“Happy 300th show, me! Keep up the good work. This is The Colbert Report!“ I Stomach Huckabee: Tonight, I take a look at the Iowa straw poll. That’s right – Iowa is just 10 years away from lever voting technology. The Branson interview train wreck The Colbert Bump wins the Iowa Straw Poll Special Guest: [...]
Stephen’s mention of the Colbert-Branson fight on “The Colbert Report” = “Volcanic” Google activity
August 17, 2007 By
Okay, I wish Stephen had decided to mention No Fact Zone when he cited the audience member’s quote about the mysterious “interview train wreck” (thanks again for that one, Rocktimus Prime!), but it was a hilarious and clever plug for next week’s Richard Branson episode, nonetheless. And Stephen’s hints about it sure as heck lit [...]
Hey, didja hear that Richard Branson and Stephen Colbert got into a water fight?
August 17, 2007 By
First of all, let me just say congratulations to the staff and to Stephen for their 300th episode. Kudos to all! Secondly, I truly believe I speak for the entire staff of NoFactZone.net when I say … WTF?! For those of you who watched the show last night, you might have noticed a bit about [...]
When Billionaires Attack! More on the Branson/Colbert fight
August 14, 2007 By
Ok, we really like that the Branson story that we broke is getting lots of coverage, and that it makes Stephen look relatively good compared to Richard “I can solve this with water” Branson. The story has been covered so far at these International news sources: Contactmusic.com (UK) Metro (UK) Heatworld.com (UK) Digital Spy (UK) [...]
The Sun (UK) reports Richard Branson to “rerecord” his interview
August 13, 2007 By
We’ve been hiding this stuff under “SPOILER” warnings, but if you don’t know about the water fight, you have either been living under a rock or don’t read this blog often. So here’s yet another bit of info about the fight and the upcoming appearance on TCR. From The Sun (UK): Raging Branson soaks TV [...]
SPOILER: More dish on the Colbert – Branson “water fight” taking to the air
August 13, 2007 By
Following a report initially posted here about the “Wet Hot American Summer” as seen from the set of The Colbert Report last week, you may have noticed a tiny bit of chatter in the blogosphere on the matter. Well, the excellent team over at BoingBoing has the skinny on some updated news, plus a spoiler [...]
Did anyone else play the Gossip game as a kid?
August 13, 2007 By
Ok, so I’m sure most of you remember the Sir Richard Branson gets in a big ol’ water fight with Stephen Colbert story we ran a few days ago. The story was featured on BoingBoing, MediaBistro, TV Squad, OutsideTheBeltway.com, and verified by Ian Bogost’s blog. Now Wired.com has gotten into the action, but what makes [...]
Richard Branson interview scheduled to air on ‘The Colbert Report’
August 12, 2007 By
According to The Late night TV Page, Richard Branson is scheduled to appear as Stephen’s guest on August 22nd. I’m just sayin’, is all.
Branson + TV Host + Water = Wet Suits
August 11, 2007 By
See if you can spot his m.o. using these examples from Sir Richard’s past: Comment on BoingBoing.net from reader Ben Slater: “weirdly enough this isn’t the first time Branson has poured water over a talk-show host, about ten years ago he did the same thing to Clive Anderson on Channel 4 in the UK, when [...]
SPOILER: Surprise guest on “The Colbert Report”, and interview shocker!
August 10, 2007 By
Wow – Rocktimus Prime just gave us one heck of a story from his attendance at The Colbert Report taping Tuesday night. SERIOUS SPOILER WARNING – TURN BACK NOW!