John Edwards endorses Obama, gives a shout-out to ‘The Colbert Report’

Props to Broadcasting & Cable‘s John Eggerton for noticing the reference to The Colbert Report in John Edwards’ endorsement of Barack Obama earlier this evening. From Broadcasting & Cable: Edwards Endorses Obama, Even Without Jet Ski May 14, 2008 The power of the Colbert Nation was on display at the Michigan announcement by John Edwards [...]

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Because it made me laugh

Hey, remember way back when the primary that was going to decide the Democratic nominee was the one in Pennsylvania, and The Colbert Report was in Philly, and The Roots were on? And remember how they played “The Star Spangled Banner” and destroyed their instruments? Well, drummer ?uestlove chatted with MP3.com about a number of [...]

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Socialist Senator Sanders: “We had a lot of fun”

The Brattleboro Reformer was quick on the story, with a response from Sen. Bernard Sanders to his appearance on The Colbert Report. Sanders tackles Colbert BRATTLEBORO — Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., took on the harshest, most cutthroat conservative pundit Monday night — or at least the hardshest, most cutthroat conservative imitator — when he appeared [...]

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Episode 4051 (4/17/08)

First Segment: Senator Hillary Clinton saves the day and fixes Stephen’s giant projector screen. Second Segment: Desk Guest: Congressman Patrick Murphy Guest Plug: ‘Taking The Hill: From Philly to Baghdad to the United States Congress‘ Third Segment: John Edwards delivers the EdWØRD: Valued Voters In closing: Senator Barack Obama chats with Stephen via satellite (see [...]

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Philly ‘Bumps’ Colbert

For those of you curious about Stephen’s road trip ratings, you should be pleased to discover that he had his most-watched week ever with his “Doritos Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage From Chili-Delphia – The City of Brotherly Crunch!” broadcasts. From Multichannel News: Colbert Takes Philly Comedy Central Series Scores Most-Watched Week Ever With City [...]

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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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Hillary Clinton on ‘The Colbert Report’ … and MORE!!

I’m putting this behind a cut out of deference to those of you in different time zones, but if you’re online at all, I’m guessing you’ve already seen this news. Rumors about tonight’s show are all over already, and I’ve gathered a few of the links for anyone wanting to see what the buzz has [...]

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HUGE SPOILER for tonight’s ‘Colbert Report’

Seriously, don’t click on the link unless you want a major spoiler. I’m not even putting it behind a cut in case someone opens it accidentally. WOW!! FULL SPOILERY TEXT HERE Obviously, this is BIG NEWS!! EDITED TO ADD: Just so y’all know, the comments section is fair game for spoilers, so if you want [...]

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The New York Times reviews Michelle Obama’s visit to ‘The Colbert Report’

From The New York Times: Michelle Obama Charms Colbert By Ariel Alexovich Michelle Obama with Stephen Colbert in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated Press) Stephen Colbert doesn’t let any of his guests on “The Colbert Report” off the hook, and he took no exception when Michelle Obama came on his show Tuesday night. “Everybody [...]

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Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – City of Brotherly Crunch edition

Good God, MsInterpreted has been a blogging ANIMAL this week keeping caught up with things during the day. But after a big round of spring cleaning with the back end of the site (and the addition of some spam protection software), I feel like I’m up for a bit of blogging myself. And here’s even [...]

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