EPISODE NUMBER: 6094 (July 28, 2010)
GUESTS: Elon Musk
SEGMENTS: Obama Blows Off the Boy Scouts, The WØRD: Ownership Society, Stephen Colbert 2010 Midterm Republican Gubernatorial Primary Battle Watch ’010 – Tennessee
VIDEOS: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tonight’s episode was so full of joy it was literally bubbling out of Stephen, and I was giggling all over the place the entire episode. The delivery of lines was just perfect – “You know, governing.” “Every president in the last 100 years has gone, except 12 of them.” “A Tax bomb! Quick rich people, to your tax shelters!” “Let’s say I’m in the top 3% of wage earners. Because I am.” Stephen pointing out the hypocrisy of Fox News with the Boy Scout debacle was just delicious. And The WØRD was also great. The jump he made from deficit issues to buying up the unemployed to race for sport was just hysterical.
I have no idea where Stephen and the writers found BasilMarceux.com, but oh man, I wish I could have been in the writer’s room when they did. As soon as Stephen said the guys name, I knew we were in for a major character break. Marceux was so ridiculous on so many different levels, and his website doubly so. I also enjoyed the interview with Elon Musk quite a bit. Stephen seemed genuinely interested in the projects of the gentleman, and how amazing would a “First Pundit In Space” segment be for the show?!
What did all of you think of the show tonight? Did you giggle as much as I did?
- Once again, once again he is disrespecting our boys in uniform, some of whom are clearly highly decorated.
- Yeah, he’s great at going to rallies, but he couldn’t care less about making a drum out of a coffee can and a sheet of felt. You know, governing.
- Every president in the last 100 years has gone, except 12 of them.
- Technically it was just his neck waddle, but it looked good pulled through that ring.
- Ichabod Crane’s banshee widow was right.
- I can tell you some harrowing stories, but then I’d have to indian burn you.
- And that would just be passing that bill on the future generations. [Of Chinese]
- Let’s say I’m in the top 3% of wage earners. Because I am.
- [Tastes Great, Less Filing]
- Then very soon the benefits will work their way through the system and trickle down. I mean, like a racehorse.
- Those unemployed people should have to give urine samples, and I think I know where they can get one. [With Lime]
- If I could find a way to cook John Boehner up in a spoon, I would. Looks like someone already tried.
- I believe Islam is the one great and true cult, praise be to Allah and the Nikes he wear, all glory and honor to the comet that hides his space ship.
- And he’s going to get the Tennessee Buddhists once he called Hinduism just an elaborate yoga class.
- BasilMarceux.com looks pretty impressive. I mean, people always vote for the candidate they feel like they could have a beer with. And it looks like he had several even before that statement. He’d have a beer with you whether you want it or not is what I’m saying.
- Now, he also takes a very bold stance against slavery and particularly slavery at traffic stops. Which would not go so well if the police found out how many beers you’ve had with your constituents.
- Where do you find time for your secret identity as Batman? Because you are either a superhero or a supervillan.
- There’s a small surcharge.
- When [Richard Branson] left, we were pulling naked models out of the couches for weeks.
Another really funny show! :-) The Word was good and the interview was fun and interesting but Basil Marceux took the cake! I laughed so hard! My favorite line of the night, however, was “Ichabod Crane’s banshee widow is right.” LMAO!
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Re “banshee widow” – I agree!
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loved this episode. i watched it twice in like one hour :D
and you know that in 3 or four years (according to musk) when they finally are able to send regular people to space stephen will def wanna go (and im not even talking abt character stephen) +you know he has the hundreds of thousands of dollars that would be required (he IS in the top 3% of wage earners)
on another note they should have written “let them eat YELLOW cake” instead of “let them eat urinal cake”
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The Word was brilliant. But the Basil Marceaux segment? Oh. My. Goodness. Thanks for the link to his website. Apparently, he was remanded to a mental hospital for 5 days several years ago (it’s there, but not on the main page), which would explain a LOT.
