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Is The Colbert Report hitting a creative pothole?
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central  This is not a column that is going to say that The Colbert Report has stopped being funny. The show is still strong in that regard, delivering at least one good laugh per episode. But what I'm concerned about that it seems as if the writers of the show are going through a creative drought right now, and I'm wondering if they're going to come back from that drought.
The big indicator to me that there's a bit of an ebb is that lately the producers have been booking...
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EFF sues Viacom over YouTube video takedown
Filed under: PVR Wire, The Daily Show, Web, The Colbert Report  Remember how Viacom asked YouTube to remove 100,000 videos? Then after Google takes down as many videos as it can, Viacom sues the company for $1 billion, saying Google is profiting from Viacom content including clips from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report?
Right, so now, about a week later, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has turned around and sued Viacom, claiming that one of the videos in question was actually a parody of The Colbert Report, and protected under fair use. The video, produced by MoveOn parodies both Stephen Colbert's schtick, and...
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The AmeriCone Dream is not Colbert-worthy
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central  Ever since Ben & Jerry's came out with Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream flavor ice cream, I've been on a frantic search for a pint. Even with the aid of the No Fact Zone blog's map, my quest has been fruitless... until today. Around noon, I got a panicked phone call from my friend, who told me that I needed to go to a nearby cafe as soon as possible because the dessert freezer was stocked with pints and pints of AmeriCone Dream. Of course, I picked one up as soon as possible and...
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First Colbert gets his own ice cream, and now a pork chop?
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central Just reading the description of The Stephen Colbert, a pork chop from Trio's Restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas has me salivating like Pavlov's dog: If you love freedom, and we know you do, you'll love this porkchop: a porterhouse cut pork chop marinated in an apple marinade, grilled, and covered with a South Carolina peach & ginger barbeque sauce served with Sweet Home black-eyed peas, chipotle-white cheddar mashed potatoes and sautéed Swiss chard. Continue reading First Colbert gets his own ice cream, and now a pork chop? TV Royalty, The Colbert Report, Celebrities Ben & Jerry's has released the all-new AmeriCone Dream flavor ice cream, a salute to everybody's favorite faux right-winger, Stephen Colbert. Right now, it's as hot as an ice cream can get without turning into soup. Unfortunately, some people are having trouble finding supermarkets and stores that sell the flavor. Well, fear not, Colbert Nation members who are not lactose intolerant! The No Fact Zone blog has started a wonderful little project to help Colbert Report fans all across the US.
Here, you can find a Google Map of various locations that carry the flavor. The...
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Stephen Colbert lives the Americone dream
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Colbert Report, Celebrities, Comedy Central  The rumors have reached a fever pitch. Will Ben and Jerry's be producing a Stephen Colbert-inspired ice cream? Well, take a look at this. It's a packaging sample sent to Colbert fan site No Fact Zone by a Whole Foods corporate employee.
Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream. Vanilla Ice Cream with Fudge Covered Vanilla Cone Pieces and a Caramel Swirl. Ben and Jerry's will neither confirm nor deny the partnership. However, they did tell Salon that "...there's been a lot of experimentation with red, white and blue."
So truthy,...
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Yale vs. Harvard for worldwide comedy domination
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Celebrities, Comedy Central  Watch your backs, Harvard alum. Yale's looking to take on the Crimson mafia's domination of televised comedy. For the uninformed, this is the fast track to a job as a television comedy writer:
1. Be a man - preferably a Catholic or a Jew. (More guilt = More funny)
2. Go to Harvard. (Legacy, class privilege, whatever it takes to get you there.)
3. Write for the Lampoon.
That's it. Within a year or two of graduation, you should be writing for Conan, The Daily...
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Stephen Colbert Day declared in Oshawa after Saginaw hockey victory
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, The Colbert Report, Celebrities, Comedy Central  Mark your calendars and book your air travel; in a couple of months, "Stephen Colbert Day" will be celebrated in Oshawa, Ontario.
Last week, you may have heard Stephen Colbert play a statement by John Gray, the mayor of Oshawa. Gray stated that if his city's Ontario League hockey team, the Generals, lost to the Saginaw (Michigan) Spirit -- home of team mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle -- that he would declare a day in the near future "Stephen Colbert Day."
The reason for the challenge? Colbert's rips on...
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Stephen Colbert, Bill O'Reilly and my sighs of disappointment - VIDEOS
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, News, TV Royalty, OpEd, The Colbert Report, Celebrities, Comedy Central  After all the excitement from Comedy Central and the web, I must say I was expecting a little more from the O'Reilly/Colbert appearance swap. Don't get me wrong, though, because I was definitely entertained. It's just that I didn't think the whole thing lived up to the hype. When it ended and the dust quickly cleared, I confusedly blinked and looked around. No carnage... Only mild scrapes, light bruises and the sound of my annoyingly exaggerated...
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It's Colbert vs. O'Reilly tonight!
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, The Colbert Report, Celebrities, Comedy Central, Talk Show  Tonight is the night, people. Set the TiVos and send the kids to bed early... Bill O'Reilly and Stephen Colbert will be guests on each other's shows.
It all starts at 8 pm when Colbert goes to the mothership Fox Newschannel to be interrupted and talked over on The O'Reilly Factor. How will O'Reilly handle it? Will he pretend he doesn't get Colbert? Or, will he be a jerk? Will Stephen be able to hold his own or get a word in edgewise? Oh,...
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