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Posted Oct 24th 2009 5:05PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Software, Reality-Free
The Colbert Report's The Word is one of those iPhone applications that takes advantage of that sort of portable player. The Word is one of those segments that doesn't translate well to a book, unlike Letterman's Top Ten Lists. Video clips better convey the emotion of the segment.
Basically, the application is all the clips of Colbert's most famous segment, and I mean all of them. The app requires a WiFi or data connection to work (because you don't want all those clips taking up memory) but they're constantly updated. I'm not sure if this will be forever or until they get bored with it and figure out another way to make money.
Continue reading The Colbert Report's The Word - iPhone app review
Posted Oct 15th 2009 9:33AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Reality-Free
One of television's oldest and most powerful names is about to get a little less powerful.
Media mogul
Sumner Redstone is selling nearly $1 billion shares of CBS and Viacom to pay off a big portion of his debt to preserve his media empire. He owes nearly $1.46 billion and has to pay at least $500,000 of it by the end of October. Maybe he's got some used DVDs he can sell at his local Gamestop.
Of course, he'll still maintaining "controlling interest" in both companies but it won't feel the same. Now, no one will have enough power to make media bigheads like Stephen Colbert (literally) dance.
Posted Aug 27th 2009 12:05PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, The Daily Show, Commercials, Reality-Free
We often hear the phrase "die hard fan," but who is actually willing to "die hard" for the thing they care most about?
If you believe in statistics, that honor would go to fans of Comedy Central.
A recent study conducted by a research group found that fans of the long-running cable network have
the most dedicated fan base. Plus, those polled think people who watch
The Colbert Report and
The Daily Show are "cool." Are the kids these days still saying "cool"? My, where has all the time gone?
Continue reading Comedy Central fans would take a bullet for their network
Posted Jul 15th 2009 12:27PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, The Daily Show, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Chuck, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory
The Outstanding Comedy Series category is one of the toughest of the big Emmy categories to predict. Why? Well, if you look at the list of nominees the last few years, you'll see why: What's considered a comedy? In 2005,
Desperate Housewives was nominated; with what's gone on during the show this year, you'd be hard pressed to nominate it as a comedy this year. Same could be said of
Ugly Betty, which got a nod in 2007.
In addition, the Emmy committee has a tendency to nominate the same shows repeatedly despite signs of decline --
Two and a Half Men is still funny, but does it deserve a nod every year? -- leaving less slots open for new blood.
So, between
Men,
30 Rock, and
The Office, all of which should get nominated, that leaves two (or three?) slots open. Who should go in there? Well, I can think of two right off the bat... and they're both on CBS.
Continue reading Emmy Wish List: Outstanding Comedy Series
Posted Jul 4th 2009 3:10PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series, Burn Notice
There are a lot of really horrible things that have put America on the map: Jerry Springer, our ability to infuse anything edible with cheese, the fact that we're probably working on infusing something inedible with cheese.
Guns, however, shouldn't be one of them. The Second Amendment stands as one of many great testaments to the idea of freedom that our forefathers envisioned for their people. They felt a government should trust their people with great responsibility if they truly believed in the concept of freedom and democracy.
Sure, if they came to the present and saw that we primarily use that responsibility for hunting moose from helicopters and negotiating with the Domino's guy they might take it right back, but the idea is what's important.
So to celebrate one of America's latest of many birthday to come because fireworks are technically illegal in my neck of the woods, here are your TV's seven greatest guns.
Continue reading Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history
Posted Jun 7th 2009 9:05PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
As most of you know by now, Stephen Colbert is taking his show on the road again and this time, the
Colbert Report is going to Baghdad. It's certainly a far cry from his first
TCR outside of New York, that week in Philadelphia way back in April of last year (check it out,
I was there). The troops and the casual viewers at home will definitely be in for a treat.
Something I certainly was not expecting out of this trip was a new look for Mr. Colbert. Sure, he was bound to incorporate some camo to get into the spirit of things, but I was expecting maybe, like, a tie or a playful lapel pin. But no. As we can see from this video, Mr. Colbert is hardcore enough to bypass the semi-patriotic accessories and get a full-on buzzcut.
Continue reading Yes, this is newsworthy: Stephen Colbert gets a buzz cut
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 4:36PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
The New York Observer is reporting that
Stephen Colbert will guest edit the June 8 edition of
Newsweek. According to the Observer, the idea came from a lunch between
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham (who has been a guest on
The Colbert Report) and Colbert, in which Meacham was impressed by Colbert's knowledge of current events.
The stories themselves will be treated seriously, as they would in any other issue, but Colbert gets to play in the margins, editing contributor bios, writing an essay, and annotating different stories. Which should make next week's issue look something like the magazine version of
The Daily Show's faux text book
America.
The Observer quotes Colbert as saying, "I'm confident we'll have mixed results! I want to be apart [sic] of that proud tradition!" and cites a few other guest editor ventures gone wrong. I wonder about the timing of it.
Newsweek launched a complete redesign three issues ago, trying to re-conceptualize the newsweekly's place in the age of instant news.
