In case you missed it, Jon was a guest on “Larry King Live” last night. Jon and Larry discussed the “Rally to Restore Sanity”, Earth (The Book), “Night of Too Many Stars”, mid-term election candidates, the state of America, Obama’s upcoming appearance on “The Daily Show”, why Jon picks on CNN on so much and [...]
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Six Degrees: Jon Stewart on “Larry King Live”.
October 21, 2010 By Katt
Filed Under: Six Degrees Tagged With: Barack Obama, Earth (The Book), Jon Stewart, Larry King, Night of Too Many Stars, Rally to Restore Sanity, Six Degrees
Press Sec. Gibbs explains why Pres. Obama would avoid ‘The Colbert Report’
February 17, 2010 By Ms Interpreted
Okay, when I originally read the headline stating that President Obama would love to do The Daily Show, but not The Colbert Report, I was ready to be annoyed. Then I read the reason why, and I started grinning maniacally. Gibbs: Obama ‘Would Love To’ Do ‘Daily Show,’ But Not ‘Colbert’ Huffington Post | Danny [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report, Zeitgeist Tagged With: Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, News, The Daily Show
VIDEO: Stephen Colbert and Barack Obama – behind the scenes
June 18, 2009 By Ms Interpreted
No way — the White House has posted the footage of the taping for Barack Obama’s “Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando” cameo on facebook! I can’t embed it here, but click on this link to go to the video. Awesome! Huge hat tip to Roland! EDIT: Thanks to all the tipsters who sent us a [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report Tagged With: Barack Obama, Blogosphere, Operation Iraqi Stephen, Persian Gulf, USO, Videos
Can Barack Obama really steal Stephen Colbert’s Emmy? Probably not.
November 7, 2008 By DB
Stephen bemoaned the fact that with Barack’s 30-minute informercial, his Emmy could again be snatched right out of his hands. But according to the Live Feed blog, that’s most probably not going to happen: It’s an interesting question. The special was certainly high quality. It won raves from critics. And if the American Music Awards [...]
Filed Under: Zeitgeist Tagged With: Barack Obama, Blogosphere, Videos
AP covers Jon, Stephen and PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA!
November 5, 2008 By Ms Interpreted
It feels like a dream to me, but it must be real, because I went to sleep, woke up, and Barack Obama is still the next President of the United States. Holy crap! The AP reports on the Daily Show and Colbert Report joint coverage of the election and Jon Stewart’s real-time announcement of the [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report Tagged With: Barack Obama, Election Night, Indecision 2008, Jon Stewart, News, The Daily Show
Oh my God. It’s real.
November 5, 2008 By DB
It was really, really great to hear the election called for Barack Obama by Jon Stewart. It was amazing, when it hit me, that it was finally real. And I got to hear it from Jon. Life is good. I’m a little teary right now. President Barack Obama – It’s real. It’s really real. EDITED [...]
Filed Under: Site News Tagged With: Barack Obama, Navel Gazing
NY Times asks, when will it be Okay to laugh at Barack Obama
July 15, 2008 By DB
Bill Carter of the New York Times has written an excellent article dealing with late night satire and the glaring exclusion of Barack Obama into the satirical jokes of the late night monologues. He’s also included discussions with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in his quest to find out why this blanket exclusion seems to [...]
Filed Under: Zeitgeist Tagged With: Barack Obama, Mainstream Media
John Edwards endorses Obama, gives a shout-out to ‘The Colbert Report’
May 15, 2008 By Ms Interpreted
Props to Broadcasting & Cable‘s John Eggerton for noticing the reference to The Colbert Report in John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama earlier this evening. From Broadcasting & Cable: Edwards Endorses Obama, Even Without Jet Ski May 14, 2008 The power of the Colbert Nation was on display at the Michigan announcement by John Edwards [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report, Zeitgeist Tagged With: 'The Colbert Report' in Philadelphia, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Videos
Episode 4051 (4/17/08)
April 21, 2008 By Kinaesthesia
First Segment: Senator Hillary Clinton saves the day and fixes Stephen’s giant projector screen. Second Segment: Desk Guest: Congressman Patrick Murphy Guest Plug: ‘Taking The Hill: From Philly to Baghdad to the United States Congress‘ Third Segment: John Edwards delivers the EdWØRD: Valued Voters In closing: Senator Barack Obama chats with Stephen via satellite (see [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report Tagged With: 'The Colbert Report' in Philadelphia, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards
The coveted ‘Colbert Bump’
April 18, 2008 By Ms Interpreted
Sometimes, size matters. So who do you think got the biggest bump last night? Indecision 2008 has a poll set up here. Unfortunately, there’s no option for “Edwards if you judge by their individual segments, Obama if you’re asking about the evening, overall.” Still, it’s an interesting little poll. I wonder if Indecision can manage [...]
Filed Under: The Colbert Report Tagged With: 'The Colbert Report' in Philadephia, Barack Obama, Colbert Bump, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards