EPISODE NUMBER: 6135 (October 26, 2010)
GUESTS: Garry Wills
SEGMENTS: Stephen Appears in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, The Word – Invisible Inc., Food Insurance Insurance
VIDEOS: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Two new intro words in a week – “CINCO DE ME-O” yesterday and “March Madness” today! That’s always fun. March Madness indeed – 3 days y’all! In case it went by too fast, here’s the list of words in Stephen’s crossword puzzle with stuff about him:
- Awesome
- Hero
- STC
- Suave
- Stephen
- Maniloooo
- Wag
- Balls
- Abs
- Ripped
- Colbert
- Tip
If you want to see a good breakdown of the puzzle, go check out Rex Parker’s blog about the different questions and answers relating to Stephen Colbert, the March to Keep Fear Alive, and that other guy. Also, if you thought the joke about the “Lord of the Rings” pinball machine was funny, you’ll probably find it even funnier that the comment was autobiographical – Stephen’s got one in his office.
The “ad” for the Keep Fear Alive rally, with the smoking Muslim, an illegal immigrant making out with Uncle Sam, the 50′s robot yelling “Bleep! Blorp!”, the gay boy, and most terrifying of all, the cheerleader, was so very wrong and at the same time so very weird. Also, fun.
When I was growing up, I remember having these huge tubs of wheat, powdered milk and other food storage products in my garage, a whole year’s worth. I remember the horrible recipes of whole wheat ground bread, nasty powdered milk things, and all kinds of food storage horrors. I know Glenn Beck is LDS, so to see him pimping out food storage options doesn’t surprise me one bit. Quite honestly, I’m just amazed that the obnoxiously Christian Right hasn’t grabbed onto the fact that Beck is essentially pimping a core Mormon practice.
Don’t forget to listen to Elvis Costello’s new album, National Ransom, on ColbertNation.com, then leave your thoughts about the show in the comments!
- And if you have not booked your plane ticket yet, get walking and bring a tent because the hotels are booked and, unfortunately, the democrats’ offices won’t be vacant until next week.
- Every day I fill in the “Times” crossword with stuff about me, and this time, this time it actually worked.
- Where’s my cut, will? You’re selling puzzles using my rally, and daddy wants a little taste of that sweet, sweet crossword cash.
- Now if you get hit by a car, not only will you have on clean underwear, but everyone will know who will inherit your “Lord of the Rings” pinball machine.
- Apparently Carly Florina is campaigning in a jet pack.
- What is it about Targets that makes people single them out and aim right at the center of their business? And Target, Target is not the only company that could suffer for its beliefs. [Looking At You, KKKmart]
- Like most Americans, I already don’t know my congressman’s name.
- I may scare the bejesus out of you, but I also provide top-quality re-bejesusing services.
- As with every question you’re not asking, Glenn Beck has the answer.
- Well, just check the web site helpful disaster map to find out if your region is at risk for severe storms, economic downturn, floods or pandemics. Spoiler alert: if you live in a region, it is.
- White Milk Substitute. That’s my favorite color of milk substitute.
- That’s why I have partnered with the Prescott Group to offer food insurance insurance. It will cover any damage to your food insurance for a low, low monthly premium of just $89.99. Should the apocalypse affect your food insurance, download and print form 609b, fill it out in ash or blood, then mail one copy to each of our seven processing centers.
“Invisible Inc.” is a perfect phrase. Give that writer a raise!
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I so agree! The Word was brilliant last night, and that phrase was fabulous.
An excellent show.
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Love the screencap of the Stephen-centric crossword puzzle. But DB, don’t forget to include “SUPERHOT’ on the list. True dat.
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Ooh! I missed that! Thanks for that catch!
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It was great to see Stephen mention, in The Word, that people are boycotting Target for supporting Tom Emmer. I’m actually one of those people right now, and let me tell you, It’s a pain in the butt. There’s a Target just a few blocks away from me and it’s so convenient, but I’ve got my principals! Tom Emmer would be even worse for the LGBT community than our current a-hole governor Tim Pawlenty! He even tried to have a bill that would ban Gay men from using a surrogate mother so they can have a child. ANYWAY, I’m glad that Stephen keeps talking about the Citizens United decision.
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I loved the last line of the intro: “Joy Behar says Sharon Angle is going to hell. Funny. I didn’t know Angle was going on The View!”
I guess Stephen felt the same way about that interview as we did! :D
I’m voting for the interview. I’m an admirer of Wills & I think he got much more into the spirit of the show this time. And he was very funny! Especially when he knocked down “Stephen’s” contention about this being the most divided time in the the nation by reminding him of the American civil war.
Maybe Southerner’s like to overlook that time period a little. ;)
Great show!
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Yes! That Hell = Being a guest on the View was smackdown was splendiferous. The show could have ended for the night right there, and it still would have probably ranked among my top 10 favorite shows. The rest of the remaining 22 minutes was all creamy icing on a hell of a cake.
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I laughed sooo hard at Manilooooooo!
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The Word was excellent but I really enjoyed the interview with Wills. He’s someone I would love to just sit and chat with about history and politics.
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Oh yeah, one other thing about last night show. I know Jon’s 20 min. Glenn Beck impression is the “Official” Glenn Beck take down. But I want to say I think Stephen oeuvre (I love that word!) of Beck’s beat downs are every bit as good if not better. (And Stephen was first.) From the doom bunker to “hanging himself on the genius tree” to last night “food insurance,” Stephen & the writers have been consistently awesome at puncturing that bumptious fool’s harebrained schemes & racist bigotry. And I just don’t think they get enough credit for it. So.
Thank you TCR! :)
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Yes, that “View” line had me screaming with delight!
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Gah! I didn’t even notice the two new intro words! I’m going to blame it on the fact that I’ve been so tired lately it’s been hard for me to focus. Man, I need to wake up.
Anyway. I loved the “ad” for the rally, that was hilariously strange. And the Word was brilliant, as it always is. But my vote’s gotta go for the Food Insurance Insurance segment. I’m not the least bit surprised that Glenn Beck is selling Food Insurance, and the fact that I’m not surprised at the crazy kinda makes me feel worse than actually seeing the ad.
I liked the Garry Wills interview a lot more than his first appearance. Not that the first one was terrible in any way, it’s just that Wills seemed more laidback last night, but that may be because the topic was less intense. At any rate, I enjoyed it. Oh, and the comment about “The View” was too funny!
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lockhart, I wasn’t able to reply to your earlier post to thank you for linking me to the article about the Tea Party -the Garry Wills interview reminded me and ITA with what he said. I was just shaking my head while reading it. Jon and Stephen’s rally are needed now more than ever!
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You’re welcome! :)
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That crossword just about killed me dead, I wonder if crossword freak Jon Stewart got all the answers right?
The W0RD nailed it as usual, and who knew that the Survivalists of the 70s and 80s would mutate into a get rich quick scam with Doom Bunkers and Food Insurance. Money doesn’t always buy sense!
Boo to the ABC for snipping out the plug for Elvis Costello, I knew that ending was far too abrupt.
Seems like captcha has an opinion on the rallies: prefun political
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I’m thinking Jon probably did get all the answers right. And laughed his ass off all the while.
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what was that about with the diesel technician? and was that justin long in daisy dukes?
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I have no way of knowing for sure, but I imagine there was a diesel technician in the audience who Stephen was talking with during the question-and-answer period before the taping started. I learnt from a taping report a while ago that he sometimes slips in references and shout-outs to conversations with audience members during the opening.
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