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British Olympic health salute rankles Colbert
Stephen Colbert dipped into the sports world on The Colbert Report Monday to review the London Olympics opening ceremony, even though he admits he doesn’t understand them. “For some reason, they open the Games with a halftime show,” he said. “I think it’s metric, I don’t know.” While he was…
Colbert ‘regrets’ missing out on media’s partisan Aurora speculation
After pausing Monday night to offer his sympathy to the community of Aurora, following Friday’s multiple theater shooting, Stephen Colbert expressed regret on The Colbert Report – that he couldn’t join in on the rampant partisan speculation around media circles. “There was a ton of inaccurate information I did not…
Viacom restores full Internet episodes of ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert Report’
Media titan Viacom restored episodes of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” to their respective websites on Tuesday, hours after Comedy Central host Jon Stewart compared their brand of capitalism-fueled Internet censorship to the way China’s authoritarian regime handles online dissent. On Viacom’s orders, full episodes of both shows,…
Colbert: Nevada Republicans afraid of ‘none of the above’
Nevada Republicans are scared of “None of the Above,” Stephen Colbert said Tuesday on “The Colbert Report,” and that’s why they have filed a federal lawsuit to remove that option from their state’s ballots before the presidential election. The move is important, Colbert said, because of the undecided voters in…
Colbert: ‘Gay’ Oreos are for ‘homo-snacks-uals’
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert lamented the fact that America’s culture wars have made their way even into the world of our most innocuous snack foods. Earlier this month, in observation of LGBT Pride 2012, Oreo cookies posted a message on its Facebook page…
Colbert scolds Pixar for its ‘blatant rainbow agenda’
Tuesday night on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert dedicated part of his “Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger” segment to the film and multimedia company Pixar, over what he called Pixar’s “blatant rainbow agenda.” Pixar just released the feature film, “Brave,” which tells the story…
Colbert reveals the threat posed by ‘stoner babies’
On Thursday night’s episode of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert addressed a series of new threats facing our country in an installment of his series “Threat Down.” British naturalists, he said, have revealed a previously hidden archive of writings that tell of penguins’ total sexual depravity. In another story,…
Colbert: ‘We are all Hamlet the Pig’
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the polarization of our society and suggested something that we may all be able to put aside our differences and come together over, a tiny teacup piglet named Hamlet. According to a recent Pew Research poll, during the Bush and…
Colbert celebrates Walker victory and the end of America’s unions
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the election results in Wisconsin’s recall election. Gov. Scott Walker (R) won the vote and was able to keep his seat, beating that other guy whose name Colbert can’t remember by a whopping seven points, prompting Colbert to…
Colbert warns of the dangers of ‘self-marriage’
Stephen Colbert spent a few minutes Tuesday evening talking about the rise in self-marriage, where one person decides to marry him or herself. Colbert brought up the topic based on a recent story of a North Dakota woman deciding to take the big jump with herself after she was tired…
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