Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh …

Okay, this isn’t news and it isn’t particularly original, but it’s a slow day in the Colbert-verse. From Variety (internal links omitted): TV: Mock news shows pols tough love Gotham Edition 10th Anniversary By ROBERT HOFLER It wasn’t always this way. The TV news delivered the news, and comedy was just so much sitcom fluff. [...]

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Post-show analyses from ‘The New Republic’ and ‘L.A. Times’

I don’t know about you guys, but I woke up in the morning and was still on a high. What a show! The episode is (obviously) all over the news today, and I’m sure we’ll be posting stories and reactions continuously as we see things that particularly strike us. Here are just a couple that [...]

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ZOMG SINGING IN LATIN! (What? I’m Catholic, it’s cool to me!) We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.

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Reaction from “Difference Maker” Doug Jackson

Hee! The Knoxville News Sentinel has some follow up from Tennessee state Sen. Doug Jackson on his Colbert Report appearance. From the Knoxville News Sentinel: “The Colbert Report,” one of Comedy Central’s mock news shows, made fun of state Sen. Doug Jackson and his bill to allow “guns in bars” in a segment aired nationally [...]

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ZOMG STEPHEN SINGING WITH JOHN LEGEND!! We now return you to your regularly scheduled evening pursuits.

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Tickets available for ‘The Colbert Report’ in April

The online ticket reservation system has taping dates available for the month of April. Haven’t seen Stephen’s show live yet? Here’s a great opportunity! (Thanks for the tip, Lisa!) UPDATE (3/7/08): The April tickets appear to have been snapped up; there were only a couple of dates available in March when I checked just now. [...]

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Guest Alert for Tonight (Monday, January 14)

From Scott Van Den Plas : Philosopher blog: Field Museum Provost on the Colbert Report Tonight! Just caught this through the internal mailing list at the Museum: Field Museum Provost Neil Shubin will appear on the Colbert Report tonight to discuss his new book, Your Inner Fish, which will be released the following day. The [...]

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Oh, now this is just mean

Why must they tease us when we’re already suffering? WHY? Reuters has evidently decided we’re not eager enough for the strike to end, so they’ve added to our suspense. Read on: So what’s up Stephen Colbert’s sleeve? November 28th, 2007, filed by Paul Thomasch Stephen Colbert’s presidential hopes may be dead in the water, but [...]

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“The Colbert Report” – LIVE!

We reported on a TCR-staffed show being at the UCB theater for this night, but it looks like the format has changed. And this is going to be one blazing-hot ticket for those lucky enough to go. From the UCB theatre page: THE COLBERT REPORT – ON STRIKE! Stephen Colbert and the writers of THE [...]

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