You don't usually see Stephen Colbert talking about sports. He even addresses that a little bit in this clip from last night's show, where he talks about the winner of the New York City marathon and Olympic speedskating.
This show remains one of the funniest shows on television.
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What You Missed Last Night: Stephen Colbert does ... the sports?
What You Missed Last Night: Colbert wants you to edit the web again
Remember a while back when Stephen Colbert wanted you to go to Wikipedia and actually edit things on his page? Well, he's at it again. He wants fans to go to the conservative site Conservapedia and add him as a character in the Bible! Look at the note that the site has:
Special message to the Colbert show watchers: do yourselves a favor and watch less television. Colbert and his advertisers want to make money off you, but you can accomplish some good instead by unplugging the TV. You could even pick up a Bible.
Special message to the Colbert show watchers: do yourselves a favor and watch less television. Colbert and his advertisers want to make money off you, but you can accomplish some good instead by unplugging the TV. You could even pick up a Bible.
Colbert on the people who didn't want the Olympics in Chicago
I don't usually watch the Olympics, so it wasn't too devastating to me that Chicago lost out to Rio De Janiero in the bid to host the 2016 games. But that doesn't mean I was rooting against Chicago, like some people were, as this clip from last night's Colbert Report shows.
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What You Missed Last Night: Stephen Colbert can't stop laughing
This won't come as news to fans of The Colbert Report, but it's actually a brilliant little show. The writing on it is so well-done (which isn't easy to do four days a week), and Colbert really gives an incredible "performance" as this character Stephen Colbert. He's dedicated to it, and every episode is like a gem of writing and performance art.
Last night he talked about a new tobacco product on the market, and at one point he can't even speak. (Video also here.)
Last night he talked about a new tobacco product on the market, and at one point he can't even speak. (Video also here.)
Colbert doesn't believe Conan hurt himself
Is Jimmy Fallon "Totes hot?" I have no idea, but I do know that I'm never going to use the phrase "totes hot" again.
Last night, Stephen Colbert said he's skeptical that Conan really couldn't do his show last Friday because he hit his head during a sketch. For evidence he pulled out a recent Glamour magazine that features him, Conan, and that above quote about Fallon. (Video also here.)
Last night, Stephen Colbert said he's skeptical that Conan really couldn't do his show last Friday because he hit his head during a sketch. For evidence he pulled out a recent Glamour magazine that features him, Conan, and that above quote about Fallon. (Video also here.)
NASA astronauts are going to wear a COLBERT patch tonight
If the much-delayed launch of the space shuttle Discovery does indeed happen tonight (at 11:59PM ET) , the astronauts are going to be wearing patches, like they always do. But this time the COLBERT treadmill is on the shuttle so the crew is going to be wearing the patch to the right. Is that cool or what? How do we get one?What You Missed Last Night: the Colbert Bump
We don't have many posts on TV Squad about cocktails. I've been trying to convince people that we need more booze on the site, but they won't listen to me. Probably because I'm usually drunk when I say it.
Last night Stephen Colbert had Esquire's cocktail guy David Wondrich on, and he created a summer drink for the show, The Colbert Bump. It includes cherry brandy, gin, lemon juice, and soda water. (Video also here.)
Last night Stephen Colbert had Esquire's cocktail guy David Wondrich on, and he created a summer drink for the show, The Colbert Bump. It includes cherry brandy, gin, lemon juice, and soda water. (Video also here.)
What You Missed Last Night: William Shatner does Sarah Palin
You knew that when Sarah Palin gave her incomprehensible farewell speech the other day the late night shows would jump on it. The Daily Show did it last night, and so did The Colbert Report. But I didn't expect William Shatner to add his semi-musical take. This is from last night's Tonight Show.
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There's nothing more dangerous than an unemployed Wilford Brimley
Whether you like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report or not, you have to be impressed by the speed at which they create some really funny things very quickly. This clip from The Colbert Report talks about the threats posed by Bill Gates, Henry Louis Gates, President Obama, and a certain old diabetic.
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Stephen Colbert wants to be The Worst Person in the World
Stephen Colbert is angry at Keith Olbermann. He's not upset that Olbermann named him a Worst Person in the World, he's upset because Olberman didn't name him a Worst Person in the World. In this clip, Colbert tries to get on Olbermann's list. His plan involves a baby and a puppy.
We also learn a new term: "junk buffing."
We also learn a new term: "junk buffing."
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It's Colbert vs. Cooper in the Battle of Bubbles
There are about 20 funny lines in this short segment from last night's episode of The Colbert Report. Colbert goes after CNN's Anderson Cooper for getting the exclusive story on what happened to Bubbles, Michael Jackson's former pet chimp. "Crank up the AC!"
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Exclusive! Keith Olbermann is not dead
Keith Olbermann! Come on down! You're the next TV celebrity whose death has been falsely reported on the Internet!The MSNBC Countdown's Wikipedia page reported he had died earlier this morning, possibly due to complications from celiac disease.
I sent emails to two networks officials to confirm this jarring claim. Jeremy Gaines, MSNBC's vice president of communications, responded that he is certain the entry is a "hoax" and that he and other network officials were working to correct it. The section on Olbermann's death has since been removed from the page.
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What You Missed Last Night: Colbert and the troops
If you missed last night's Colbert Report, you missed one of the great episodes. Colbert is in Iraq entertaining the troops, and last night he showed how he got there (it involves a poison dart). I especially like the golf club nod to Bob Hope. Full episode below! (And also here.)
Comedy Central reveals they are sending Stephen Colbert to Baghdad
The time and nation that Stephen Colbert couldn't reveal where he is taking his show has been revealed. And because elite Army ninjas have not sneaked into his studio and whisked him away to an interrogation room for breaking the military code of silence, it's been confirmed by the network. Stephen Colbert is taking his Colbert Report to Baghdad for the troops next week. The network claims this is the first time the USO has brought a television show into a combat area for a week of shows, if you don't count, say, the news.
Colbert has landed in Baghdad and underwent some basic military training to prepare for his visit to the region at Camp Victory, the former home of Saddam Hussein's Al-Faw Palace. That alone should provide hours of hilarious material for the show. But there's more going on than just producing something to keep you entertained during your post-work Kraft dinner.
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What You Missed Last Night: Stephen Colbert's new cereal takes on Cheerios
I know that there was a Colbert Report DVD set released a few years ago, but they should really do another one. The show has so many funny - and brilliantly written - segments that it's often hard to pick the best one from an episode (I guess that's the definition of "a good TV show"). Last night he talked about how the FDA was cracking down on Cheerios, and introduced another cereal to the world. (Video also here.)
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