Six Degrees: More ‘Daily Show’ alumni than you can shake a stick at

Greetings and salutations, y’all! Now that I’ve recovered (somewhat) from my middle of the night trip back from NYC, I’ve got a full slate of news to catch up on from the good folks at The Daily Show and all. Do enjoy! Jon Stewart Jon’s been named one of the thirty-six Jews shaping this election. [...]

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SIX DEGREES: Vids from the TDS/TCR Comedy Jam, featuring all kinds of show writers!

Thanks to YouTubers Sklarryeyes and shwahaha for posting videos of The Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam. The first video is a roll call of some of the participants. And for you attention to detail types (looks at MsInterpreted), hopefully we can get the names of some of the participants in the second video – I [...]

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Six Degrees: Updates on far too many people to name

Man, these links build up when I don’t have time to put these posts together right away! The fine folks of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and other Stephen-related shows are keeping very busy. I’ve got some links, reminders and gigs posted for the following people behind the cut: Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, Laura [...]

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Six Degrees: Friends and ‘Daily Show’ alumni galore

I swear, every time I do one of these Six Degrees posts, I see a story, blurb, video or gig that I missed within five minutes of posting. It’s crazy! Most of the gigs in the last post are still coming up, but here are a few things I missed in that one. Rob Riggle [...]

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Six Degrees: Gigs, name drops and a departure

Man, it seems that the folks at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (current and alumni) have all come back from hiatus hell bent on wearing me out!! I’m not complaining, I love that they all have so much going on, but keeping tabs on them all is quite the exercise. Soooo … away [...]

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Six Degrees: ‘The Daily Show’ correspondents Stand Up to Cancer

Hat tip to nm317, who pointed me to this spot The Daily Show‘s correspondents filmed for “Stand Up To Cancer”: Hahahaha!! Those crazy correspondents; thank goodness they can make me laugh about something like this. If you can afford it, why not donate at www.standup2cancer.org?

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Six Degrees: The Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam

You’re not going to want to miss this one, New Yorkers! Writers and correspondents from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will once again be teaming up to provide an evening of improv for the Del Close Marathon. The Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam What: Your favorite writers and correspondents from The Daily Show [...]

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Six Degrees: Catching up with ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ alumni

We’ve been deluged by news about Stephen Colbert this week (yay!), but that doesn’t mean the other people we love aren’t busy, too. Come with us as we play our game of “Six Degrees of Stephen Colbert,” covering items that might interest fans of The Colbert Report, The Daily Show and all of those things [...]

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Six Degrees: Upcoming appearances, gigs, etc.

Thought I’d try to post a few notices and/or reminders of some upcoming shows involving Daily Show and Colbert Report personnel, just in case anyone lives in the general vicinity and is looking for some entertainment. Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Ben Karlin presents Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me…LIVE! on February 7th, 13th, [...]

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Six Degrees: Upcoming appearances by ‘Daily Show’ correspondents

Yay! John Oliver, my current favorite of the Daily Show correspondents (which is no slight on the others, and it’s a strong class, overall), will be getting his own Comedy Central special. ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent John Oliver to Tape All-New Comedy Central(R) Original Stand-Up Special Wednesday, February 20 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New [...]

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