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| Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | |
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12:04a |
Stephen Colbert sighting in Salt Lake City
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19359 We knew Stephen was going to be in Utah last weekend, so we’ve been on the lookout for news from the event. We haven’t seen anything too spoilery (which is actually kind of a nice change, to be honest), but we figured we’d share this blog post with you, as it has all kinds of info on the weekend’s speedskating results.
I’ve also put a couple of cute pics from the festivities behind the fold; they should be safe for people who want to remain unspoiled (they’re out-of-character shots).
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| Sunday, December 27th, 2009 | |
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6:35p |
Stephen Colbert interviewing Neil deGrasse Tyson for PAMKA Forum
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/gM7mWmbphaw/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19347 Delight! Oh, how I’d love to see this …
From NorthJersey.com:
Stephen Colbert coming to MKA
Friday, December 25, 2009
Clifton Journal
MONTCLAIR — The Parents’ Association of The Montclair Kimberley Academy invites residents to join them on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 for a star-filled evening of entertainment and education, when celebrated astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is interviewed live on stage by Stephen Colbert.
This event, which is open to the public and free of charge, is part of PAMKA’s Academy Forum series.
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This event will take place in The Montclair Kimberley Academy Middle School Auditorium, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, (enter via the Brunswick Road parking lot). Doors open at 7 p.m. for advance book sales; the event will start at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a book signing by Tyson. Please note that seating is limited, but there will be a video feed provided to accommodate any overflow.
Read the full post and get details on the event here
The combination of Stephen and Dr. Tyson is always superb, so I’m sure attendees will have a ball. Lest anyone’s memory needs a refresher, here’s one of my favorite “Fallback Position” segments:
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<p>From NorthJersey.com:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/80099402.html" target="_blank"><strong>Stephen Colbert coming to MKA</strong></a><br />
Friday, December 25, 2009<br />
Clifton Journal</p>
<p>MONTCLAIR — The Parents’ Association of The Montclair Kimberley Academy invites residents to join them on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 for a star-filled evening of entertainment and education, when celebrated astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is interviewed live on stage by Stephen Colbert.</p>
<p>This event, which is open to the public and free of charge, is part of PAMKA’s Academy Forum series.</p>
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<p>This event will take place in The Montclair Kimberley Academy Middle School Auditorium, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, (enter via the Brunswick Road parking lot). Doors open at 7 p.m. for advance book sales; the event will start at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a book signing by Tyson. Please note that seating is limited, but there will be a video feed provided to accommodate any overflow.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/80099402.html" target="_blank">Read the full post and get details on the event here</a></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The combination of Stephen and Dr. Tyson is always superb, so I’m sure attendees will have a ball. Lest anyone’s memory needs a refresher, <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/156552/february-13-2008/neil-de-grasse-tyson" target="_blank">here’s one of my favorite “Fallback Position” segments</a>:<br />
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<p><em>(H/t <strong>Katt</strong>!)</em></p>
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5:55p |
Panel: Stephen Colbert on the WHCD, Glenn Beck and more
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/ghO7JS1D3-0/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19344 Hello, everyone! I hope you all had lovely Christmases and other holiday celebrations. I had a nice trip home, myself; it’s always good to see family at this time of year.
Catching up on my Colbert news now …
I still await audio and/or video from this terribly awesome-sounding panel (especially since it obviously exists!), but here’s another wonderful recap from the Second City panel with Stephen and the Colbert Report writers; I’ll excerpt just a bit of what they said about Beck. From The Atlantic:
Colbert Dishes On Bush, Glenn Beck, and MSNBC
Dec 23 2009, 9:23AM
James Warren
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As for Glenn Beck, the panel discussed the challenge of maintaining a separation between reality and satire when so many TV pundits are simply, premeditatedly over-the-top.
“I said, ‘Let’s start doing some Glenn Beck stuff but in praise of Glenn Beck,’” said Colbert. “But every time we do one, he will have done something dumber. He raised the stupid bar and now it’s nearly inapproachable.”
“I worry that if we use that as a model….if somebody doesn’t believe what they’re saying, it’s very hard to out-stupid them,” said a decidedly analytical Colbert. “Because then there’s no place to sink our hook into, there’s no mountain to climb there. I can’t climb Glenn Beck since there’s nothing there.”
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Read the full article here
There’s much, much more in the full article (on the WHCD, Olbermann and Maddow, etc.), so get reading, everyone!
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| Friday, December 25th, 2009 | |
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4:42a |
Weekend Brunch – Christmas 2009 Edition
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19340  Welcome to our (mostly) weekly discussion group to talk about Stephen, our lives, our friendships with each other, and pretty much anything you’d like to talk about with other readers of No Fact Zone, what we here affectionately call “the Zoners”.
Merry Christmas, Zoners! I’m at my mother’s house in Van Buren, Arkansas. After a harrowing drive that felt like the first 45 minutes of a very bad holiday disaster movie, we made it from Dallas to Van Buren with about an hour or so to spare before the winter snow storm hit. I’m from Texas – we don’t “do” snow there, and here I am, with inches of snow all around us. I’m 38, and never had a white Christmas before. I’m actually quite looking forward to it. Well, since I don’t have to drive and will clear up by our return trip on Sunday.
For those of you who have some free time tomorrow, you have lots of opportunities to watch “A Colbert Christmas – The Greatest Gift Of All”.
Friday, December 25th (All Times EST):
I know I’ll be catching at least 1 of these showings with the ma and hubby. Yes, I have the DVD, but it’s always fun to watch it “live” as well.
On behalf of all of the No Fact Zone team, I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas, Merry Festivus (hope those airing of grievances are cleansing, and the head of the household gets pinned quickly), and if you celebrate any other holiday in the next few days, bully to you! Have a great long weekend, and we’ll catch you when we get back from our holiday vacations!
As our gift to you, here’s a lovely piece of holiday Eye Candy.
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| Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 | |
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9:24p |
Six Degrees: Christmas Break Edition.
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19234  I’d like to officially welcome our newest Completist, Katt. With Katt on the Completist staff, we now have staff on *three* continents (Most of us are in the US, Jennie is in Europe, and Katt is from Australia)! We are so international here. We asked her to be on staff because, quite frankly, she was sending us so many tips and leads that we figured she could just bring you the wonderful news herself. So give her a happy Zoner welcome!
G’day Zoners and welcome to my first post here at No Fact Zone.
Amy Sedaris
David Sedaris
RAAAAAIN!!!!!</li>
Speedskating
Supporting our Troops Until They Make it Home
‘The Colbert Report’ Staffers [and Beloved ex-Staffers]
- Mark Malkoff’s whirlwind Keys To the City project has nabbed him 95 keys! He’s talked about the project on CBS News, on NPR Radio, and has been featured in newspapers like the Metro and Our Prattville. Don’t forget to check out Mark’s YouTube Channel, where you can see videos like “Mark Wears High Heels“.
- ‘Colbert Report’ warm-up comic Pete Dominick will be taping his live CD at Comix on Saturday, January 2nd.
Now it’s Time to Check in With Our Good Friends at The Daily Show.
Jon Stewart
Scott Jacobson
David Javerbaum
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2:12a |
‘Colbert Report’ adds some cool new technology to find news clips
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19310 Ever wonder how the staff of the Report manages to sift through so many hours of news programs to find that one golden moment they can transform into hilarious satire? The Houston Chronicle’s TechBlog reports that Houston-based company SnapStream Media is providing both TDS and TCR with new technology to make that task easier.
Houston’s SnapStream to power The Daily Show, Colbert Report
posted by Purva Patel
December 21, 2009
Producers for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report monitor and sift through hours of television newscasts to produce their satirical news shows. They plan to automate the process soon by using Houston-based SnapStream Media’s technology to record and search for relevant clips to use on their shows, replacing banks of VCRs and TiVos.
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“They monitor a lot of television over there. They’ll be able to record 30 simultaneous shows at once,” said Rakesh Agrawal, chief executive officer of SnapStream Media.
SnapStream’s technology, described as a “cross between a DVR and a search engine”, lets users record video and then search it for specific content, such as the mention of a specific name or word. The searches find hits by scouring the closed captioning and other data embedded in commercial programming.
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The company had sent a sample server to The Colbert Report more than a year and a half ago, but a writers strike shut the show down for a few months. The deal finally closed last week, as the shows tied the revamp to their move to HD, Agrawal said.
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Read the full article here
If you click through to the article, they’ve posted an example of a segment for The Soup that was created using this technology. (It’s an irritating clip, but you’ll get the point.) It looks like this will make a very labor-intensive task much easier for the TCR staff. I’m not a tech geek by any means, but it sounds pretty darn cool to me.
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| Monday, December 21st, 2009 | |
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8:21p |
Spoiler alert: Stephen Colbert in upcoming skating race?
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19305 
Once again, our friendly neighborhood Stephen Colbert brings new meaning to the phrase “hard-working” by filming a segment over his break. This looks like it’s going to be yet another knockout in his Olympic series; click past the fold for more information.
This comes courtesy of the Gazette:
Fredricks teams up with Colbert
By GAZETTE STAFF Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
Tucker Fredricks of Janesville will do his part to thank The Colbert Nation.
The U.S. Olympic team speedskater will “coach” Steven Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, in a race against U.S. Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis.
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“At first, I was supposed to race, but they decided to have somebody else,” Fredricks said. “Shani’s name came up, and Shani said ‘yeah.’ ’’
Fredricks said he enjoys Colbert, and he will be ready to take the comedian’s quick wit.
“I really like the show,” Fredricks said. “I know he will make fun of me, and won’t be able to make a comeback.’’
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Read the full article here
Obviously, the Gazette hasn’t yet realized that “SteVens” are “jerks”, but otherwise, this is great news!
(H/t to Katt!)
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2:56a |
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – December 20, 2009
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/x_DAS05eGkc/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19300  Greetings, Zoners, and happy Sunday before Christmas! Everybody get their holiday shopping done? I’m still working on mine, and at the rate I’m going someone may be getting an IOU on Christmas. Those of us here in the Northeast are also digging out from Snowpocalypse ‘09, so it’s been a dandy weekend all around. While we’re waiting patiently for two whole weeks for the debut of TCR in HD, here’s a wrap-up of the best Colbert news from around the Interwebz. Today we have more on Stephen’s support for the US Speedskating team, TCR on a couple of “best of” lists (which offer high compliments to the TCR writers), and why Stephen is a marketing whiz.
US Speedskating
- Stephen Colbert in a skinsuit: Faster, higher, stronger, funnier – The Newark Star-Ledger: “They look like members of Blue Man Group, but beyond that there’s nothing comedic about speedskating,” Colbert says. “These are incredible athletes. My character isn’t ironically detached, he’s ironically a-ttached — things are important to him. And right now we’re here for speedskating.”
- Did Stephen Colbert jinx U.S. Speedskating? – Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Stephen Colbert has been the savior of U.S. Speedskating, jumping in as the team’s sponsor after Dutch bank DSB backed out. Now he might turned around and jinxed Apolo Ohno and company. The fake-news pundit is on the cover of the new Sports Illustrated in full speedskating regalia. The SI cover is perhaps the biggest jinx in all of sports, ranking just ahead of EA Sports’ Madden video game case.
Second City 50th anniversary
- Second City’s 50th Anniversary Celebration – Chicago Reader blog: It was a heartfelt reunion of artists and viewers who’ve grown up together, inspired by the people who came before them. It was also a sobering reminder that time moves on. The message came through loud and clear at the reunion show, during a 1993 sketch by Colbert and Paul Dinello about two brothers pondering their futures. “In five years you’re gonna be 35 years old,” said Dinello to Colbert, who is now 45. “You’re not taking care of yourself.” The line drew a huge laugh, because Colbert is in fine shape–but he looks his age.
Best of the year/decade
- Best TV Shows of the Decade – Hollywood.com: Honorable Mentions: The Colbert Report: Who knew that when the Report spun off from The Daily Show in 2005 it would wind up vastly outshining its progenitor? Pound for pound — since it airs four nights a week — this is TV’s best written show.
- Best and Worst of 2009: Bob’s list – TV Squad, posted by Bob Sassone: The Best: 6. The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert is doing something really interesting here. Where The Daily Show (still very good) is a straight satire and takedown of news, politics, and current events, The Colbert Report is like performance art. He has created this “character” and it has taken on a life of it’s own, and it’s great to see what he does with it each and every night. The writing is brilliant, too.
Stephen Colbert, super genius
- Opinion: Why Stephen Colbert is a media genius – Digital Journal: Viewers have come to expect Colbert to be ignorant and boorish, but he’s far from dumb. In fact, both the fictional Colbert and the actor are incredibly smart in reeling in publicity and a legion of followers who do their bidding.
(h/t DB and Ms I)
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| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 | |
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7:43p |
The Daily Show Toss Recap – Klassic
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19279 Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report…
Greetings and Happy Holidays, Zoners! With a short week of shows this week, we weren’t lucky enough to get a Toss to send us off for the holidays, so I’ve pulled one out of the archives. Here’s one from December 14, 2006:
Daily/Colbert – War on Hanukkah: Stephen Colbert believes it’s time we acknowledge the war waged by Israelite chief Judah Maccabee against the armies of Antiochus.
I hope this classic Toss puts a smile on your pupik! Incidentally, I looked up “pupik” and apparently it means belly button, so I’m not sure how you would put a smile there. I’m not going to attempt to transcribe the Hanukkah greeting Stephen attempts here, but maybe one of our readers can share it. Happy last day of Hanukkah, everybody!
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7:08p |
TRAILER: New PBS Series, ‘Faces of America’ featuring Stephen Colbert
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19275 We blogged about the “Faces of America” TV series featuring friend of the show Henry Louis Gates a few months ago. The show is schedule to start broadcasting in February, and here’s the first trailer about the show. My mother is a genealogy nut, and I absolutely love hearing about the history of people’s families, my own as well as others. I imagine this will be an amazing series, and I’m definitely going to put this on a TiVo Season Pass.
