For those of you who missed this last night, here is PBS’s Faces of America. This episode, “Becoming American”, includes the segment with Stephen Colbert. Enjoy! Becoming American Thanks to everyone who left us links to this and especially to the people at Faces of America!
VIDEO: ‘Faces of America: Becoming American’ (feat. Stephen Colbert)
February 18, 2010 By
TiVo Alert: Reminders for Stephen Colbert on NBC, CTV and PBS tonight
February 17, 2010 By
I can’t imagine that anyone’s forgotten about the abundance of options we’ll have for Colbert-watching tonight, but Comedy Central gives us some hints on when to watch the various channels (internal links omitted): Stephen Colbert Is All Over The TV Landscape Tonight Posted by: Gonzalo Cordova During NBC’s Olympic coverage, Bob Costas will be interviewing [...]
Bob Costas rides the moose for Stephen Colbert
February 17, 2010 By
Earlier today, I briefly snorted with laughter when I saw a tweet that said “Colbert showed up in vancouver to 10X the crowd they had set up for… The crowd chanted until Bob Costas rode the giant moose.” There’s really nothing about the idea of Bob Costas riding a moose that isn’t funny (and I’m [...]
Stephen Colbert ‘Reports’ to Olympic Games
February 17, 2010 By
From the Vancouver Sun: Stephen Colbert welcomed to the Vancouver Olympic Games by cheering crowd and Canadian bald eagle By Harold Munro, Vancouver Sun February 17, 2010 12:47 PM Hundreds of fans went wild Wednesday morning as late-night comedian Stephen Colbert brought his faux conservative talk show to Creekside Park, located next to Science World [...]
“Syrup-suckers” welcome Colbert to Vancouver
February 17, 2010 By
When Stephen Colbert calls for his Nation to support him, they do it, even when he’s on “foreign” soil. Check out these vids from today’s taping in Vancouver from jruckman‘s photostream: Video of the crowd at Colbert in Vancouver Video of Colbert walking out to crazy applause And seriously, just how big is that crowd? [...]
Speedskating “sugar daddy” Stephen Colbert ready to report from Richmond Oval
February 16, 2010 By
Honestly, I think I would have enjoyed blogging this article even if it had contained nothing but that reference to Stephen as Speedskating’s “sugar daddy”, but the extra info about his NBC commenting gig is a nice little bonus. From the Windsor Star: Stephen Colbert set to join NBC speedskating coverage By Alex Strachan, Canwest [...]
‘Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic’ a finalist for 2010 Audie
February 16, 2010 By
Congratulations to the folks at Symphony Space and the authors and cast responsible for the stories on the Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic collection, which was announced yesterday as one of the finalists for the 2010 Audie in the “Audiobook Adaptation” category! As regulars here know, the collection features some oustanding performances of several [...]
Spoiler Alert: MP Dosanjh wants you to ‘Better Know a Riding’
February 16, 2010 By
Good morning, all! We’ve already linked a few articles on the blog that mentioned Stephen’s upcoming ‘Better Know a Riding’ segment with Ujjal Dosanjh, but there’s a new article in The Province that quotes Dosanjh at some length on taping that Colbert Report segment. In deference to those who prefer remaining (relatively) unspoiled, I’ve put [...]
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – February 15, 2010
February 15, 2010 By
Greetings, Zoners, and happy President’s Day! I hope most of you are having a relaxing day off. Everyone’s been watching the Olympics, right? I’ve been enjoying them a lot so far, and since the Colbert Nation is sponsoring the U.S. speedskating team, I’m much more excited about these games than I was the last time [...]