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We’ve got some more updates for you all from the Salt Lake City events. Let’s start off with the updates on the team, itself. From US Speedskating (click on the “Current News” page): Two more Olympic spots filled at the Utah Olympic Oval December 29, 2009—Salt Lake City, UT Although she’s only been speedskating on [...]
Delight! Oh, how I’d love to see this … From NorthJersey.com: Stephen Colbert coming to MKA Friday, December 25, 2009 Clifton Journal MONTCLAIR — The Parents’ Association of The Montclair Kimberley Academy invites residents to join them on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 for a star-filled evening of entertainment and education, when celebrated astrophysicist and director [...]
Once again, our friendly neighborhood Stephen Colbert brings new meaning to the phrase “hard-working” by filming a segment over his break. This looks like it’s going to be yet another knockout in his Olympic series; click past the fold for more information.
Interesting news from PR Newswire for anyone who can’t make it to the Second City festivities in person, but who has a Sirius XM subscription: Second City Comedy Radio To Launch on SIRIUS XM NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch Second City Comedy Radio, [...]
Sportswriter Philip Hersh over at the Chicago Tribune was evidently as baffled as we were by Shani Davis’s recent comment calling Stephen Colbert a “jerk”, and he’s come up with an interesting theory regarding what might have been behind it. Old skit may be why Shani Davis called Colbert a jerk By Philip Hersh I [...]
As you all know, Stephen Colbert stepped in and with the royally cool offer to raise money and support for US Speedskating in its Olympic journey. As you may also know, there are a couple of skaters who skate for the US, but who aren’t supported by the US Speedskating organization. Sadly, one of those, [...]
Phew, Nation, we’ve just about made it through the long break period and the world hasn’t (completely) ended yet. Hooray! As often happens when the shows are on hiatus, I find myself casually recalling earlier segments I’ve enjoyed, and the triggers can be pretty random. Today, I thought of The Colbert Report when I saw [...]
Taking a moment out of my incredibly swamped couple of days to mention this announcement from The Chicago Tribune (emphasis added): Second City taps celebrity alums for 50th anniversary bash Originally posted: August 4, 2009 As part of its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, Chicago’s Second City comedy theater will host a one-night-only Chicago reunion of the [...]
Here’s some interesting background on the C.O.L.B.E.R.T. patch, which may become even more collectible, now that it has sold out and won’t likely be restocked. From CollectSPACE.com: Sold out space patch no longer a common COLBERT collectible August 3, 2009 — Nearly a month before the payload it celebrates is scheduled to launch to space, [...]
From PennLive.com: Rep. Joe Sestak to appear on ‘The Colbert Report’ after ‘major campaign announcement’ by DANIEL VICTOR, Of The Patriot-News Monday August 03, 2009, 10:35 AM After a “major campaign announcement” Tuesday, Rep. Joe Sestak is scheduled to appear in Harrisburg Wednesday followed by a guest appearance on ‘The Colbert Report’ at 11:30 p.m. [...]