I enjoyed the interview, but after Basil, and still recovering from the Kevin Kline Joy-Fest, it was kind of a let down by comparison. I was more interested the electric car idea than the rocket; however, way to go Stephen for pointing out the contradiction between electric cars and rocket fuel. The video of the rocket provided a lovely mini character break, although nowhere near as massive as the one prompted by the illustrious Mr. Marceaux.
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The Basil Marceux segment nearly killed me. That’s a top five Colbert Report moment for me, personally. I laughed so hard and uncontrollably for the entire piece, and several moments thereafter. I was crying I was laughing so hard, and had to leave the room at the next commercial break.
But the segment was brilliant, altogether.
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I saw Basil Marceux’s site via an online friend’s Twitter post. I was trying my best not to laugh out loud as I was scrolling through the pages.
“Ichabod Crane’s banshee widow is right” FTW!
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Let me add, great screencap! I thought it was going to be the one where he was hiding behind his script because of the Basil Marceaux.com stuff, but this is funny too. :D
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I’m a (not so) proud Tennessean, so I especially got a kick out of the Basil Marceaux.com bit. (Yea for character breaks!) We’ve been laughing about his commercial around here for days, and the first thing I thought when I first saw it was “oh God I hope this ends up on the Report.” Thanks for not letting me down, writers. :)
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They’re liking The Word over at DailyKos too:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/29/888672/-MUST-SEE:-Stephen-Colbert-destroys-deficit-hawks-(and-Reaganomics-too!)
recaptcha–urologist sometimes–how apropos!
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OMG…last night`s episode was brilliant….
Ichabod`s Crane`s banshee widow….
the trickle down effect
Basil Marceaux…rofl…even Stephen hardly got through that!
truly one of the best nights ever!!!
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Hahaha, I just went and checked who was going to be on next week, and it looks like Ichabod Crane’s banshee widow is going to be on Tuesday!
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Really?! Oh, that should be good!
Mary Roach on TDS on Monday!!!! YAY!!! *explodes*
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ABC2, in their infinite wisdom decided that something in this ep made it unable to be aired. Dunno if it was the beer drinking or the obvious sponsorship. :(
Boo sucks to them, but at least it was up on Colbert Nation early.
The Ichabod Crane reference was YAY! The W0RD and Basil Marceux segment were utterly hilarious. Stephen’s character break was priceless <3
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Wow, dailykos really liked The Word. It made it to the main page:
http://www.dailykos.com/
It was excellent.
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man. You guys are waaaaay better at listening to the show than I am. I’m so enamored with Stephen, that I don’t even realize how much of the show I miss. I did start to pay attention to the Basil Marceaux thing. What a lunatic. I’ve known a few guys like him. Those are the ones that you cross the street to avoid. Stephen’s character breaks during that segment were the best!! <3
Thank God they are all online. I can watch it once and then I can watch it again to get what I missed.
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TCR has covered some pretty ridiculous stories in its 5 or so years on air, but I don’t think I’ve seen a story alone break Stephen the way Basil Marceaux has. I can’t watch that segment without sporting a huge grin.
It’s absolutely HILARIOUS seeing Stephen trying to contain his laughter using his various techniques, including the quite literal wipe-your-smile-off-your face. Jon kind of does the same thing too, but he also does this chin-on-his-hand thing where he acts like he’s really paying attention to you.
Hmm… The Word was absolutely well written, but tonight has to go to Basil Barceaux.
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I love when he literally tries to wipe the smile off his face, it’s so adorable <3
I also love the classic "hide-behind-my-script-so-no-one-sees-me-laughing". :P
That segment easily makes it’s way into my list of favorite TCR moments of all-time!
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I loved The Word, especially the “trickle-down” bit, but the BasilMarceux.com segment was just fantastic! He was in a great mood throughout the entire show (really, all last week), but I just loved seeing him fight through those giggles until he just couldn’t contain himself any longer. So unbelievably adorkable and fun to watch :). And did anyone else think that BasilMarceux.com sounded exactly like Stephen doing Mayor Halstead for the Wigfield audiobook? All Basil needed to add in was, “I like fudge.” HA!
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