Hello Zoners! I know I haven’t done one of these in a while, but real life just completely got on top of me. But, I am back and in penance, I’m covering news from the past two weeks I’ve been gone! So, let’s get to it!
Episode Guides:
- Fantasy Colbert League Weekly: Week of October 26th
- Episode 5135 (October 26, 2009) – Cornel West
- Episode 5136 (October 27, 2009) – Rev. Randall Balmer, Gail Collins
- Episode 5137 (October 28, 2009) – Brian Cox
- Episode 5138 (October 29, 2009) – Rosanne Cash, Bill Simmons
- Fantasy Colbert League Weekly – Week of November 2
- Episode 5139 (November 2, 2009) – Dan Jansen, Nicholas Thompson
- Episode 5140 (November 3, 2009) – Andrew Sullivan
- Episode 5141 (November 4, 2009) – Al Gore, Harold Evans
- Episode 5142 (November 5, 2009) – Joey Cheek, Chief William Bratton
No Fact Zone features:
- Apopcalypse for the week of November 2.
- The Daily Show Toss Recap for the week of October 26, 2009.
- The Daily Show Toss Recap for the week of November 2, 2009: SUCKA!!!
- Fangirl Suit Report: Week of October 12: Hi Jordan!
- Fangirl Suit Report: Week of October 26: Did Monday’s screencap make anyone else think of The Lumberjack Song?
- Fangirl Suit Report: Week of November 2: Ahhh! Big snake!
- Eye Candy: A whole bunch of awesome pictures came out over these two weeks including Speed Racer gorgeousness, Stephen wearing an awesome jacket, Stephen showing off his leet quarterbacking skills, and some really lucky Zoners.
The Colbert Report sponsors US Speedskating!
- Here’s the official AP article on the Report becoming an official sponsor.
- Numerous articles have since then appeared about the Report’s sponsorship.
- Since then, Stephen’s used numerous techniques to get the Nation to donate money. This tweet might be my favorite.
- In addition, Joey Cheek was the first of what are sure to be numerous appearances by various US speedskaters leading up to the Olympics.
- Yay, we’ve already won a gold medal!
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist:
- Zeitgeist post for October 24, 2009.
- Zeitgeist post for October 30, 2009.
- Stephen talks to NJ.com in a mild-mannered way.
- The UK iTunes Store now carries The Colbert Report.
- Bobby returns!!! YAY BOBBY!!!!!!!
Six Degrees of Stephen Colbert:
- John Oliver exclusive here! Go read it now! Read it again if you have already, because it’s just that awesome!
- Good news: Both Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert are confirmed to attend the 50th anniversary of Second City.
- Six Degrees: Samantha Bee, Larry Wilmore, and more!
- Mark Malkoff’s Key Quest is going strong. His latest video shows him in Tennessee. Check it out!
Klassic Kolbert:
- Stephen can tie a bow tie! Watch it here!
- Klassic Kolbert: Stephen’s parents gave out little bags of applesauce for Halloween.
- Footage from the 2000 Republican National Convention has popped up on the webz. I love his hair in this video.
We call it the Joy Machine:
- Check out what Ann G had to say about Stephen’s appearance at the Two Rivers Theater. So lucky!
- Zoner Em found another instance of copycatting the Colbert Report!
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Wow, monster post, LadyNocturne! I don’t even want to think about how long it took you to get all that code together; thanks for the round-up.
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Whew! What a busy two weeks it’s been. Thanks for putting it all together in one place, LadyNocturne!
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Very cool, thank you so much for the list.
By the way, “another” instance of copycatting? Did this happen before?
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I guess the first instance wasn’t copycatting per se, but it was along those lines:
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=11861
Some clothing store in Iran was using Stephen’s image to sell suits. Since they don’t follow international copyright laws, you can imagine how well that went down…
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221462/march-12-2009/mahmoud-s-non-consensual-endorsement-deal
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Ah, thank you. I actually had seen that, but I didn’t know he’d done an item about it on the show. Thanks for the clip!
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