If you’re really into seeing Emmy winners, and you happen to be in the New York area, and you’ve got the evening free, and you have $5, I would highly recommend making it out to the Upright Citizens Brigade theater tonight.
Six Degrees: More video from the “Truthiness Behind the Lines” event with the Colbert Report writers
September 15, 2010 By
More video has been posted from the “Truthiness Behind the Lines” event, held November 7, 2009 at the Paley Center in NYC with the writing team from the ‘Colbert Report’. There are multiple clips that haven’t been available before that are now featured on Hulu.com, including this clip that features a mention of the influence that the fans (including the ones that blog at No Fact Zone) have on the show’s writing.
VIDEO: “Women and Late Night Television” from the Paley Center
May 21, 2010 By
Hey, all! We told you a while back that the Paley Center for Media would be co-hosting a panel on women in late night television (with the Writers Guild of America, East), and they’ve now posted some video from the event. Allison Silverman and Meredith Scardino should be familiar names to Stephen Colbert fans by [...]
‘Colbert Report’ writers perform improv with “Seize the Mustard”
April 8, 2010 By
Looking for something to do tonight (or a couple weeks from now)? The good folks at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre are featuring that motley crew of improv pros: the writers from The Colbert Report! Check it out: A Live, Improvised Set By Writers From The Colbert Report Come see the Telly Award-winning writers for [...]
Six Degrees: Comedy on TV and the Web – SXSW Panel featuring ‘Colbert Report’ writer Meredith Scardino
March 17, 2009 By
The South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive festival started in 1987 as a local music festival, and after adding the Film and Interactive festivals, has come to represent one of the premium festivals featuring cutting-edge discussion of new media issues and ideas. This year, one of the highlights of the festival was the “Comedy on TV [...]
Dave Hill knows lots of birds
April 30, 2008 By
We mentioned yesterday that Dave Hill, comic extrordinaire and the new Hollywood “It” girl, will be performing in Dave Hill’s Festival of Sight and Sound and Other Stuff at Comix tonight. This show will also feature two of Dave’s buddies, TCR writer Laura Krafft (whom Dave calls “a great piano player [who] bakes a mean [...]
Six Degrees: Keeping up with the people in Stephen Colbert’s world
April 30, 2008 By
Time to play our game, kids, and find out what’s going down with all the fine friends of the incomparable Stephen Colbert. Mitch Rouse (co-creator and “Officer Civilian,” Strangers with Candy; various roles, Exit 57) Congratulations to Mitch Rouse, whose new series, The Factory, will debut on Spike TV! Reuters has more. Evelyn McGee-Colbert (um, [...]