Comments on: Episode 5142 (11/05/2009)

By: Rita

Rita — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:07 +0000

Thanks so much for the info–that’s great news all around. I’m sure Stephen will have a blast if he goes…should be fun :)

By: cmccaw

cmccaw — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:52 +0000

It doesn’t seem to be true. Apparently the oval has been open to all comers all fall and no American has asked to train there. All the international teams have been allotted time in the leadup to the games. (Not that that will cut any ice (so to speak) in the “no fact zone”. The VanOC committee is delighted. They have offered to make Stephen Colbert an ombudsman, which would give him unlimited access to the games. The story is here: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/take+that+syrup+sucking+label+thanks/2240112/story.html
He implied in the Nov 18 show that he would go to Vancouver, so it looks as though he will take them up on it. Great news!

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:17 +0000

I’ve been trying to find something about Canada making this ‘unprecedented’move by restricting the U.S. Speed skating team’s practice times, but can’t seem to. If it’s true, I hope they don’t think we’ll be cheering if our Canadian team does well; we don’t want a medal if it’s won unfairly. Does anyone know where the source story is? I’d like to give them a piece of my mind about playing fair…I love my country, but that is a dick move!

By: cmccaw

cmccaw — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:44:10 +0000

I was thinking it had been too long since anyone had been put on notice. I also love it when Stephen mentions Canada. For some reason, an episode that combines the two does not give me completely unalloyed joy… I have no idea why we aren’t sharing our speed skating track, and I apologize. I wonder if we can get the Prime Minister to go on TCR before the whole country is “dead to him”.

By: MaryLovesColbert

MaryLovesColbert — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:21:24 +0000

Jon was absolutely wonderful in that segment! How dare he say he can’t act?!

By: O'Reilly

O'Reilly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:33:31 +0000

Yes, Prescott Pharmaceuticals, the only medicine on the market with a cap so simple that a child can open it; a $6000 Swine Flu scam detector that looks completely user friendly and so familiar, just like a shoe box for boots(?) with a spatula handle and a vacuum cleaner hose; Vaxaconda (a heavy and big pharmaceutical remedy), a new Prescott product for heart problems which Stephen had in the economy size, able to be taken orally or as a suppository — the patient need only lie down and let the snake decide –with only 3 major side effects, 1 in math (Mathelete’s Foot), 1 in English (Chest of the D’Urbervilles), and 1 called Hunch Front for a little out of category variety, unless some other school subject area was meant and this joke went right over my head — the absolutely entire segment from beginning to end was so thoroughly enjoyable.

The “Cheating Death” segment is one of my favorites if not my truly favorite, as I’ve said before, and Thursday night’s segment was no exception, being totally entertaining and delightful, as was Stephen holding that heavy Vaxaconda medication from Prescott in his arms — great fun. I guess I vote for this segment although the whole episode was just wonderful.

By: Kinsa

Kinsa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:29:46 +0000

What a beautiful beast, the boa was nice too.

By: laughing at nothing

laughing at nothing — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:10:45 +0000

(Everytime Tess gets mentioned, Anna and Emma want their say too!)

By: zonkuya

zonkuya — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:43:33 +0000

Who is Stephen writing these checks to then? :)

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/70563/june-13-2006/the-word—great-f—ing-idea

By: wren

wren — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:01:55 +0000

Plus, the FCC actually only enforces indecency/profanity rules on broadcast TV, not cable.