The Colbert Report 2008
The ColberT ReporT
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01-08: That was... big applause. And a long show.
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01-09: Hahaha, using part of a script completed pre-strike?
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01-10: I was wondering if the "Colbert mythos" would see any real additions without the writers, but I guess it can... sort of. "Gorlok" the space alien in a business suit originated in the pre-strike material used the previous night, but was brought up again tonight during the bit about Will Smith's Scientological turn.
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01-11: National Treasure: Portrait of Stephen Good stuff.
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01-14: The continuation of Portrait of Stephen is also good. Basically him riffing on notable American artifacts is good fun. Commenting on George Washington's clothes: "This is nice. This is Seinfeld's puffy shirt?"
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01-15: The conclusion of Portrait of Stephen. He gets his portrait up at the National Portrait Gallery... next to the bathroom.
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01-16: The Nevada primary pie chart roulette was great. Doesn't seem like they practiced it much before filming, considering the first attempt had the ball flying off ("I'm not sure, but I think this means Mike Gravel wins."), and the second spun on much longer than he seemed to be expecting. (Obama won.)
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01-17: The Dobbs interview was good stuff. Sure, it was an old interview with half of it replaced with Stephen speaking his lines in Spanish, but having Esteban Colberto (of Colberto Reporto Gigante) doing the interviewing is a fun trick.
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01-21: He called it! BaHillary Clinton won the Nevada primary.
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01-22: Interesting. Tonight's guest, Andrew Young, negotiated a civil rights-related strike with Stephen's dad back in 1969.
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01-23: Ahahaha, what a hugeass check. Also, that Corliss guy who wants to skydive without a parachute is a cool kind of crazy.
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01-24: The guest: a man who wants to make poker a legitimately accepted way of teaching strategy.
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01-28: My Writers Killed the President of the Mormon Church
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01-29: Colbert made Huckabee. Conan made Colbert. But Jon Stewart made Conan! With dark hair! In leather! In age looong gone!
So Colbert is still a candidate in the Marvel universe? Iiiinteresting.
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01-30: The 50th district Better Known!
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01-31: I should really write these things sooner, because backwriting this entry from February 5th, I can't say much what happened.
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02-04: Ménage à awesome.
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02-05: Bob Dole is old.
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02-06: "The first part in our let's-say infinite-part series, Better Know A Lobbyist."
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02-07: Huckabee is back, and this time with the new fancy-election Colbert Big Board... an air hockey table that knocks floating states around.
Also, the celebrated Black Chinese American... Lieutenant Worf of the Starship Enterprise! Colbert was convincing enough (in a fakey way) of showing Worf to be black and Chinese... but he neglected to show him as an American. I mean, if anything he's Russian.
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02-11: "I see you paid attention in Sunday school." "I teach Sunday school, mother$%
&er;!" Finally making that sandwich with George Washington's sword. --- 02-12: Ahaha. Stephen wants to be a superdelegate, and will vote for the candidate that helps him become one. Also, Holmes-Norton returns! Perhaps the guest that can push Stephen around most, other than Jane Fonda. ---The Colbert Report
--- 02-13: Neil deGrasse Tyson again! Literally hours earlier I included him in a list to my brother of the most frequent Report guests. So no "The Word" tonight. I guess since they already had segments filmed and guests booked for filling non-writer time, today's and tomorrow's shows won't yet be like the regular regular shows. And then they'll go on a week's vacation! Wah wah waaaaaah. Also Kevin Bacon. --- 02-14: Still no The Word, BUT... Leonard Nimoy? Taking pictures of naked fat ladies? --- 02-26: The Word returns! There once was a man named McCain Who had the whole White House to gain But he was quite a hobbyist Of boning his lobbyist So much for his ‘08 Campaign. On the host of the Oscars: "Ellen DeGeneres has never looked more radiant." --- 02-27: I love that even in a coffee shower scene, Stephen is still wearing his WristStrong bracelet. --- 02-28: Blowing up Glenn Beck is a good idea. --- 03-03: I DIG HITLER 'S GOLD ---