Ever the philanthropist, Stephen Colbert is extending a helping hand to the residents of Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama by opening the only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to celebrating, well, Stephen Colbert (he thinks the county was named after him). Starting November 27 and running throughout the week, The Colbert Report will show behind-the-scenes footage of the struggle to open the Stephen Colbert Museum and Gift Shop, and to thwart the efforts of people who want Colbert County to be remembered for Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller. Frankly, I'd love to see Colbert play Helen Keller in a production of The Miracle Worker, but that's probably just me.
As long as I'm on the subject of The Colbert Report, does anyone else think that Stephen's show is better than The Daily Show? I still love the Daily Show, and perhaps I'm just becoming too familiar with it, but I find myself more and more preferring Stephen's role playing as an idiot pundit over Jon Stewart's dry wit and occasional self-deprecation. Perhaps it's because Stephen never breaks the fourth wall that is constantly smashed to bits on The Daily Show. I still think there's room for both, but I find myself leaning more and more toward the Colbert Nation.
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11-21-2006 @ 8:16PM
Ron Burgundy said...
I too prefer Colbert, but I think Rob Riggle might put The Daily Show back in first
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11-21-2006 @ 9:35PM
mike said...
I agree that TCR is much more watchable than TDS. I record both nightly but I fast forward thru more of TDS. It's partly the new corresponants and partly
the relentless politics.
Some of us, and I'm probably in the minority here, also enjoy when the show mocks things other than the same tired targets (religious people, Southerners and anyone who is not a liberal Democrat.) We GET IT. People outside of NYC aren't cool.
Used to be hip when NOTHING was sacred (70's era Nat'l Lampoon/SNL). Now TDS seems to attack only one party, making it seem less a satirical show and more of a shill for a different group of control freaks.
With shared power (and equal ineptitude)I hope we'll see more jokes at the expense of both.
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11-21-2006 @ 11:03PM
Stephen said...
I think TDS only seems more Left because the Republicans have been in power for so long and make the most ridiculous statements and so the most absurd things. TDS will go after anyone but these days its the Right that is providing the most target rich environment
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11-29-2006 @ 8:21PM
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11-30-2006 @ 9:09PM
green said...
i think the colbert report is better than the daily show because it doesn't feel like i'm watching the news.
lately, the daily show just bores me.
colbert all the way. pure genius.
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11-30-2006 @ 10:57PM
asdf said...
Looking forward to seeing how he handles a dem president. Making fun of Bush is like shooting fish in a barrel.
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