If you’ve been waiting to get some Stephen Colbert on your iPod or iPhone, now’s a perfect time. iTunes is featuring a free Holiday album with some wonderful Christmas, New Years and Winter songs, both traditional and eclectic. In this mix of 20 songs is Stephen Colbert’s instant holiday classic, “Another Christmas Song”. It also [...]
Second City ‘Colbert Report’ panel: First Reviews
December 12, 2009 By
The Chicago Tribune has posted the first review for the ‘Colbert Report’ panel during the Second City 50th Anniversary events: Stephen Colbert reveals secrets at Second City Chris Jones – Posted at 11:47:12 AM “He’s not mendacious and stupid,” said Purcell of the character whom the writers internally call “the guy” or “the character.” “He’s [...]
The Daily Show Toss Recap – Week of 12/7/2009
December 12, 2009 By
Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report… Happy weekend, Zoners! After a long dry spell, the Toss made a reappearance this week, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was pleased to see the boys back together again. Both TCR and The Daily Show [...]
UPDATE: Second City 50th Celebration channel on Sirius
December 12, 2009 By
I’ve been listening to the Second City channel on Sirius this morning. According to the announcement that we published a few days ago about the channel, “Second City Comedy Radio will be backstage all weekend with access to all of the reunion events held at The Second City theater in Chicago”. So I got my [...]
Late night hosts bid Diane Sawyer adieu
December 11, 2009 By
Considering that you’re all fans of The Colbert Report, I figure it’s safe to assume that a fair number of you are night owls and may not be keeping up with the changes in the network morning shows. Specifically, Diane Sawyer is leaving Good Morning, America to take over Charlie Gibson’s ABC World News anchor [...]
Episode 5158 (12/10/2009)
December 11, 2009 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 5158 (December 10, 2009) GUESTS: Lara Logan SEGMENTS: Afghandyland, Stephen Colbert’s Skate Expectations: Kicking Ice and Taking Donations on the Slippery Slope Down the Icy Path to the Frozen Road Up to Vancouver ‘010 VIDEOS: Thursday, December 10, 2009 Sorry the ep guide was a bit late today. I got up too early [...]
Sirius XM to broadcast limited run Second City Comedy Radio
December 10, 2009 By
Interesting news from PR Newswire for anyone who can’t make it to the Second City festivities in person, but who has a Sirius XM subscription: Second City Comedy Radio To Launch on SIRIUS XM NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch Second City Comedy Radio, [...]
Klassic Kolbert: Salman Rushdie talks about literary criticism
December 10, 2009 By
Ugh, really rotten news for people who enjoyed reading Editor & Publisher and/or Kirkus Reviews; both will be eliminated as of the end of the year, according to reports released today. Please imagine me shaking my fist at Nielsen right now; I really am outraged on behalf of E&P editor Greg Mitchell and all the [...]
Six Degrees: Articles and videos from ‘Daily Show’ peeps
December 10, 2009 By
Hello, boys and girls. I know Tiger usually does these now, but there’s been so much news coming in on our favorite people from The Daily Show that I thought I’d throw a few links together while we await her next post. Let’s get things started with a few items featuring Jon Stewart‘s recent trip [...]
Allison Silverman accepts her Muse Award from Stephen Colbert
December 10, 2009 By
Very cool! The Wall Street Journal devotes a few words to yesterday’s Muse Awards ceremony honoring women in film and television: Stephen Colbert Crashes 29th Annual Muse Awards Honoring America Ferrera, Julianna Margulies By Michelle Kung This afternoon’s 29th Annual Muse Awards — honoring actresses America Ferrera and Julianna Margulies, late night comedy writer/producer Allison [...]