Stephen Colbert is my hero. And here is why..

[TheRealEddie]

<p>You have more guts than this guy? I doubt it.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/29.html#a8104" target="_self">Colbert at the White House Correspondence Dinner.</a></p><p>Watch these:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRXur61II&search=colbert" target="_self">Part 1</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0INDOkFuo&search=colbert" target="_self">Part 2</a> </p><p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=rJvar7BKwvQ&search=colbert%20bush" target="_self">Part 3&nbsp;</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> </p><p>You can thank him <a target="_self" href="http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/">here</a>. </p><p> </p><p>wow. </p>



<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by TheRealEddie on 5-1-06 @ 1:37 AM</span>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Good stuff. I liked the Scalia joke. <br /></p><p>Colbert's was better than most, but not the best one I've seen. Imus had a cringe fest with Clinton a few years ago. That was both brutal and hilarious. <br /></p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p><span class="postbody">You have more guts than this guy? I doubt it</span></p><p>Is this the first time you've watched a whcd?&nbsp;</p>

[kevcala]

<p>Holy shit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[grlNIN]

The entire time i was waiting for him to be escorted offstage.<br />

[FezPaul]

<strong>grlNIN</strong> wrote:<br />The entire time i was waiting for him to be escorted offstage.<br /><p>That darn 1st amendment</p>

[Bama]

<p>I watched it. It wasn't funny. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He'll get no thank you from me.</p>

[Dudeman]

well written. well performed. brilliant.<br />

[NewYorkDragons80]

Part of it was pretty daring, but the vast majority of the act bombed.<br />

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">There ain't nuthin better than a poke in the eye w/ a sharp stick... except a poke in both eyes...</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000099">I gotta get an isolated pic of Bu$h's expression... PRICELESS</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000099">The lame duck has now officially been rechristened as a flat out retart&nbsp;</font></strong></p><p><img height="191" src="http://www.giornalisti.it/binarioloco/archives/Stupid_Bush.jpg" width="148" border="0" /><img height="134" src="http://www.harpomarx.net/gookie1a.jpg" width="131" border="0" /></p>

[Dirtybird12]

<p>the best look on bushes face from the night&nbsp;is when the mc announces stephen colbert and says: &quot; tonight, nobody is safe...eveyone is in the cross hairs&quot; </p><p>the look on bush is priceless. like - ohhh fuck. </p>

[DarkHippie]

Who knew that Jon Stewart was holding Colbert back?

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by DarkHippie on 5-2-06 @ 6:21 AM</span>

[Yerdaddy]

Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce would have been proud.

[bobrobot]

<p><strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br />Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce would have been proud.</p><p><strong><font color="#000099">ahhh yes... The Civil War's Answer to Abbott &amp; Costello...</font></strong></p><p><img height="251" src="http://img.tfd.com/authors/bierce.jpg" width="198" border="0" /><img height="256" src="http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/authors/mark-twain/twain-portrait.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 5-2-06 @ 8:37 AM</span>

[Sheeplovr]

<p>I can't find the walk in on the internet my favorite part of the
WHCD is them walking into the dinner and you can hear off camera
conversations </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

Well done Stephen.&nbsp; Smash that stuffy crowd.&nbsp; The crowd shots are great.&nbsp; There are a few with a sense of humor, but WOW most of those stiffs need to die.&nbsp;

[furie]

i perfer the colbert report to the daily show

[Dudeman]

<strong>furie</strong> wrote:<br />i perfer the colbert report to the daily show
i strongly agree<br />
<p>&nbsp;</p>

[spoon]

deck chairs on the titantic I think not!!!&nbsp; Hilarious!&nbsp; We need more people with &quot;BALLZ&quot;.&nbsp;

[jauble]

The best of today brought up when Colbert was doing the press corps dinner and I forgot how brutal it is to watch but how ballsy it was. The cringey bush face is so hard to look at.

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[underdog]

The best of today brought up when Colbert was doing the press corps dinner and I forgot how brutal it is to watch but how ballsy it was. The cringey bush face is so hard to look at.

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God, I forgot how fucking funny that was.

[donnie_darko]

hadn't seen that in a while.
i wonder if dubya knew what was going on.

[Furtherman]

Pssst. Next week will be the week to watch Colbert.

[SatCam]

Pssst. Next week will be the week to watch Colbert.

thanks for the heads up deep throat

[epo]

Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_COLBERT_IN_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be "Bob Hoping" it for the troops.

Colbert arrived at the former Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory on Friday. For weeks, he's promoted the trip on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," but because the military urged caution, he has only trumpeted a vague trip to "the Persian Gulf."