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Here’s a longer preview video – thanks to Roseha for pointing it out!
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5:03p |
When I grow up, I want to be Allison Silverman
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19259 Thanks to Katt, who found the video of Allison Silverman accepting her MUSE award last week. Allison is such a beautiful, amazing woman, and she is hysterical to boot. Her words about being human being a strength and not a liability ring so very true, and something we all need to hear now and again. So please enjoy the video.
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| Friday, December 18th, 2009 | |
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4:31p |
Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse – Pop culture references in The Colbert Report: December 14-16, 200
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19219 
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Hey Zoners! We’re off for break a good long while now, but it’s hard to feel sad after such a great week. Even though it was a day short, I don’t feel cheated at all, there was so much to enjoy! The return of the pinstripe hoodie, top notch musical performances, a simultaneously creepy and adorable take on The Shining. Oh, and my favorite geek-joke of the week: A! u! What were your favorite bits this week? And don’t forget to take the Better Know A Stephen Quiz – post your scores in the comments!
Monday: Intro & Stephen Challenges Shani Davis
“Obama angers our allies. I say he deserves the Nobel Prize about as much as the guy who invented dynamite.”
Ok, completely off topic here, but someday I would really like to hear Stephen say “Dy-no-mite!”. In the mid 19th century, construction relied primarily on the use of gunpowder to blast rock. Nitroglycerin showed promise as a more powerful alternative, but was exceedingly dangerous. Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel sought to create a powerful but safe explosive; his invention, dynamite (essentially nitroglycerin in paste form), revolutionized construction, and earned Nobel his fortune. Perhaps seeking to balance his legacy (an obituary mistakenly published during his life condemned him as “the merchant of death”), Nobel left the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace, to recognize those who “have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”
Tuesday: Intro & Gold
“Christmas is coming, the goose’s cholesterol count is through the roof.”
Sing along with me, kids – Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… (sung here by Harry Belafonte), a traditional nursery rhyme & carol in the UK and US (how about where you live?).
“It’s rich with gold! Gold!”
Oh, Yukon Cornelius as a right wing talk show host? I don’t know, he seems too sensible. From the 1964 stop-motion animation classic Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, narrated by the great Burl Ives.
Wednesday: Opening & Better Know A Stephen
“Merry Christmas, you beautiful old building and loan!“
[You'll only catch this one on the Full Episode, as it's cut off in the video segments] This is at least the second time Stephen has channeled George Bailey, the troubled everyman hero of 1946’s It’s A Wonderful Life. The Frank Capra film follows a discouraged Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) and his guardian angel Clarence, who shows him how the world would be a poorer place had he never been born. A holiday classic, just as A Colbert Christmas is destined to be [Wahoo! It's on Hulu (at 27:30)] Go watch it, you know you want to…“Dear Father in heaven, I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. There’s a bear outside, and I don’t have any nutmeg. I’m at the end of my rope. Show me the way”).
Of all the great segments this week, I think my favorite has to be Stephen’s flashback to the hallway scene from The Shining. Absolutely brilliant, expertly done (plus I love getting little glimpses backstage). The 1980 film, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson, was based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel – it still stands as one of the most
terrifying films I’ve ever seen.
And now, the Better Know A Stephen Quiz:
How many Stephens can you name?? Take the quiz, then check against the key below. 1 point for every correct answer, 2 points if you get it without Google! [Answer key is printed in white - highlight the empty space to see the text]. Which Stephens would you most like to see Better Known?
1. Stephen Baldwin 2. Stephen Chow 3. Stephen Collins 4. Stephen Crane 5. Stephen Foster 6. Stephen Fry 7.Stephen Jay Gould 8. Stephen Harper 9. Stephen Hawking 10. Stephen King 11. Stephen Malkmus 12. Stephen Merchant 13. Saint Stephen 14. Stephen Sondheim
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Time Warner Cable can gargle my mansack
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19217 I live in Dallas, Texas. I live in a high rise loft complex, and the only cable option I have is Time Warner Cable. Living on the 10th floor is not conducive to, say, hanging a dish out my window.
You may remember that when I got to meet Stephen Colbert in October, 2008, my audience question was “When are you going to be broadcasting in high def?” (His answer: “I gotta get some work done first, honey.”) This is something that has been on my mind for a *long* time. As soon as Stephen Colbert started hinting about the HD conversion of the show, I knew that the switch was imminent. I started a quiet campaign, both as a customer and as a webmaster, to find out the scoop about when I would be getting Comedy Central HD on my Time Warner Cable. I have a ton of other HD channels, but this particular one is rather near and dear to my heart, as you might imagine. We even sprung for a 42″ flatscreen in anticipation of this conversion.
I tried contacting anyone I thought might have an answer – Comedy Central media relations, Time Warner, both local and national (multiple times), and couldn’t find anyone who might know when Time Warner Cable, specifically the Dallas area, would be carrying Comedy Central HD. I finally sent an e-mail to an executive e-mail address I got from one of my very favorite blogs, The Consumerist. This is the response I got this morning:
Thank you for writing. You have reached Time Warner Cable’s Office of the President. Time Warner Cable does not currently offer Comedy Central HD in your market area at the present time. Unfortunately, we would not be able to provide you with a time frame of when this channel may be available. Time Warner Cable keeps a constant communication in regards to contract agreements that would allow us to display stations on our network. Until a contract is agreed upon, these stations would not be available. Once there is an agreement, notification is usually sent out to our customers indicating the addition of the channel.
Regards,
John Orzolick
Customer Care Advocate
Time Warner Cable Corporate Office
Do you know what that means, kiddos? That means that the webmaster of the friggin’ LARGEST STEPHEN COLBERT SITE ON THE FRIGGIN’ WEB doesn’t get to watch the show in HD when it comes out on January 4, 2010. And, much more importantly, neither do a hell of a lot of other Time Warner Cable customers who also happen to be members of the Colbert Nation.
I know this is more of a personal rant than anything, but I’m cranky. Dammit. I also know that we have a lot of readers who are not in the US who can’t even get the show on their television. For that I do feel fortunate – that I have the money for cable, and the access to the ‘Colbert Report’ on my regular channel. Not all Colbert fans have that. But still, to know it’s out there and to not be able to get it is just irksome.
And just because I’m in a poll type of mood, please give some feedback in the poll below and the comments.
How do you watch the ‘Colbert Report’?(answers)
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POLL: ‘Colbert Christmas’ – Audio Laugh Track or Au Natural?
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19213 I got super duper excited when I saw @whosmurry Twitter that the ‘Colbert Christmas’ special was on Hulu! Huzzah! But I realized about five minutes into watching it that I prefer to watch the DVD, without the audio track. I think it’s because it’s the way I watched the show the first time I saw it, and it always felt right.
However, I know for a fact that a whole lot of that audience noise was made by Zoners who heard about the preview performances where they recorded the audio track right here on No Fact Zone.
So here’s my question to you: When you watch your “Colbert Christmas” DVD, do you watch it with our without the laugh track?
How do you watch the ‘Colbert Christmas’ special?(online surveys)
Oh, and did I mention? THE ‘COLBERT CHRISTMAS’ SPECIAL IS ON FRIGGIN’ HULU BABY!!! In its entirety! Thank you Baby Jesus!
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4:19a |
Have you ever wanted to carry Mark Malkoff across Manhattan? Well Friday’s your chance!
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19205 Friend of the blog Mark Malkoff has done some wacky stunts in his day. He’s drank a WHOLE lot of coffee, lived in an Ikea, and even lived on a plane for a month. But this one seems to be the most surreal piece of performance art yet!
Here’s the scoop, according to MarkMalkoff.com:
 Can you lift 130 pounds? Do you live in or near NYC? Are you free 12/18? Then have we got an adventure for you! For the holidays I want to disprove to the world the myth that New Yorkers are unfriendly. I’m going to do that by transporting myself from the southernmost end of Manhattan roughly 13.57 miles to the very most northern end of the island by only having people in New York physically carry me the entire way. I’m guessing it’ll take a day and a half.
Date: This Friday December 18, 2009 [That's tomorrow!!]
Start: 7:30am outside the entrance to the Staten Island Ferry
Route: We will be going up Broadway
Finish: tdb The top of Manhattan by Broadway Bridge near 220st & Broadway
I desperately NEED everyone’s help. Please spread the word to your friends in NYC and tell them to carry me! Individuals can carry me two feet or two blocks. I’ll take anything. Luckily I only weigh 130 pounds. For people that can’t carry me by themselves, please bring your friends and you can all carry me together.
To find my exact location this coming Friday there are two ways:
1. check my Twitter @mmalkoff
2. Starting Friday morning call the “Mark Gets Carried in NYC” hotline at (646) 308-1262</a> and ask for me
Thanks in advance for everyone’s help. Let’s show the world that New York is the greatest city in the world!
If you can’t be there, but want to follow his progress, he will be Twittering frantically all day. Let’s all support Mark by getting out there and, well, um, picking him up for a bit. Or at least retweeting some of his more awesome moments during the day. And, as always, you rock, Mark!
