EPISODE NUMBER: 6013 (January 25, 2010)
GUESTS: Kati Marton
SEGMENTS: The WØRD: Manifest Density; Alpha Dog of the Week – Harold Ford Jr.
VIDEOS: Monday, January 25, 2010
Way to go, Nation, the original interview desk went for $14,401! The second item for the Colbert Nation Liquidation is up for sale, and it’s the infamous C-Desk from the original set (TV monitor, base platform and POWs not included). 100% of the final sale price will support the Dr. James W. Colbert Endowed Chair at the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation. So bid early, and bid often!
I’ve heard the evils of high fructose corn syrup for years. But this is the first time I’ve heard about the Maximum Density biology clause as to why people aren’t getting any fatter. Maybe that’s why Catherine’s only goes up to size 32? And the Alpha Dog segments are quickly moving up the ranks of some of my favorite recurring segments.
I found the interview with Kati Marton to be quite fascinating. I liked the mental images she brought about being constantly under surveillance, and am seriously curious about the book. I think I might have to go check that out! And as soon as I heard Stephen say the words “Bubble Wrap”, I was just waiting for him to find a way to pop all the bubbles he could.
What did you all enjoy about the show tonight? And how do you pop Bubble Wrap? I squeeze it together to pop two bubbles at a time. But only two. Stephen’s wadding up in a ball technique was a new way I had never seen before.
- Look at the intensity of his thoughts. What is he looking at? I bet it’s a train.
- The vice-president isn’t just the nation’s train guy.
- I’ve been called for duty a dozen times, and they never let me go when I tell them I’m president.
- I say if President Obama wants to get out of jury duty, he should do it the way the rest of us do: show up, wet yourself, get in a fist fight with a stenographer and tell the judge that you are afraid of Koreans.
- I don’t think that the President understand that in America, consumption equals jobs. And these days, the banks aren’t lending us the money we need to buy the things we don’t need to create the jobs we need to pay back the loans we can’t afford.
- A biological limit? [a.k.a. "Peak Pudge"]
- But then thanks to Nixon’s farm subsidies, Corn became the #1 thing grown in the Midwest. [Besides Bad Moustaches]
- [The Nighttime, Sniffling, Sneezing, Coughing, Aching, Stuffy Head, Fever, So You Can Wake Up With Cankles Medicine]
- Of course, if [Wolf] Blitzer asks you about gay marriage, you say No. But Matt Lauer? You gotta at least think about it.
- By the way, it would be an honor, madam. An honor.
- I am so fascinated by this story that I am actually tempted to read it.
- Well, madam, what is a journalist but someone who spies on reality and just gives the secrets away?
- I don’t think that proves anything, but I enjoyed saying it.
- Oh hi, you just caught me going over my …. line? [Lines!] lines.
Nice way to start the week. I particularly enjoyed the interview and am interested in checking out that book. With the introduction of the new set, I wasn’t sure how/if we would have any more “shelf time” at the end of episodes and was glad to see Stephen play with the bubble wrap.
Anyone else catch the cheesecake line (eating an entire cheesecake and not gaining a pound)in The Word? I am pretty sure it stems from an episode of Strangers with Candy. The entire segment made me glad I have been changing my eating habits since the new year–sweating corn niblets?!? Makes me want to use the treadmill!
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As soon as I heard the cheesecake line, I immediately thought of Strangers With Candy! It’s from the episode, “Feather in the Storm,” where Jerri tries out for the debate team. :)
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bubble wrap!
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The Word was so great last night – I thought all the captions on the side were quite clever. The best one was after Stephen said he didn’t blame the thin people and on the side was [But We're Going to Eat You], hahaha!
I thought the interview was incredibly fascinating, and I’d really like to read Marton’s book. She carried herself very well throughout the whole interview, and it seemed like Stephen was engaged in the questions. And is it weird that I thought it was cute that she kept calling him Stephen? Most interviewees don’t engage him that much, it was nice. :]
Loved the bubble wrap! It is the little kid in all of us that cannot resist popping bubble wrap. I normally pop one or two bubbles at a time and make my way down the wrap, but balling it up and squeezing it as hard as you can works, too. :P
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Wow it was so hard to pick a favorite segment! The interview was great, which is odd because i dont usually get that into an interview. I’m really interested in her book and may actually buy it… or convince my dad to buy it for me :P
How cute was the bubble wrap thing?
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I wonder if it’s Stephen or someone on his writing team that really hates Big Corn.
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I cringed a bit at the Alpha Dog segment. Harold Ford is a very familiar face in these parts. The Ford family have been active in Memphis politics for a looong time. Sad thing is, even with his rather conservative views on social issues, the war, etc., compared to the other politicians around here, he’s a flaming liberal. I actually voted for him in ’06 for just that reason. Unfortunately he lost to Bob Corker(*gag*).
Loved the bubble wrap bit. I use the ball-it-up-and-squeeze technique as well. :)
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I voted for the WORD because it was so telling – Stephen always knows how to bring attention to the obesity crisis – and it had some hilarious moments as well needless to say. I enjoyed the interview as well.
I couldn’t help notice Stephen’s “Senator Coco?” (perhaps an adlib?) in the intro – could it be he will be sneaking in a lot of random Conan references while Conan is legally obligated to stay off the air?
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I loved the “Senator Coco” reference in the intro. I’m sincerely hoping to see Conan do a sketch on TDS or TCR. He’s only forbidden to host a new TV show right? Or is he not allowed to appear on one either?
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I completely forgot to add this in my comment: the interview table went for $14,401?! That is AWESOME! Way to go, Nation!
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It’s rare that I’m actually interested in the guests and their books, but I actually want to go out and buy this one. What a truely incredible life she must of had.
I of course loved the “Senator Coco” reference in the intro, here’s hoping he turns up on Comedy Central at some point during his break.
Does anyone know if the invisible strings from the “String Dance” made onto the shelves of the new set?
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I don’t know but Stephen just made a second Conan joke in his closing tonight!
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Stephen Colbert is the next quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings? Now that’s something I’m in favor of! Okay maybe we won’t get very far next year but anything is better than Favre! I smell a new fallback position! ;)
I was also really interested in his guest. I have so many books to read already!
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