The series of shows, each to be taped in front of an audience of about 450 troops, have been dubbed "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." It's the first time anyone has broadcast from Iraq for a USO tour.

Though Colbert has often infused his mock pundit character into real events - the 2008 election, the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association dinner - his Iraq trip isn't a parody.

Both the character Colbert (silent "t") and the real Colbert (pronounced "t"), a Catholic family man, are ardent supporters of the troops. He has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Yellow Ribbon Fund (a charity that assists injured service members and their families), and he's a board member of DonorsChoose.org, which is raising money for the education of children of parents in the military.

"Sometimes my character and I agree," Colbert said in an interview at his Manhattan office before leaving for Baghdad. "My character and I both know the Apostles' Creed and my character and I both think it's a shame that we're not talking about the troops anymore."

Give Colbert some credit for doing something very cool for those in combat.

[Fallon]

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[underdog]

Watching him destroy Laura Ingraham to her face was amazing.

[zentraed]

Watching him destroy Laura Ingraham to her face was amazing.

I just watched that episode online. Barney Frank was great, and I can't remember the last time he ripped into a guest like that Ingraham interview. But with lines like that ribs joke, she deserved every bit of it.

[Bob Impact]

I just watched that episode online. Barney Frank was great, and I can't remember the last time he ripped into a guest like that Ingraham interview. But with lines like that ribs joke, she deserved every bit of it.

Holy fuck he beat the shit out of her, and it literally went from her trying to have fun with him to him just blasting her writing within 10 seconds and it was hysterical, Colbert is fucking awe inspiring.

[underdog]

Holy fuck he beat the shit out of her, and it literally went from her trying to have fun with him to him just blasting her writing within 10 seconds and it was hysterical, Colbert is fucking awe inspiring.

It was so great to watch.

The fact that he called her the Banshee Widow of Ichabod Crane the other night made it even more funny.

[spoon]

Pretty funny as per his norm, but not as great as I expected after reading the last few posts. He's ripped people down better in the past.

[torker]

Watching him destroy Laura Ingraham to her face was amazing.

she's not as bad as monica crowley, but it was fun to watch:happy:

[spoon]

she's not as bad as monica crowley, but it was fun to watch:happy:

Monica is SOOOO fucking annoying with her little Matty Friday nickname overkill style. We get it, you like to use middle names (Obama and Hilary) to poke fun at them in very unfunny fashion. oooof:sleep:

[underdog]

Pretty funny as per his norm, but not as great as I expected after reading the last few posts. He's ripped people down better in the past.

I usually skip quite a few of his interviews and I didn't skip this one because I know who Laura is (and used to listen to her). So this is sort of a new thing for me, other than the time he destroyed W and his lackeys to their faces.

[Recyclerz]

Mary Matalin didn't fare too well either. (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/267675/march-18-2010/mary-matalin)

Extra points because Colbert schools her theologically as well as politically. Matalin tries to pass off a Chinese proverb as a Jesus lesson. It is amazing that these morons believe they should be back in power.

[Misteriosa]

Mary Matalin didn't fare too well either. (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/267675/march-18-2010/mary-matalin)

Extra points because Colbert schools her theologically as well as politically. Matalin tries to pass off a Chinese proverb as a Jesus lesson. It is amazing that these morons believe they should be back in power.

i love how he made her uncomfortable with the talking points bingo card :lol: she was afraid to talk because she didnt want to hit bingo! hahahahaha!

[PapaBear]

How DARE they build a tower of Halal so close to ground beef! :lol:

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I've always liked Stephen Colbert. I was really impressed with his testimony in front of the congressional hearings. I'm sure the Republicans expected a clown show. My favorite part (and I'm paraphrasing) is when he said, "I want to speak for those who have no voice."

We wish we could go to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear but us poor people have to work. :tongue:

(Had I planned to go I would have made a sign saying "I married a LEGAL immigrant... but the fiscal breakdown wasn't much more than an illegal one." Well, mi esposo found it funny.)

[hanso]

The other night he said Bush's book is like War and Peace with out the peace.

[CountryBob]

Have never watched his show or the Daily show - dont have any interest in Comedy news.

[Willmore]

Have never watched his show or the Daily show - dont have any interest in Comedy news.

Oh yeah, well I have no interest in ... real news! There, ha!!!

[Dudeman]

Have never watched his show or the Daily show - dont have any interest in Comedy news.

http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/z/l/3/comedy-channel-news-sm.jpg

[Recyclerz]

The December 8 Colbert Report is one for the time capsule. It revolves around the rube revolt following Steve Martin's recent 92nd St. Y discussion pushing his recent book about art that Ron was going on about during Wednesday's R&F show. It is simply fucking genius. Although my favorite Colbert moment will probably always be his in your face speech at that Bush dinner for the sheer ballsiness of it, this show might be Colbert's finest combination of brains, edginess, gall and, most importantly, funny ever. :clap:

Even if you only like modern art a little bit - Do not miss this episode. If Ron saw it expect a long discussion of it on Thursday's show.

