Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!). Hey Zoners! What a magnificent week. Cheating Death! The fantastic reimagining of It’s A Wonderful Life! Wednesday’s epic [...]
Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse – Pop culture references in The Colbert Report: January 11-14, 2010
January 15, 2010 By
Episode 6008 (1/14/2010)
January 15, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6008 (January 14, 2010) GUESTS: Sec. Kathleen Sebelius SEGMENTS: The WØRD: Honor Bound VIDEOS: Thursday, January 14, 2010 TO DONATE TO HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS: To donate money to the Red Cross, text “Haiti” to 90999 Good news for all you Hulu fans: the Hulu version of the “Colbert Report” is now broadcasting in [...]
Stephen Colbert is not making money off of Twitter
January 14, 2010 By
I’ve gotten multiple messages today about a story that is circulating about Stephen Colbert making money off of Twitter. The story, reported by such mainstream news outlets as the New York Post, and by blogs such as MediaBistro, goes a little something like this: Stephen Colbert is on the Twitter ad service Ad.ly, and is [...]
Klassic Kolbert: Daily Show Edition – God
January 14, 2010 By
Hello Zoners! Wow, it feels like forever since I’ve done one of these. What’s that? It feels that way because my last post was on Halloween? Wow. I feel so ashamed. Well, I’m back anyway! Well, on Monday, Morgan Freeman was a guest on the show. Among other things, he’s best known for his movie [...]
Episode 6007 (1/13/2010)
January 14, 2010 By
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 [...]
Lil Jon responds to his mention on the ‘Colbert Report’
January 13, 2010 By
Stephen Colbert mentioned Lil Jon on Monday night’s episode of the ‘Colbert Report’. Apparently Lil Jon got wind of it and expressed his pleasure about the situation on his Twitter feed. Also? I love that Lil Jon’s Twitter background of him as a puppet (from Crank Yankers, maybe?). If you missed the segment, here it [...]
A great new Twitter tool for those who are looking for ‘Daily Show’ or ‘Colbert Report’ tickets
January 13, 2010 By
For a long while, a group of us have been maintaining the @colberttix Twitter feed. The problem with doing this feed, however, is that it took a lot of searching, and hoping we had good timing, and we knew we were missing a lot of ticket availability windows out there. But we did the best [...]
Episode 6006 (1/12/2010)
January 13, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6006 (January 12, 2010) GUESTS: Philip Glass, Raj Patel SEGMENTS: We Are At War, Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA VIDEOS: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 This show had everything – political commentary, silly hats, a couple of character breaks, and the guest offering to put $5 into Stephen’s belt. That is [...]
Conan O’Brien says: No, thanks
January 12, 2010 By
Awwww, crap! Seriously, this is going to suck if NBC goes through with its plan to put Jay Leno back at 11:35pm. From the New York Times: Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Do ‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno January 12, 2010, 3:10 pm . . . People of Earth: In the last few days, I’ve been [...]
Episode 6005 (1/11/2010)
January 12, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6005 (January 11, 2010) GUESTS: Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Freeman SEGMENTS: Harry Reid’s “Negro” problem, Colbert Platinum VIDEOS: Monday, January 11, 2010 First, I would like to give the people over at ColbertNation.com a big bear hug for getting the show clips in beautiful high definition. They look fantastic, excellent job Team Colbert Nation! [...]