EPISODE NUMBER: 6007 (January 13, 2010)
GUESTS: John Heilemann (Author, “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime“)
SEGMENTS:Stephen Colbert’s Sport Report, Movies that are Destroying America
VIDEOS: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I don’t recall a time where Stephen has nailed a guest multiple times before they even sit down with him. But that definitely seemed to be the case with “Game Change” author John Heilemann. I was blinded by the shiny new Sport Report intro – but am quite happy that they left the kicking in the head of that old timey football guy. For some reason, that always cracked me up. Sometimes I really think I’m not right – maybe I was dropped on my head as a baby or something. Also, it’s been way, way too long since Tom Purcell got shot.
I really need to see “Avatar”, if for no other reason than to be able to understand the cultural references that seem to be oozing into the pop culture universe lately. I also enjoyed the Heilemann interview, even though I still don’t feel 100% certain that I believe his “trust me!” validation of his scandalous facts.
What did you enjoy about tonight’s episode? I mean, other than the fact that Stephen found a way to draw Snoopy on the expensive shiny drop-down monitor thing again?
- You want the Columbian guy to get you coffee. The black guy is your caddy who inspires you with proverbs until you win the golf championship and then disappears into the mist.
- I’ve heard that during the writing of this book, [Heilemann] had a torrid love triangle with Wolf Blitzer and Helen Thomas, who, by the way, I hear is totally tweaked on meth. She’s 26. So sad.
- Shame on you, Commissioner [David] Stern! The second amendment guarantees the right to bear finger. I stand by the motto of the National Digit Association – “You can have my fingers when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.”
- Hey, McGuire, you may want to inject some steroids into your tear ducts to clear up that case of pussy eye.
- Then steroid fans can go to the hall of fame and go visit the bronze busts of their hero’s shriveled testicles.
- AH! JUNGLE MONSTER! Oh, that’s the Pope. And the Pope is disappointed. Very angry, very angry pope.
- And what’s worse, they don’t make a single fudge cookie.
- I say if God wanted us to worship nature, he wouldn’t have slapped it together in 6 days. I mean, look at all the cracks, there’s no way nature is up to code.
- Whoa, whoa, Jimmy, this is a family show. I’ll just cover that up. With Snoopy. Though now it looks like Snoopy is in a freaky 3-way.
- I don’t know about the Tree of Souls, but that gave me some magic wood.
- That would be like a human having sex with Snoopy.
- It’s as factually accurate as I need it to be, because it’s a hell of a read. That being said, I haven’t read it.
- Does anyone play footsie in the book?
- John [McCain] and I go back to the academy. Police Academy 5, we saw it together one night.
- There’s someone in Washington without an ax to grind.
- I ran for President and I’m not in your book.
- Too bad – it could have been a best seller.
I’m torn – loved the nailling of Heilemann but the character break in the Sport Report actually made me squeal!
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I actually started feeling bad for the guy sitting in the green room getting slammed… but it was kinda funny, too.
And after all the comments of “more for the ladies” after Stephen’s linguinal retrieval of his interview notes the other night, I thought there would be more love for his reading of the deleted scene and his magic wood.
And how’s this for recaptcha: banana process
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Oh plenty of love here for his magic wood!
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Meh. I didn’t feel too bad for Heilemann. They wrote what is essentially just one long gossip column and most of the “revelations” I’ve read about are hardly shocking. It was a good interview though.
I loved the segment with the touchscreen! I haven’t seen Avatar yet either and am beginning to think I really need to.
Why is it so funny to see Tom Purcell get shot?
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What a great week! Platinum, the Doctor, a Spor ReporT; now what??
way cool
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The pussy eye comment made me laugh so hard! hahaha. I totally need to see Avatar, ASAP.
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Ha ha! Yeah the pussy eye comment made me laugh pretty hard too.
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Agreeing with all the comments above: character breaks, shooting Tom Purcell, pussy eye, touchscreen fun…I found it hard to choose between Sport Report and Movies that are Destroying America. {sidenote: I saw Avatar in 3-D on Monday and it was well worth the $ for the visuals and to be “in the know” pop-culturally speaking!}
I am loving the shiny, enhanced intros to the segments. They have the same feel as the old ones- just with a little added umfph for HD
I also love that “…with Snoopy” is fast becoming a punchline. It makes me giggle to watch Stephen draw on his new $100,000 touchscreen
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Sport Report character break! Touchscreen Snoopy! How to choose?? Also a big fan of the pussy eye comment. How I dearly wish I worked someplace that comment would be even marginally acceptable.
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I truly love how much Stephen seems to be enjoying his new touch-screen. I have a feeling he is going to draw Snoopy every chance he gets, and I’m completely okay with that. :]
Loved that Sport Report character break! And that Mark McGuire “pussy eye” comment cracked me up. Is it wrong to laugh so hard at seeing Tom Purcell for getting shot? I wanna say no…
I really have no interest in reading Heilemann’s book, but I did enjoy the interview, as well as Stephen’s pre-interview nailing in the opening segment. And finally, how GREAT was that purple tie?! He looked so great last night. The fact that he was in such a great mood didn’t hurt, either. :]
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I loved that purple tie as well! I don’t think he’s worn that shade before, has he? Where’s Jordan, our fangirl suit reporter?
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