Episode 5134 (10/15/2009)

The new portrait for the Colbert Report

EPISODE NUMBER: 5134 (October 15, 2009) GUESTS: Jerry Mitchell SEGMENTS: Dow hits 10,000; Tip of the Hat, Wag of my Finger VIDEOS: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Everyone stand up and give a big, huge round of applause to the video editors of last night’s show. What a fantastically naughty round of Dow videos! I also [...]

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VIDEO: Stephen Colbert learns about farms for Farm Aid

Yay! I’d heard a rumor that there was a Stephen appearance during the October 4th Farm Aid concert, but I didn’t see it in the footage I had streaming. Lucky for me, Jennie managed to track down what I missed. Stephen finds out about farms … … And tells us that helping farms is like [...]

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Blog Action Day 2009 – Climate Change

This year, over 6,000 blogs have gotten together on Blog Action Day 2009 to discuss climate change. We each take a moment of our blogging day to discuss the issue in a way that will relate to our reading audience. Luckily for us, climate change is something that Stephen has addressed many times, in his [...]

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Episode 5133 (10/14/2009)

Stephen Colbert in cowboy boots

EPISODE NUMBER: 5133 (October 14, 2009) GUESTS: Amy Farrell, The RZA SEGMENTS: Yahweh or No Way VIDEOS: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Even though I’m a born and bred Texan, and lived my entire adult life here in God’s country, I’ve never been a fan of boots. But I have to say, the boots that Stephen [...]

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Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – October 14, 2009

Greetings, Zoners! I apologize for being a bit negligent with the zeitgeist recently, but sometimes when real life sneaks up on you and says “hey, remember me?” it’s hard to ignore it. Here are some of the news items that have been filling up my inbox recently, your zeitgeist for October 14th. New international markets [...]

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Episode 5132 (10/13/2009)

Stephen Colbert is Jermaine Maine

EPISODE NUMBER: 5132 (October 13, 2009) GUEST: David Javerbaum, Sylvia Earle SEGMENTS: Miley Cyrus deleted her Twitter account, The WØRD: Symbol-Minded, David Javerbaum, G.E.D. VIDEOS: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 My husband and I were eating dinner last night when he turns to me and says, “Did you hear that Miley Cyrus deleted her Twitter account? [...]

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Get Stephen Colbert on your iPhone

iPhone Word

If you’ve ever watched The WØRD and wished you could just wrap it up and take it with you, well, now there’s an app for that. From AppShopper.com: The Colbert Report’s The Word . . . Download The Word iPhone App and you’ll have every Word at your fingertips — anywhere, anytime — listed either [...]

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Episode 5131 (10/12/2009)

All white tennis outfit - Stephen Colbert

EPISODE NUMBER: 5131 (October 12, 2009) GUEST: Shashi Tharoor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta SEGMENTS: Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Stephen Colbert’s Fallback Position Tennis Pro with James Blake VIDEOS: Monday, October 12, 2009 I love that when something big happens, like Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, that the first question on many [...]

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It’s Monday

Shashi Tharoor

… which means that Stephen Colbert’s guests are tweeting their way to the studio: The ever-urbane Mr. Tharoor seems quite confident (his previous visits have certainly gone well), but Dr. Gupta sounds a bit nervous — perhaps he fears that Stephen will take issue with the title of his new book!

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Six Degrees: Rob Kutner on American Healthcare

Hey, guys, here’s a bit of a public service announcement — the fun kind — for you: Rob Kutner, current writer for The Tonight Show, former writer for The Daily Show, friend of the blog and all-around good guy, has helped put together this little clip on healthcare. It’s a great little summary on who [...]

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