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Six Degrees: Kiss Me I’m Irish Edition.
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Ok, so I lied. I’m not actually Irish, I’m Australian but you can still kiss me and we drink just as much … if not more. I hope you’ve all recovered from good ol’ St. Patty’s Day and the festivities that ensured. Mine was a rather dismal day, I didn’t touch a drop of drink, there were no celebrations at Uni and I only wore green by accident. So if you’re like me and have had a boring day/week I hope the activities of Stephen’s friends and colleagues puts a smile on your dial.
Friends of the Show
Amy Sedaris
- You can pre-order your copy of Amy’s new book “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People” from Amazon which is due for release on 2 November, 2010.
Product Description:
America’s most delightfully unconventional hostess and the bestselling author of I Like You delivers a new book that will forever change the world of crafting. According to Amy Sedaris, it’s often been said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex. In her new book, SIMPLE TIMES, she sets the record straight. Demonstrating that crafting is one of life’s more pleasurable and constructive leisure activities, Sedaris shows that anyone with a couple of hours to kill and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters.
- Amy was recently a guest on the “The Martha Stewart Show” to promote her new book “Simple Times: Craft for Poor People”. You can view a clip of Amy’s appearance here and here.
Conan O’Brien
- CoCo’s coming to a city near you!! Check out Teamcoco.com for all the details on Conan O’Brien presents: “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” – A Night of Music, Comedy, Hugging and the Occasional Awkward Silence.
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Nice! BookExpo America announced some of the writers it will feature this year, and one of them is that guy that used to be Stephen Colbert’s boss … what’s his name? Oh right, the very funny Jon Stewart! Even better, as co-author of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race, he’ll be the master of ceremonies for one of the Expo’s breakfast events. From Bookselling this Week:
Jon Stewart, Sara Gruen Among BEA Headliners
March 04, 2010. . .
THURSDAY, May 27, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. THURSDAY BOOK & AUTHOR BREAKFAST (Special Events Hall)
The Thursday morning breakfast will feature:
- Condoleezza Rice, author of Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (Crown)
- John Grisham, author of a forthcoming title from Doubleday
- Mary Roach, author of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (W.W. Norton)
Jon Stewart, author (along with the writers of The Daily Show) of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race (Grand Central Publishing) will be the Master of Ceremonies.
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(h/t to Badgeriii and loudfan!)
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Coolest kids in science are on ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Colbert Report’
Posted by: | CommentsIt should come as no surprise to fans of either show, but it looks like the mainstream press is waking up to the notion that the best places to catch scientific rock stars on TV are on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. Some of my favorite guests have been science geeks (Brian Cox! Janna Levin!), and I’m already giddy with anticipation with tonight’s Daily Show interview of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Today’s THE USA Today has a write-up of the Daily Show/Colbert Report and science phenomenon here (internal links omitted):
Best science on TV: Comedy Central’s Stewart, Colbert?
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAYLooking for science? Headed for Animal Planet or the Science Channel?
Think again, scientists say: All the cool kids want to sit across from Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
“Comedy Central is it, as far as science goes,” says Caltech physicist Sean Carroll, who is scheduled for a Colbert Report visit in March to promote his book, From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time. “I give tremendous credit to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report for understanding that science is fascinating and fun, not off-putting and work.”
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I honestly think my favorite Jon Stewart and Neil deGrasse Tyson moment was the one where Jon teased Dr. Tyson about the Rubik’s Cube, but The Daily Show’s link to that one is messed up. Still, to whet your appetite for tonight, please feel free to revisit this fun exchange instead:
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Six Degrees: Vancouver Edition.
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G’day Zoners, I hope you’ve all been enjoying the Winter Olympics. I for one have become obsessed with all things ice related – Speed Skating, Figure Skating, Curling and Ice Hockey. A great obsession to have smack bang in the middle of an Australian summer. I of course blame Stephen for my new found love of winter sports. For those of you able to tear yourselves away from all things ice and snow, Stephen’s friends have some exciting upcoming projects for you to check out.
Friends of the Show:
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- The American Museum of Natural History has announced a year-long celebration commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space.
As part of the celebrations Neil deGrasse Tyson will host and moderate the The Tenth AnnuAl Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate – “Moon, Mars and Beyond: Where next for the Manned Space Program?” on March 15.
Conan O’Brien
- Exciting news for all Coco fans, courtesy of The New York Times:
Representatives of Mr. O’Brien, the former host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC, confirmed Friday that plans are in the works to book what is being called “a revue” starring Mr. O’Brien in theaters in major cities from California to New York, and perhaps parts further east and west–and maybe north.
After exploring the degree of interest with some locations, Mr. O’Brien’s team has received “enormous interest from all over,” said one of his representatives, who asked not to be identified because the plans are not yet ready to announce. “We’ve heard from the U.K., Scandinavia, Australia, Toronto, everywhere; it’s been incredible.”
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Klassic Kolbert: Olympic Fever
Posted by: | CommentsI’m ridiculously excited that the Olympics are almost upon us, as I’m sure many of you are, too. Speedskating (of course), snowboarding, slalom, figure skating, you name it. I may have to dig out the old VCR (yeah yeah yeah, no TiVo) so I can skip all the sentimental back-story hype, though. In anticipation of all the fun headed our way, let’s look back at Stephen’s coverage of previous Olympic festivities. Let the silliness begin!
Daily Show Honorable Mention: “Do You Believe?” Stephen is a fan of figure skating, and Cher.
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#5 “The Word – U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” Winning isn’t everything. It’s just as important that we rub it in.
More Olympics after the jump!
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Six Degrees: ‘The Daily Show’ writers at the Paley Center (2008)
Posted by: | CommentsHey, kids! The Paley Center has posted clips from last year’s talk with The Daily Show writers and, if you’ve got the time, they’re funny and illuminating viewing. Watch Miles Kahn, Wyatt Cenac, John Oliver, Rob Kutner, Steve Bodow, DJ Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, JR Havlan, Adam Lowitt and more. I can’t embed the clips, but click on the links or image below to go to the Paley Center’s YouTube channel (where you can also find clips from the hilarious 2002 Daily Show writers’ Paley Center chat). You’ll be glad you did, really!
Daily Show Writers – No More George W. Bush Jokes (Paley Center, 2008)
Daily Show Writers – Interviews That Went Wrong (Paley Center, 2008)
Daily Show Writers – How the Show Is Made (Paley Center, 2008)
Daily Show Writers – Visit Florida To Watch The Debate (Paley Center, 2008)
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Klassic Kolbert: Daily Show Edition – God
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Hello Zoners! Wow, it feels like forever since I’ve done one of these. What’s that? It feels that way because my last post was on Halloween? Wow. I feel so ashamed. Well, I’m back anyway! Well, on Monday, Morgan Freeman was a guest on the show. Among other things, he’s best known for his movie role as God. Therefore, I thought I’d bring to you a This Week in God segment. No, this isn’t just a shameless excuse to watch a TWiG, why would you ask? Enjoy!
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c This Week in God – Hurricane Katrina Coverage www.thedailyshow.com
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