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‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ broadcasting in HD beginning January 2010
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19200 Finally! Here’s the official word from Comedy Central:
CH-CH- CHANGES ARE IN STORE FOR THE NEW YEAR AS…
“THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART” AND “THE COLBERT REPORT” LAUNCH IN HD
STARTING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 4
NEW YORK, December 17, 2009 — Get your “Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” fix in full HD clarity starting on COMEDY CENTRAL on Monday, January 4 at 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Fans will be able to revel in their respective shows in crisp picture quality as the shows transition to the new format.
I’m so glad I finally got a new TV! I’ll be able to see that twinkle in Jon’s eyes and that high beam grin of Stephen’s ever so much more clearly now.
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Episode 5161 (12/16/2009)
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19194  EPISODE NUMBER: 5161 (December 16, 2009)
GUESTS: Stephen King, Tom Brokaw
SEGMENTS: The WØRD: Spyvate Sector, Better Know a Stephen
VIDEOS: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
This last week has felt like a month as far as Stephen Colbert news is concerned. We have had such a massive amount of information and news and interesting things (and powerful music performances) to post that we’ve just been in a blogging frenzy. That being said, it’s so sad to realize that this is the last ‘Colbert Report’ episode guide of 2009. We’ve done 160 of these bad boys so far to go along with all of the shows of the year, and it’s hard to believe that we’re wrapping up the fifth calendar year that the show has been broadcasting! Good times!
What a show we ended the year on, huh, Zoners? I loved the “Shining” flash that Stephen had when he roamed the halls of the ‘Colbert Report’ offices on his little tricycle. The red sweaters were a nice touch. I also enjoyed the dialog with Stephen King about the gay terrorist in his book. He’s definitely going to be pushing some paper with that character! One last thing – Stephen King has the best glasses frames EVER!
I always enjoy interviews with Tom Brokaw. He’s always delightful, and has a fantastic sense of humor. Talk about an it-getter! Having Stephen get Tom to say “Whazzup?” was one of the funniest moments of the show, not only for hearing that amazingly ridonkulous word come of of Tom Brokaw’s mouth, but for Stephen’s genuine amusement that he managed to get Tom to say it.
The ending monologue with accompanying graphics was so fantastic. But why, oh WHY did he show his vomiting one last time?! Gah!
What thoughts do you have about the last ‘Colbert Report’ of 2009?
- I know it must have been heartbreaking to find out that Tiger was endorsing other companies on the side.
- Ho on. Do a Tiger.
- After all, is this really the best a man can get?
- Stay strong, Tiger, you are going to bounce back. Nobody else in the world is better at getting their balls out of a trap.
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s New Year’s Rockin’ Jihad.
- Although, truth be told, Ryan Seacrest is the one I’d put in Gitmo.
- “Can You Hear Me Hear You Now?”
- I, for one, am shocked. Does Yahoo still have customers? [Google It]
- I’m sorry, it was Mussilini, talking about fascism.
- Where does C get off telling me to put E before I?
- There is one place where spelling is crucial. My name. It is Stephen with a PH, not Steven with a V. Stephens who spell it with a V are jerks.
- The book firmly established Stephen King as a master of horror who had no friends in high school.
- Being raised by a half-man, half-reptile must have been terrifying.
- Is he gay marrying people? Is that’s what’s terrifying?
- You’ve said that hell is doing the same thing over and over again. In a related question, you’ve written 2 books a year for 35 years. Are you in hell?
- I’ll take your word for it, I haven’t read any of your work.
- So you’re saying you’re lazy, that’s what you’re saying.
- On the other hand, the decade was very good to me.
- It’s not enough to look at history, you have to find someone to blame for history.
- I think this has been a wonderful decade for civility and anyone who disagrees with me can gargle my mansack.
- We’ve got to say goodbye to the decade, but before we do, one last time, for old time’s sake, Wazzzzup!
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2:25a |
Does Stephen give magazines the Colbert bump?
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19184 Yes, according to Vanity Fair’s very informal look at the numbers, having Stephen Colbert as a cover boy results in a Colbert bump in sales.
Should Vanity Fair Put Stephen Colbert on the Cover?
by Matt Pressman
December 16, 2009, 5:01 PM
What otherworldly power does Stephen Colbert wield over magazine editors? It was strange enough when he appeared on the cover of Newsweek back in June (an issue he guest edited)—now he’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated. In 2007 and 2008 he did the GQ-Esquire double-dip, a feat usually accomplished only by such icons of maleness as Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Brady. In the past few years Colbert has also been the cover boy for Rolling Stone, New York, and Wired.
