Did you see the QR code during ‘Friday’ with Stephen Colbert?

Stephen Colbert Jimmy Fallon Friday QR Code

If you saw the QR code (that weird box with a funky code in it) and were curious as to a) what it was, and b) why they showed it, we’ve got an answer for you! According to Wikipedia, “A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable [...]

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Friday, Friday video is here, here.

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How nice of NBC Universal to make the video of Stephen singing “Friday, Friday” on ‘Late Night’ available so quickly – and not to block it for those of us outside the United States! Maybe as nice as the fact that they chipped in another $26,000 for Donors Choose! It looks like NBC fixed their [...]

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Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon talk with Arianna Huffington

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Check out this audio from the Huffington Post – Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, via phone, sit down with Arianna Huffington and talk about their Best Friends for Six Months status, talk about how to give phone hugs, and make it pretty clear that Jimmy Fallon really had no idea he was so generous.

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Some Eye Candy from the Comedy Central Awards!

Stephen speaking

Hello all,

I am too tired right now to write up anything, but why should you have to wait for pictures? No, you shouldn’t!

My pictures of Stephen are all from my real camera, not my cellphone camera…because my phone died just as Stephen stopped nearby! I couldn’t get to speak to him, but I’ll explain why he was so near in my longer post. Meanwhile, have some candy!

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Bonus performance: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

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For those of you who don’t frequent the Colbert Nation site on a regular basis, they’ve posted a web exclusive bonus performance of Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Have I mentioned yet how much I really, really like Rare Bird Alert? It’s fantastic music. (Interesting side effect of repeated listenings: I keep hearing phantom banjo music in my head.) This video features the track “Northern Island.” Stephen’s introduction is hilarious!

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Ear candy: two audio recordings featuring Stephen Colbert now available for purchase

Symphony Space, To Kill a Mockingbird

Hi, gang! I don’t know about you, but this has felt like an especially long break to me, and I can’t wait for Stephen to return to the airwaves tomorrow night. In the meantime, if you’re a fan of Stephen’s readings of other people’s literary works, there are two recordings newly available to purchase.

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‘The Daily’ steps up, finds the Richest Dog in South Dakota for Stephen Colbert

Miss Charlie Brown - Richest dog in South Dakota

The Colbert Nation loves nothing more than stepping up to a challenge. And the it-getters at ‘The Daily’ took the lemons that were thrown at them by Stephen Colbert and made sweet, sweet lemonade by stepping up to Stephen’s challenge to find the richest dog in South Dakota.

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Episode 6123 (9/28/2010) – Ross Douthat

Sometimes being out of power is really a breath of fresh air.

EPISODE NUMBER: 6123 (September 28, 2010)
GUESTS: Ross Douthat
SEGMENTS: Left Behind – Paul Begala, Terror a New One
VIDEOS: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Stephen Colbert scheduled for Bloomsday on Broadway XXIX

Happy news for all of those able to get to New York City for Symphony Space’s annual Bloomsday on Broadway celebration: TheaterMania is reporting that Stephen Colbert will be participating in the reading again this year!

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