[Dudeman]

The December 8 Colbert Report is one for the time capsule. It revolves around the rube revolt following Steve Martin's recent 92nd St. Y discussion pushing his recent book about art that Ron was going on about during Wednesday's R&F show. It is simply fucking genius. Although my favorite Colbert moment will probably always be his in your face speech at that Bush dinner for the sheer ballsiness of it, this show might be Colbert's finest combination of brains, edginess, gall and, most importantly, funny ever. :clap:

Even if you only like modern art a little bit - Do not miss this episode. If Ron saw it expect a long discussion of it on Thursday's show.

"Steve Martin, stop being a jerk, and start being "The Jerk."

[Pitdoc]

The December 8 Colbert Report is one for the time capsule. It revolves around the rube revolt following Steve Martin's recent 92nd St. Y discussion pushing his recent book about art that Ron was going on about during Wednesday's R&F show. It is simply fucking genius. Although my favorite Colbert moment will probably always be his in your face speech at that Bush dinner for the sheer ballsiness of it, this show might be Colbert's finest combination of brains, edginess, gall and, most importantly, funny ever. :clap:

Even if you only like modern art a little bit - Do not miss this episode. If Ron saw it expect a long discussion of it on Thursday's show.

What I love about his Bush dinner speech is the OVERWHELMING disapproval of it by the "mainstream media" . Gee, wonder why? Maybe because he told them that they were "stenographers" for the Bush White house. "Write it down , put it in spell check, and GO HOME!!!"

[Willmore]

Great episode.

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=367863

[Furtherman]

Absolutley f'n brilliant.

"Like all great theologies, Bill's can be boiled down to one sentence: There must be a god, because I don't know how things work."

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[Bob Impact]

"Like all great theologies, Bill's can be boiled down to one sentence: There must be a god, because I don't know how things work."
Oh holy shit that's fucking hysterical.
I also like the fact that O'Reilly seems to think that there's some type of communication in tidal changes.

[Dudeman]

Absolutley f'n brilliant.



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O'Rielly must be joking. Is he trying to make fun of religion?

[Willmore]

O'Rielly must be joking. Is he trying to make fun of religion?


He is trying to pander to his audience, but he's doing so without any intellectual ammo, so this is the best he can come up with.

[Crispy123]

I think maybe Oreilly got the Bible confused with this

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs19/princetides08.jpg

[Dudeman]

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[weekapaugjz]

o&a getting a mention on tonight's show. dealing with breitbart and journalistic integrity. you even get a glimpse of lil' yimmy!

[cougarjake13]

o&a getting a mention on tonight's show. dealing with breitbart and journalistic integrity. you even get a glimpse of lil' yimmy!

sweet gotta check my dvr

[hanso]

He did a second night also. ( last night).

[hanso]

http://i.imgur.com/MY97H.gif (http://imgur.com/MY97H)

[PapaBear]

'Colbert Report' off air; Comedy Central mum (http://news.yahoo.com/colbert-report-off-air-comedy-central-mum-173858178.html)




NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" is off the air and it's a mystery why.
An expected new episode of the show was replaced by a repeat on Wednesday. Comedy Central said Thursday's live show will be off, too.
The network said it was airing the repeats "due to unforeseen circumstances," but offered no other explanation. A person close to the show, who wasn't authorized to speak publically on the matter, told The Associated Press that new episodes are expected to return soon.



Hopefully it's either a stunt or technical issue, and not a health issue.

[underdog]

'Colbert Report' off air; Comedy Central mum (http://news.yahoo.com/colbert-report-off-air-comedy-central-mum-173858178.html)






Hopefully it's either a stunt or technical issue, and not a health issue.

Colbert's mother seriously ill, report sources close to the show
Multiple outlets have cited a family illness as the cause of the suspension of "The Colbert Report," and now a person who has a business relationship with the show has told Huffington Post that the host's mother is seriously ill, and the show will remain suspended until he can return.

:sad:

[underdog]

His mother is 91. Damn.

[PapaBear]

That's a bummer.

[PapaBear]

His mother is 91. Damn.
Damn. She was 44 when he was born. That's pretty old for a mother in the 1960's.

[underdog]

Damn. She was 44 when he was born. That's pretty old for a mother in the 1960's.

That's pretty old for a mother, in general.

