Episode 5130 (10/8/2009)

Stephen Colbert smile is so lovey

EPISODE NUMBER: 5130 (October 8, 2009) GUEST: Colin Beavan (NoImpactProject.org) SEGMENTS: Glenn Beck montage, Stephen Colbert’s Sport Report VIDEOS: Thursday, October 8, 2009 Oh, what a lovely purple tie! And for those of you who are following the Stephen Colbert Hair saga, the hair is looking amazingly good. It’s not quite at 100%, but it’s [...]

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Six Degrees: Jon Stewart (and ghosts of ‘The Daily Show’ past and present)

Hello, boys and girls, and welcome to another edition of “funny people out there giving us lots to blog about”! Let’s start with the Jon Stewart bit, shall we? Most of us know Jon as the host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but you’d be wrong if you thought that meant he had [...]

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Klassic Kolbert – Daily Show Edition: Afghanistan

This Week in God! Even Stephvens! Desk Interviews! Field Reports! All of the Daily Show reminiscing that you want in a convenient weekly post! Goooooood morning Zoners! Well, I meant to get this up yesterday, but I got so bogged down in work that this week’s Klassic Kolbert had to wait until today. Oh well, [...]

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Episode 5129 (10/7/2009)

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EPISODE NUMBER: 5129 (October 7, 2009) GUEST: Alison Gopnik SEGMENTS: Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger; Craziest F#?king Thing I Ever Heard VIDEOS: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 I love it when the Nation gets a call to action, and I hope there’s lots of action on this one to modify Conservapedia. If you [...]

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‘The Village Voice’ delights in The Mountain Goats on ‘Colbert’

I don’t know why it makes me smile so to read people’s accounts of their Colbert Report visits, whether they’re from fans, bloggers or even the guests. I guess it just pleases me to know that people enjoyed themselves enough to want to share the experience … and possibly, if you’re The Village Voice, to [...]

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FAN ART: The cheekiest portrait of Stephen Colbert ever

Stephen Colbert by Stan Murmur

Sometimes a story comes along that is so unique, it simply has to be shared. First, let’s start with the basics. This portrait is being sold on eBay, and all proceeds are being donated to one of Stephen’s favorite charities, DonorsChoose.org. Sounds good so far, right? Except this is no ordinary fan portrait. The artist, [...]

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Second City posts 1993 video of Colbert, Carell, Sedaris, Dinello, et al

Second City Utterback - 1991

Okay, this is kind of awesome. Second City has posted an excerpt of “Talkin’ ‘Bout The Balkans” featuring Fran Adams, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, David Razowsky, Ruth Rudnick and Amy Sedaris on its website (“Celebrating 50 Years of Funny”)! The video quality isn’t great, the audio is muddy, and the camera is far [...]

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New York Comedy Festival’s “Stand Up For Heroes” tickets go on sale at 12p EDT today!

For those of you planning on going to the New York Comedy Festival’s “Stand Up For Heroes” event, which we blogged about a few days ago, get your Visa or MasterCards ready. According to Ticketmaster, the tickets go on sale today! At noon (EDT)! So get your tickets already! Let us know you have tickets [...]

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Episode 5128 (10/6/2009)

Formula 401 - A Star Is Born!

EPISODE NUMBER: 5128 (October 6, 2009) GUEST: Lara Logan, the Mountain Goats SEGMENTS: Swine flu vaccine drops, Why did we break up with Afghanistan, Celebrity look-alike sperm VIDEOS: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 So, tonight’s show was vomit free, which always raises it a notch in my book. It’s so adorable how Stephen got just a [...]

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ED.gov posts photos of Sec. Duncan’s visit to ‘The Colbert Report’

Green Room with Arne Duncan and Stephen Colbert

You’ve gotta love “the internets” some days. Like, the days when the Secretary of Education posts his photos from a couple of face-offs with Stephen Colbert. From ED.gov, here’s the traditional green room photo (click on the images for the full sized versions): Stephen’s tie in this one made me smile; it doesn’t quite seem [...]

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