Six Degrees: What’s up with (some of) Stephen Colbert’s colleagues?

Howdy, all! I’ve been swamped lately (and too burned out even to blog – horrors!), but I hope you all can forgive my neglect and enjoy a little bit of Six Degrees commentary. I can’t call it all “news” any longer — some of it’s been out for quite a while — but it may [...]

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Six Degrees: Lewis Black and ‘The Root of All Evil’

This first article on Lewis Black and his new Comedy Central show, ‘The Root of All Evil,’ caught my eye for the accompanying photo. Artistic cropping? There’s little debate: Black can do it all By Nick A. Zaino III, Globe Correspondent May 2, 2008 Lewis Black has achieved just about everything a comedian could hope [...]

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Six Degrees: Interview with Lizz Winstead (co-creator, ‘The Daily Show’)

Hey, y’all! I wanted to link this interview with Lizz Winstead, probably best known to the Colbert fans for having co-created The Daily Show and for bringing Stephen on board, although she’s done a number of interesting things apart from that. She has some nice things to say about Jon and Stephen, which should surprise [...]

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Six Degrees: Jon Stewart to perform in Nashville (plus assorted other news)

Heads up, Tennessee fans of The Daily Show. From MusicCityTV.com (via the Comedy Central Insider): Jon Stewart set to do two Ryman shows May 9 By Brad – view all of Brad’s posts April 3rd, 2008 – 5:31 pm Can you believe it? Jon Stewart, star of Comedy Central’s Daily Show, occasional star of the [...]

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