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VIDEO: Stephen Colbert talks Iraq, Obama and Olympics on Letterman
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CrooksandLiars.com is first out of the gate with the full video of Stephen’s appearance on Late Show with David Letterman last night. The interview jumped around quite a bit (and I felt like CBS had the longest commercial breaks ever), but it’s always nice to see Stephen out of character and supporting his various causes. Here’s the video, via The Political Carnival:
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November 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Great stuff!! thanks!! :-D
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November 20th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
oh i guess that wasn’t brilliant- loved the previous letterman interviews tho!! he should go on next and sing!! woo! another album stephen! love it :)
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November 20th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Loved the little flash of jealousy when he learned Letterman got to sit in the cockpit.
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November 20th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
That was my favorite part too.!Stephen seemed geuninely surprised that Letterman had been over to Iraq, as was I, and I’m curious when he last visited. Could it have been during the Persian Gulf War in the early 90s? Haha!
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November 21st, 2009 at 1:51 am
Much as I adore Stephen, really I thought the most charming thing about this interview was how just sort of incidentally Letterman mentioned that he’d been to Iraq also. I looked it up, and he’s been there twice. And once to Afghanistan. For Christmas. I loved the Colbert shows that he did from Iraq, and I’ll gouge my eyes out or something if he doesn’t win an Emmy for them next year. And, I’m grateful that he draws attention to the fact that we still have so many people serving in two “forgotten” wars. But, I think Letterman has shown real class in bringing his show to those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan without the grandstanding that “Stephen” and yes, to some extent Stephen, sometimes falls into.
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November 21st, 2009 at 11:35 am
While I do agree that Letterman’s a class act and that it’s fantastic what he’s done for the troops, to be fair, he did speak quite a bit about his trips to the Middle East on his show, especially after the first one. And since he didn’t actually tape a live broadcast from over there, and since he doesn’t do the talk show circuit like Stephen does,it would make sense that Stephen’s Iraq shows got a lot more publicity.