[furie]

<nevermind>

[hanso]

Thought this last Thu. show to be the best ever, check it out if you can.

[hanso]

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Think this is a clip from that show.

GOP could steal from Micky D's and have "I'm loving Mitt" as slogan.

[Furtherman]

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[hanso]

This is a good example of how they make up news and other channels run with it.

[Earlshog]

I think maybe Oreilly got the Bible confused with this

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs19/princetides08.jpg

Jimmy McNulty

Rawls: Some useless fuck in our Marine Unit faxed them a report on the early morning tides and wind currents. Shows the body went in the water west of the bridge and drifted out.

Jay: McNulty

Rawls: Fucking Jimmy. Fucking with us for the fun of it. I gotta give the son of a bitch some credit for wit on this one.

[hanso]

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[hanso]

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[hanso]

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[hanso]

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How dare you cast aspersion on that man’s asparagus!

Gohmert Gaa- ahh- lee

"Gohmert" is listed in Urban Dictionary as

Gohmert

verb: to say something that is obviously and patently untrue to the point of stupidity, then when called upon to provide concrete evidence of the assertion, to flounder about angrily while shouting about the integrity of the questioner.

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[WRESTLINGFAN]

Colbert under fire about this tweet which as been deleted

“I’m willing to show the #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.”


Colbert stated that he didn't compose the tweet but theres already a hashtag #CancelColbert




The tweet was offensive but can we stop calling for firings? This is the shit Sharpton pulls.

[realmenhatelife]

Colbert under fire about this tweet which as been deleted

“I’m willing to show the #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.”


Colbert stated that he didn't compose the tweet but theres already a hashtag #CancelColbert




The tweet was offensive but can we stop calling for firings? This is the shit Sharpton pulls.



To provide context the tweet was in reference to the Washington Redskins starting a charity for Native Americans and apparently Ching-Chong Ding-Dong is a character Colbert has used on the show.

[spoon]

CONTEXT!!!

WF doesn't have time for that shit!!

:blink:

[realmenhatelife]

The tweet was a quote from the show, so it's funny that Colbert is saying he didn't write the tweet. Although perhaps he knows better than to throw out that quote without the context of the greater bit.

[A.J.]

To provide context the tweet was in reference to the Washington Redskins starting a charity for Native Americans and apparently Ching-Chong Ding-Dong is a character Colbert has used on the show.

That was a nice gesture by the Redskins' Hebe owner.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

CONTEXT!!!

WF doesn't have time for that shit!!

:blink:

How about CONTENT!!!

Guess you didn't see that I posted. Colbert didn't tweet that out.

Or that His show shouldn't be canned.

[spoon]

what a stand!

[epo]

Satire is hard for some folks.

[Recyclerz]

Monday's Colbert Report responding to the "racist" nonsense shows why he is either the Swift or Voltaire of our age.

Stewart remains the new Mark Twain.

That is all.

[realmenhatelife]

I feel like in any discussion of this you have to make a preface. I found the Colbert bit funny and understood the parody OR satire of it.


Now, having said that. The clash here is ironic. I dont believe that everyone doing the #Firecolbert thing seriously wants him fired. It's just that the medium they're given is so limiting they know they're not going to get any attention with a long, complex discussion of what respect you owe people racially or what responsibility people have to suspend their own feelings of insult. They are going to the most extreme expression to maximize impact, much like Colbert in making his point about the Redskins used the most extreme language and ludicrous stereotypes available to him. It's really the same thing.

In the old days the relationship between TV and audience was so simple. The entertainer makes a product and the more audience he accrues the better for him. So it's in his best interest to please the audience, and the audience expresses their displeasure by turning off the show. But the relationship has become much more insidious. Media needs you to now promote and participate via social media. Their very impersonal product wants to infiltrate your life in a personal way by coopting your social media expressions and monetizing your friends list. I believe that on a subconscious level people resent the inequity here and thats why you get such extreme reactions. Your personal time is being exploited to an extent like never before.

So then Colbert goes and does his bit and now all of a sudden you have these Asian people saying "woah, you know I really am repulsed by this language and stereotype because man I've had to deal with racism and discrimination. There's a perception that I'm a safer race to make fun of and I dont think I'm cool with that." Then these people are dropped right in the intersection of this media equity imbalance. Thats what this whole thing is really about. Media figures dont just want you watching, they covet your thoughts. You have to be the broadcast channel now and they dont want you choosing what you broadcast.

I find the defensiveness of performers so telling. And I havent heard Colbert say it but so many of them do say "you're not really offended, you dont really think that." I think we're offended on a much more profound level than we understand and these fissures are just where it seeps out.