Oh good, I taped. Must watch when I get home.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jan 17, 2006 7:20:14 am PST #755 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sue - Jan 17, 2006 7:21:23 am PST #756 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I love Mary Louise Parker's necklace. [link]
Hayden - Jan 17, 2006 7:55:39 am PST #757 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Did anyone else watch The Colbert Report last night?
I loved how he could barely maintain his persona while interviewing Stephanopoulos. I gotta say that those are my favorite interviews, where the guest thinks the Colbert persona is so funny that he cracks up Colbert himself. I also love the ones where the guest totally doesn't get it and gets angry, though.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 8:03:24 am PST #758 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I also love the ones where the guest totally doesn't get it and gets angry, though.
It boggles me that people would make a television appearence without at least getting an idea of the show is going to be like. I was kinda bummed when it turned out that Barney Frank just didn't get the joke for real (granted, that was a taped appearence rather than an in-studio one, but even so, a politician who's been under the media microscope for being out and then ending up in a scandal because of it should know better).
I think Colbert needs to go out on the street more, in full persona, and see how many people think he's for real and how many don't. He might get punched, though.
Kathy A - Jan 17, 2006 8:04:28 am PST #759 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I loved Colbert's line about how, if George decided to run for office himself, he'd have to have one hell of a long bumper sticker.
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2006 8:05:02 am PST #760 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
He (and the show) are getting pretty famous, as I've seen a number of articles about the show. So in the future fewer people will not get the joke, methinks.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 8:09:01 am PST #761 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So in the future fewer people will not get the joke, methinks.
The Daily Show was always able to find rubes.
Their explanation was--people just want to be on TV, and TV makes people stupid.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:21 am PST #762 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I gotta say that those are my favorite interviews, where the guest thinks the Colbert persona is so funny that he cracks up Colbert himself.
Me too. I find the ones where the guest doesn't get it uncomfortable to watch -- it's much more fun when they realize they're meant to be arguing with a straw man.
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:28 am PST #763 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Daily Show was always able to find rubes.
Their explanation was--people just want to be on TV, and TV makes people stupid.
But I would think that the political types guesting on the Colbert Report would be more aware of pop-culture stuff like TDS and TCR.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:52 am PST #764 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He (and the show) are getting pretty famous, as I've seen a number of articles about the show. So in the future fewer people will not get the joke, methinks.
I certainly think the volume of guests that don't get is going to go down, though somehow Ali G managed to get away with it for longer than I would have expected. That's why I'd send him out on the street - even with the press, there are bound to still be a lot of non-media people who don't know because they don't read the press and don't follow Comedy Central at all.