugh In. That red chair is “massive” – wish I had been there to see it rolled down the streets to the library!
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October 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
My heart just grew three more sizes….
SO CUTE! What a very sweet story read by such a sweet sweet man.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
omg how adorable!! :)
i love it when we get to see a side of Stephen that we don’t regularly get to see
wow!
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October 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
This video goes straight to my sister, who had to have this story read to her every night. One of my favorite’s as well, despite the multiple readings.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I’m at a lack of how to describe how cute and adorable this is.
Also, that red chair is so awesome.
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October 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I felt like such a little kid watching him read. ^_^
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October 3rd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Just wanted to reply to cordgrass’s interesting comments above about Stephen “reading it straight”. (The reply “button” is missing(?) at the end of your last comment.) Anyway.
I also find it interesting, and surprising, when Stephen plays it straight. I had the same reaction when he sang “Teach your children” with CSN. I literally gasped out loud, “OMG. He’s playing it straight.”
In a way, he turns the table on one’s expectations, and it seems shocking, delightful, poignant and revelatory all at the same time. (Does that make sense?).
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October 4th, 2009 at 10:02 am
When I can watch Colbert with my 4-year-old, it’s a good day.
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October 5th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Ha ha! Yes it is!
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October 4th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Oh I love that book! That brings back childhood memories…
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October 4th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
He is the most adorable man on the planet.
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October 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I WANT that Chair for my living room! ;) That was so adorable.
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October 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Ha ha! Acutally I’d love it too. I really would have liked to have seen it being rolled through the streets to the library.
By the way Alice, I’m voting for your puppy each day and have passed the link on to some friends. I don’t have my CN account anymore so I guess I’m formally known as “votequimby”. ;-)
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October 5th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Oh! One of the really nice ones :)
Maybe you’ll all come out for the convention we’ll have if we win! Thanks for the votes!
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October 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I feel the same about you! :-) Of course I’ll come to the convention!
And to get back on track, adorable video. And I don’t think we have that book in the house. My kids would love it so I really should get it for them.
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October 7th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I just watched this video with my 3 year old daughter and now she wants to know when we can go to the library and “see Stephen Colbert read a book”. LOL!
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October 8th, 2009 at 7:30 am
just when i think my “crush” can’t get “crushier,” he does something like this! what a lovely, expressive voice he has, not a new observation, and certainly appropriate here for his audience and story, but still… there’s no end to his wonderfulness.
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October 8th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Welcome to the site, Karen! And thanks for the comment! Yes, we here know and understand that little tug when Stephen pulls at our heartstrings. And there really is no end to his wonderfulness.
I hope you’ll come back and continue to enjoy the wonderful conversation and community we have here at No Fact Zone!
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October 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am
I melted into a little puddle after watching that. Thank you, No Fact Zone!
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October 17th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
This is just too cute~! ♥♥♥
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