It doesn't surprise me how many members of the mainstream press dislike Colbert's speech, because I actually thought that he hit them just as hard, if not harder, than he did Dubya.

Well, in my world this is true...

Suddenly I want to talk about ponies again, but I don't want to scandalize ChiKat.

It doesn't surprise me how many members of the mainstream press dislike Colbert's speech, because I actually thought that he hit them just as hard, if not harder, than he did Dubya.

To me, that was the funniest part. Although I do think favorable commentary is getting a little ... erm deep, about Colbert's bravery.

Mostly, I'm with erika. It's not like it was impossible to find out his schtick, beforehand.

George Will is actually a pretty witty guy. He usually reserves it for talking about sports, but he is the one who memorably compared Bush Sr. to a lapdog.

I'm more likely to agree with Cohen's politics, but no, I can't remember him ever demonstrating a sense of humor.

I'll see if I can try that bra on, for research purposes.

I'm tempted too.

A short essay on Colbert's performance: [link]

Even though Stephen Colbert is being showered with well-deserved praise for his masterful performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, I think something crucial needs to be emphasized -- the sheer nerve of it. Imagine if Jonathan Swift had gone into the king's court and read A Modest Proposal aloud to the assembled nobles ("Are you suggesting we are cannibals, Dr. Swift?") and you'll get the idea.

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In his book Paradigms Lost, John Simon points out that humor and wit are nearly polar opposites. Humor is inclusive: it invites everyone to join in on the laugh and feel like one of the crowd. Wit is exclusive: it addresses itself only to those who are in the know, and if the other people in the room feel uncomfortable because they don't get it -- hey, that's a bonus. Colbert's performance was a display of wit at its most lethally cutting. He went into a room with the most powerful man in the world and his courtiers, and he excluded them from the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I think my favorite part of Colbert's speech was him screwing up the "glass is 2/3 empty" joke and almost breaking character over it.

People who not only tell the emperor he has no clothes but also tell the press the same just aren't going to be appreciated.

So, there's a pub in Ireland called The Hooker Bar. Here's a nice picture: [link]

"Reality has a strong liberal bias!" is my favourite bit. My boyfriend and I have been shouting it at each other all week.

ETA: I'm going to assume that it (the pub)'s a rugby thing. Although, my boyfriend's favourite fact he learned about Dublin when we were there recently is that there are 1000 prostitutes working on any one night in the city. His second favourite is that there are more gay people per capita than in San Francisco.

Did anyone catch the sly reference to all the fallout in last night's Report? (Banishing his black friend Alan to Alan-town, where he sends banished Alans, along with Allen-comma-Woody "I didn't care for Match Point...it just wasn't funny.")

Almost as good as begging for a Pulitzer with "Okay, so let's say that Stephen Colbert is a character... and he's retarded but he doesn't know it."

Oh meta, how I love thee.