Continue reading Stephen Colbert to guest edit Newsweek
Posted May 9th 2009 2:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Reality-Free
Whoever says that shows like
The Daily Show and
The Colbert Report suffer from a liberal bias have no idea what they are talking about.
The Colbert Report, in particular, has a large audience of deep conservative thinkers whose arteries AND veins run redder than their state.
The problem is that some of those conservatives may not be laughing at what they are watching. In fact, get ready to be scared out of your head. They might actually agree with what they are hearing.
A new study conducted by
Ohio State University found that some viewers of Colbert's show who purported to be conservative are taking the show a bit too seriously. And by a bit too, I mean literally seriously.
Continue reading Conservatives can't quit Colbert
Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:17AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Reality-Free
Chalk up another win for the Colbert Nation. Maybe, or not. Whatever.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams will appear on
tonight's Colbert Report to announce the winning name that will go on the International Space Station's module.
For those of you who aren't in the know and therefore aren't cool,
here's the skinny. NASA held an online vote to field suggestions on names for a new module on the space station. Colbert rallied his legion of ballot stuffing zombies to nominate his name and the name "Colbert" eventually garnered the most votes.
Continue reading NASA will announce module name winner on Colbert Report - VIDEO
Posted Apr 13th 2009 1:26PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
An open letter to the folks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
You have done some mighty fine things over the years. You've put a man not just in space, but on the moon. You've invented devices that have reached the farthest corners of space (some haven't made it back, but that's another letter). You invented Tang.
Technically, that's about it, at least if you don't count
the hilarious, million dollar mistakes that have provided wonks like me with hours of depressing entertainment. But that leads me to my point.
Continue reading In space, no one can hear you vote
Posted Jan 6th 2009 6:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, News, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Reality-Free
If you're anything like me (first of all, you have my deepest sympathy), you haven't been able to sit still since
The Daily Show and
The Colbert Report went off the air for the holidays. It also may be because my body has absorbed more sugary fat from the holidays than one of Tyler Durden's homemade soaps.
Both shows returned to the airwaves Monday with new episodes. Both also had cable news celebrity cameos so big, no lightning fast news ticker announcing an accidental nuclear missile launch could draw your attention away from them.
The Daily Show returned with another appearance by CNN's gray-haired uber-anchor Anderson Cooper and an interesting interview with new
Meet the Press moderator David Gregory.
The Colbert Report picked up former
Hannity and Colmes pushover Alan Colmes and wound things up with an interview with CNN reporter John King.
Continue reading Stewart, Colbert return from Vacationland with a cornucopia of cable news cameos - VIDEOS
Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:26PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
BEST
Summer Heights High: Including this Australian show from 2007 is only kind of, sort of cheating because it premiered in America (HBO) this year. Ha! Loophole! Anyway, this show was a great discovery and it's worth a look if you're into mockumentaries. Chris Lilley's performance(s) were hilarious and I am not ashamed to admit I still get "Naughty Girl" stuck in my head every once in a while.
Continue reading Best and Worst of 2008: Annie's List
Posted Nov 25th 2008 7:04AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free
On this Tuesday morning, we've got three copies of
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! on DVD for three lucky, random commenters. The DVD of the special,
which aired this past Sunday, is out in stores starting today.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, November 28 simply telling us why you'd like to own this DVD set
. As always, we'll randomly choose three winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the A Colbert Christmas DVD set.
- The comment must be left before November 28, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Three winners will receive a A Colbert Christmas DVD (valued at $19.99).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
Click
here for complete Official Rules.
Posted Nov 24th 2008 6:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Wow, they're really coming out with DVDs really quickly these days, eh?
A Colbert Christmas aired just last night, and
24 airs tonight, and both of them will be on DVD tomorrow. Will you buy them or just tape/Tivo them tonight?
Soon TV shows will be released on DVD before they're even filmed.
- 24 - Redemption
- Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 6
- The Colbert Report - A Colbert Christmas
- The Doris Day Show - Complete Series
- Family Affair - Complete Series
- Freaks and Geeks - Complete Series
- George Carlin - It's Bad For Ya
- Gomer Pyle, USMC - Season 5
- The Mod Squad - Season 2, Vol. 1
- The Pink Panther Show - Ultimate Collection
- The Real Ghostbusters - Complete Series
- The Red Skelton Show - Complete Series
- Super Dave - Super Stunt Spectacular Vol. 1
- Superman Animated - Doomsday
- The Tudors - Season 1 Uncut
Posted Nov 24th 2008 8:52AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
When I first heard that Stephen Colbert was doing a Christmas special, I had my doubts. It didn't seem in character. You don't see Bill O'Reilly and his type doing Christmas specials. However, upon watching the show, I think that's the point. There's also the idea of holiday commercialism and making a buck that the character of Stephen Colbert definitely believes in.
Okay, brass tacks: the special was funny. It was a commercial holiday special that took the piss out of the commercialness of the holiday yet had a heart at its center. This could easily have seemed as corny as the 1970's shows that they were doing a pastiche of, but it came across as cute and fun.
Continue reading A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
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