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Actually, yes, Colbert covers sell quite well, according to data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. He boosted Wired’s newsstand sales by 38 percent, Esquire’s by 17 percent, Newsweek’s by 16 percent (according to unaudited numbers), and GQ’s by 6 percent. New York’s sales of its Colbert-fronted issue were about average, and Rolling Stone has not yet reported the numbers for its August 14, 2009 issue, with Colbert on the cover. (A note on methodology: for weekly magazines, I compared sales of the Colbert issue to average sales for the entire year; for monthlies, whose sales are subject to more seasonal variation, I used the issue from that same month the previous year as a basis for comparison.)
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Read the full post here
The VF entry commits the cardinal sin of comparing Jon and Stephen (it does point out that Stephen’s persona lends itself to the cover boy position more naturally), but it’s an interesting collection of data, nonetheless.
Anyhow, I’m not going to argue with numbers favoring more magazine covers with Stephen!
(H/t to Jennie!)
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Colbert’s face on Ohno’s butt cheeks? Listen to Dan Patrick’s show
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/xySiYfSM50c/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19173 UPDATED BELOW
Hahaha! I’ll update this with the audio as soon as it’s available, but Stephen Colbert was a guest on Dan Patrick’s podcast this morning and had some hilarious things to say about the Nation, US Speedskating, Keith Olbermann, and more. His description of the Sports Illustrated cover shoot, calling the speedskaters’ skinsuits “Spanx” for men, was hilarious.
Here’s a post about the interview from Patrick’s blog to tide you over until the audio is up:
Stephen Colbert on speedskating, Tiger Woods’ sponsors
11:30 AM 12.16 Posted By: Andrew Perloff
Stephen Colbert joined the show to talk about being on the Sports Illustrated cover this week and the upcoming Winter Olympics.
Colbert explained the U.S. Speedskating team lost their sponsor during the economic crisis. Colbert asked “Colbert Nation” to step up and they raised $300,000. Now they’re competing internationally with Colbert plastered on their uniform. Dan suggested he put the logo on the athletes’ backsides.
“I would love to have my picture on Apollo Ohno’s butt cheeks,” Colbert said.
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Read the full post here
Thanks for the tip about the show, lvtcr!
UPDATED TO ADD: The link to the audio is now up (thanks, Roland); you can listen to the segment here (also linked through the entry above). It starts about twelve minutes in. Enjoy!
FURTHER UPDATED: There’s video of Patrick in-studio during Stephen’s call. The audio is (obviously) the same, but it’s sort of fun to watch the reaction of Dan and his crew during the interview. Stephen’s great at making people laugh — and it’s nice to hear his real laugh, too.
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Episode 5160 (12/15/2009)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/3PFh4XN7Rw4/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19156 EPISODE NUMBER: 5160 (December 15, 2009)
GUEST: Alicia Keys
SEGMENTS: Joe Lieberman is a Jowly Good Fellow, Prescott Financial, Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude
VIDEOS: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Another stellar musical performance! We’re getting so spoiled, kids. That was my favorite Colbert musical performance since… well, since the last one. And the return of the pinstripe hoodie was a perfect touch. I love the fact that Stephen is willing to try performing just about any type of music. Rap? Sure, why not! I loved the interview, too. Alicia Keys seems to be a real it-getter, which always makes for an entertaining exchange.
It’s hard to focus on the rest of the show with that performance in the front of my mind, but there were some real gems mixed in there tonight. It’s always gratifying to see the hypocrisy of the worst whiners on the right highlighted. The conflicts of interest and the manipulation of people’s fears don’t exactly add up to integrity. Come on, people, if you want to make your case and be taken seriously, don’t be stupid about it. Personally, I found the Prescott Financial segment hilarious, because sheep are inherently funny animals. They make great comedy.
I’m a big fan of religious humor, and the Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude is always amusing. I’m the epitome of Grinchitude myself, but I’m often stunned by the ways others find to kill the Christmas spirit. Hey, let’s put a huge cross on the Christmas tree to remind everyone of Jesus’ agonizing death! Uh… no. That’s just bizarre. But possibly not quite as bizarre as Treesus, King of the Spruce.
So what did you all think of the episode? Let us know in the comments — I’m sure you’ll all have plenty to say about the musical performance. Huge thanks to Ms I for transcribing Stephen’s rap for us!
- Nation, I am flying high. And not just because last night, I interviewed Snoop Dogg. My apologies to our ventilation system.
- At this point, the only reform left in the bill is government-mandated post-appointment lollipops. But don’t eat too many, you’re not covered for Type II diabetes.
- For he’s a jowly good fellow, for he’s a jowly good fellow, for he’s a jowly good felloooooow…. your coverage will be denied.
- Clearly Lieberman has gone from having Joe-mentum to Joe-mentia.
- [Shameless Sports Illustrated plug!] Get this issue now, because after the holidays, I am not going to look this good in spandex.
