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Colbert offers a million to charity if Trump will teabag him by Halloween
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took on the purported “bombshell” announcement by businessman and reality TV host Donald Trump that was supposed to up-end the presidential race yesterday, which of course turned out to be a big announcement of nothing. The hype started on…
Colbert on ‘Mystery Monkey’ attack: ‘Who knows who started it?’
Stephen Colbert revisited the case of Florida’s “Mystery Monkey” Monday, following reports that it bit an elderly woman last week. “I don’t believe you can call it an attack,” a local wildlife rescuer told WTSP-TV. “The monkey got on her shoulder, both sides freaked out.” Colbert was skeptical of that…
Colbert puts Iran’s leaders ‘On Notice’
With time running out on Iran’s chase for nuclear capability, Stephen Colbert said Tuesday, saving the world was up to him, leading him to put the country’s leaders on his “On Notice” board. “Mullah this over!” the Colbert Report host announced, while slotting them between the band OK Go and…
Colbert: My character is a mix of O’Reilly, Cooper and Geraldo
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert revealed the inspiration behind his Colbert Report persona — and the confusion that his antics sometimes create. “I often don’t know who people invite to come talk to them,” Colbert said in the interview, which aired Sunday on Oprah’s…
Colbert pans Romney’s Hispanic outreach
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the fact that Republicans are having a hard time scoring new voters among the changing demographics of the U.S.. The mostly white conservative party’s hard line on immigration and social programs have made it hard to recruit among non-whites, who…
Colbert: Michelle Obama only got DNC speaking gig because of who her husband is
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert dissected First Lady Michelle Obama’s widely praised 2012 Democratic National Convention speech. Rock-ribbed conservative pundit Colbert was not drinking the Obama-ade, however. “Oh, I wonder how she got that gig,” he mused. ”Crony capitalism! Solyndra!” The First Lady, he said, spoke…
Colbert does the talking for Todd Akin
Stephen Colbert took on what he called “the other storm” swirling around the Republican Party on The Colbert Report Tuesday night – Missouri senatorial candidate Rep. Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” debacle from last week – by donning the congressman’s face in order to expand on Akin’s position. “All he’s saying…
Colbert: Newt Gingrich is ‘a baby-eating werewolf’
On the Colbert Report Thursday, host Stephen Colbert used the proud example provided by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), who recently defended there accusations that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin was a infiltrator working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood, to take a stand…
Colbert’s tip for businesses: Be more controversial
In covering the tempest surrounding Chick-Fil-A Monday on The Colbert Report, host Steven Colbert hit upon a new business strategy: Don’t run away from controversy, embrace it. “Just associate your product with a divisive political position and wait for the cash to roll in,” he said, before pitching some trial…
Colbert schools ‘Comrade’ Chris Hayes in ‘gravitas’
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert welcomed up-and-coming political commentator, author and host of MSNBC’s “Up with Chris Hayes,” Chris Hayes, who has recently released his first book, Twilight of the Elites. Colbert began the interview by bringing up “the elephant in the room,” the…
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