According to Project Magazine’s blog, Richard Branson has responded to Stephen’s challenge to race him in Charleston this summer.
Episode 7024 (2/17/2011) – Jeffrey Leonard
February 18, 2011 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 7024 (February 17, 2011)
GUESTS: Jeffrey Leonard
SEGMENTS: The Huffington Post Posts About the Colbuffington Re-Post, Clarence Thomas’s Financial Disclosure Controversy, Project Magazine Cover Boy
VIDEOS: Thursday, February 17, 2011
A naked chick, a vacuum cleaner, and … Stephen Colbert?
February 16, 2011 By
When a press release contains the phrase “Weirdest. Photo-shoot. Ever.” you think, okay, someone in marketing is trying too hard. But then I watched the video and thought, wow, that explains the press release. There are no words to describe this. None.
Remember in August 2007 …
March 21, 2008 By
When the blog was all Richard Branson, all the time? If you don’t, you might have missed the reference to the Richard Branson trainwreck: Remember, kids, you heard the Branson story here first! And here’s the interview:
TIVO ALERT – Colbert/ Branson water fight to be featured on E’s “The Soup”
September 3, 2007 By
Does anyone else remember this show when it was called “Talk Soup” and Greg Kinnear hosted it? You know, when it was still kind of funny and people actually watched “Jerry Springer”? Yeah, that rocked. I was also a huge John Henson fan. There was just something about that skunk stripe … Anyway, Steagle-eyed friend [...]
The Colbert-Branson water fight: Water under the bridge
August 30, 2007 By
From the Daily Intelligencer (internal links omitted): Richard Branson Forgives Colbert, Considers Janet Jackson as Ballast Richard Branson was late to his own party at the Box for Virgin America Airlines’ inaugural flight from LAX to JFK. He blamed, no joke, flight delays. Daily Intel caught up with him and asked about the now-famous incident [...]
Zeitgeist for August 25, 2007
August 25, 2007 By
As if it wasn’t bad enough to have The Colbert Report on a two week break, Fox has gone and canceled Anchorwoman. Here’s a sampling of Stephen in the Zeitgeist for August 25, 2007. WristGate – The Mayor The Bloomberg Angle to Colbert’s ‘Wristgate’ – The City Room (New York Times blog): “The mayor’s chief [...]
HuffPo covers the BriWi Controversy
August 23, 2007 By
Friend of the blog Rachel Sklar over at Eat The Press (Huffington Post’s media and entertainment blog) has posted a very comprehensive timeline of the BriWi WristSTRONG bracelet story. From the Huffington Post: “I’m Sorry, Brian Williams!”: Truth And Wristiness, Part II Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 23, 2007 06:49 AM Oh, my [...]
Episode 3110 (8/22/2007)
August 23, 2007 By
“Your phone is ringing! Your phone is ringing! Free ring tone! This is The Colbert Report!” Branson with the Star: “Tonight, my long-awaited showdown with rebel billionaire Richard Branson. Oh is that tonight? Huh …” More on the Colbert-Branson Interview Trainwreck The undeclared Fred Thompson Anti-candidacy juggernaut continues to lazily rumble in the general direction [...]
Zeitgeist for August 22, 2007
August 22, 2007 By
As we all get ready for the Colbert-Branson Interview Trainwreck here are a few items representing the zeitgeist for August 22, 2007. Trainwreck Publicity stunt? Cheers and Jeers from PR pros regarding the Interview Trainwreck as a promotional “vehicle.” And to think, it all started here on NFZ! Richard Branson Gets Firey With Stephen Colbert: [...]