- Gold’s appeal is elemental. It practically cries out to you from the periodic table. A! U!
- Did you know that if you collect a hundred gold coins, you get an extra life?
- Yeah, pray on it. Just imagine gold is a calf.
- There’s nothing dirty about it. The money is perfectly laundered.
- Everyone knows that trees are Christians. Why do you think so many of them become crosses?
- Specifically, it’s an affront to the Christmas tree’s lord and savior, Treesus, King of the Spruce. Yes, Treesus, the peace-loving evergreen who was chopped down for trees’ sins. They know what they did. And then, I’m gonna guess, nailed to a person. Then Treesus rose from the dead — he’s a perennial — before ascending to the right hand of the Father as a handsome end table for the Lord to put his coffee cup on.
- What is the Element of Freedom? Is it gold? Alicia Keys: No, it’s sheep.
- Alicia Keys: I did start on the Cosby show and you better not show a clip. Stephen: I wish.
- Do you speak Cosby, or did you have to learn it?
- (Cosby impression! Y’all will have to do your own translation.)
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Alicia Keys and Stephen Colbert perform “Empire State of Mind”
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoFactZone/~3/KWaDbKEjMis/ http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19145 Okay, gang, Ann is going to have the full recap for you tomorrow, but I just *had* to get this posted right away, because that performance of “Empire State of Mind” was the best thing to happen in a show of utter gems. Extra mileage out of the pinstripe hoodie would always be funny, but this is just genius.
Video of the performance is posted at Alicia Keys Media; and here’s the official version from ColbertNation.com.
I also transcribed as much of Stephen’s verse as I could, because it’s effing brilliant. There’s one line I couldn’t quite catch; if any of you had better luck, let me know and I’ll edit the post. Edited. Thanks, frank!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I love New York, King of all the Cities
Lived up by the Guggenheim, ’til I got some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, ‘bye George Pataki
Volvo to the dry-cleaners, pickin’ up my khakis</p>
Shoppin’ mall is close, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home theater system, 60-inch plasma
Clean suburban air, much better for my asthma
Still hit the city, Times Square, keep it real
Hard Rock Cafe for the appetizer deal
M&M Store, Disney Store, I’m in heaven
I own this town from 41st to 47th
Take you to The Lion King, that show is fantastic
Leave half an hour early so I can beat the traffic
I can get home really fast, driver rocks an E-Z Pass
Land of cheaper gas and the upper middle class
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New York Times features clip of the infamous “Maya Angelou” sketch
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19141 The New York Times has come out with an excellent review of the Second City show:
Second City Looks Back in Laughter
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: December 15, 2009
Second City’s 50th anniversary occurs at a moment when the company’s influence and prestige may be at a peak, even as television itself seems desperate to find new forms and approaches. Alumni of the troupe represent three of the most highly praised shows on the air right now: Steve Carell in “The Office,” Mr. Colbert on “The Colbert Report” and Ms. Fey on “30 Rock.”
Ms. Fey was not part of the weekend’s events, though several other “30 Rock” actors and writers who also trained at Second City were, including Scott Adsit and Jack McBrayer. But an alumni reunion show on Saturday night included Mr. Colbert and Mr. Carell, who revived a surreal sketch in which they return to Mr. Colbert’s Southern hometown only to find themselves transformed into elderly black women named Shirley and Sarah.
Full text of article
But the coolest part of the article is the fact that embedded about midway through, is two minutes or so of the infamous “Maya Angelou” sketch that was performed on Saturday night. So go watch, and come back and review! While it is not the complete sketch, this gives me hope that it will eventually end up available in its entirety.
Click here to visit the New York TImes article – “Second City Looks Back in Laughter”
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Truth is funnier than fiction: Backstage with Katherine Reutter and Snoop Dogg
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=19127 Thanks to Jennie who found this enlightening, and hysterical, article from the NBC Olympics website:
Backstage at The Colbert Report with Katherine Reutter
“I just want to be careful of something,” Colbert said toward the end of the segment. “Do you have regular drug testing?”
“Yes, we do,” Reutter said.
“OK, Snoop Dogg is on the show tonight. I want to make sure we’re keeping you on a separate floor from him.”
This was not a joke. Reutter was actually backstage on a separate floor from Snoop — the show’s staff made sure to keep Reutter safely away from Snoop’s greenroom, for reasons that were obvious to anyone within one block of the studio. The scent managed to leak to the sidewalk, where it was noticed by members of the studio audience who were waiting to get in. Fans who arrived without knowing who Monday night’s guest was were momentarily confused, until they were filled in on the lineup.
Can you imagine?! Talk about a crazy audience experience! Here’s the interview with Stephen Colbert and Katherine Reutter if you missed it last night.
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