The Daily Show Toss Recap – Week of 11/9/2009

Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report… Hey, Zoners, there was a Toss this week! I almost missed it — must have wandered away from the TV for a little bit on Tuesday night. Good thing I decided to check TDS’s website or I would have [...]

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TiVo Alert: Stephen Colbert on Late Show with David Letterman

Hey, all — set your TiVos for Thursday night’s Late Show (Thursday, the 19th), because Stephen Colbert will be hosted by David Letterman that night! Yay! Here’s one of Stephen’s earlier Late Show interviews; he’s always such a hoot.

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Eye Candy – Two River Theater Company Edition

Aaron Poser, Artistic Director of TRTC, Stephen Colbert, Tom Werder, Managing Director of TRTC

A huge tip of the hat to the lovely people in Marketing at the Two River Theater Company, who just sent us some super sweet photos of Stephen Colbert from his recent benefit. I think this one might be my favorite, but you definitely want to click past the fold to see more.

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Episode 5146 (11/12/2009)

Stephen Colbert assumes the power of Lou Dobbs

EPISODE NUMBER: 5146 (November 12, 2009) GUESTS: Woody Harrelson SEGMENTS: The WØRD: The Money Shot VIDEOS: Thursday, November 12, 2009 This is definintely one of the more memorable shows as of late. First, we started off with the Miracle Whip ad campaign against Stephen and Mayo. I believe this is the first time that ads [...]

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Don’t be a “Miracle Wimp” — watch tonight’s ‘Colbert Report’

Hey, everyone, do you remember Stephen’s “extreme” Mayo ad from last month? The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

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Episode 5145 (11/11/2009)

EPISODE NUMBER: 5145 (November 11, 2009) GUESTS: Christopher Caldwell SEGMENTS: 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street, Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger VIDEOS: Monday, November 11, 2009 One of my favorite things about The Colbert Report and The Daily Show is that they encourage me to seek out the news a lot more. I get [...]

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Video: Backstage with Stephen Colbert and Bruce Springsteen

Hahahahaha!! If you read Ann G‘s latest Zeitgeist post, you saw the Page Six story about Stephen sabotaging the backstage interview between Bob Woodruff and Bruce Springsteen at Stand Up for Heroes. Springsteen flushed Last Updated: 9:52 AM, November 6, 2009 Posted: 1:05 AM, November 6, 2009 Bob Woodruff was interviewing Bruce Springsteen backstage at [...]

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Episode 5144 (11/10/2009)

EPISODE NUMBER: 5144 (November 10, 2009) GUEST: Karim Sadjadpour, Maria Shriver SEGMENTS: Barney Frank Is Not a Great Outdoorsman, Iraniversary, Stephen Colbert’s Current Events VIDEOS: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 You know how you intend to get up early when you have something important to do in the morning, only you’re having a dream about Stephen [...]

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“Sunny day, sweepin’ the clouds away …”

Okay, I think I’ve mentioned here before that I think puppets are kind of weird; they tend not to entertain me unless they’re wildly rumpus-ing in Where the Wild Things Are or singing “The Lonely Goatherd” in The Sound of Music (marionettes there, but you get the idea). Muppets, however, are an entirely different story. [...]

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Paley Center event: The Truthiness Behind the Lines: An In-Depth Look Behind the Scenes with The Colbert Report Writers

Paley Center

Thanks to Margaret E. I. (i.e. Spoon at a Spork Fight) for this excellent write up of the Paley Center writer panel. The panel started with a montage of recent clips from the Colbert Report, including some Words and headline pieces on healthcare reform. The panel itself was moderated by Zachary Kanin from the New [...]

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