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Don't forget the website Crooks and Liars, which always posts its own videos of these crucial TV moments. The O'Reilly and Colbert clips were posted within an hour of their broadcast.
www.crooksandliars.com
And this is a surprise to anyone?
I'm old enough to actually know who Rich Little is. I'm guessing half the Stranger readers probably never even heard of the guy. I myself was surprised to hear that he was even still alive. He is the very personification of a safe comedian. At worst, he'll rib the Decider in Chief a bit over his accent (Rich Little's schtick for the last 50 years or so has been light hearted impersonations). He didn't need to tell us there were restrictions placed on his act, and the WHCA didn't need to deny it. We all knew it already.
Oh, and the WHCA's denial doesn't pass the giggle test. Absurd on its face. If the WHCA had any balls at all, they'd follow up last year's Dinner by hiring Jon Stewart this year (although Bush probably wouldn't even show up if they did).
Hiring Rich Little this year only proves that Colbert was right. They're a bunch of cowards.
Oh, and Colbert is brilliant.
I don't have cable and I don't watch TV. So I'd never heard of Colbert before last year's WHCA Dinner. When I first watched that clip last year, I didn't really get Colbert. And on first viewing, I didn't think it was all that funny. The subtle nuances of his parody of a right winger kind of flew past me.
I've been watching clips of him on Crooks and Liars, and other websites, over the last year, and he's really grown on me. Once I got what he was about, I find him really funny. I recently re-watched that clip of last year's WHCA Dinner, and this time I laughed my ass off. I get so much more now than I did when I first watched it.
His pairing with O'Riely was masterful. Colbert never really clobbered O'Reily blatantly, but he completely controlled every moment of both interviews, leading O'Reily around by his nose. Continuously mocking him with little jabs throughout. O'Reily could barely get a word in during either show, and looked like a total dufus. Well, he always looks like a dufus, but he's such an arrogant asshole, and he usually totally dominates his guests. To see him have no control of any kind over Colbert was a joy to watch.
Colbert definately ruled over O'Reilly. O'R look sheepish and almost meek on the Colbert Report. Hilarious to watch. The "commentators" on O'R after Colbert left, who were discussing why Colbert and Stewart are so popular, were old and completly out of touch. I laughed my ass off while they tried to "figure out" the draw to the comedy central shows. It was so sad when O'R tried to flaunt that he had higher ratings then John Stewart, regardless of their time-slot difference. He came off as pathetic and sad (as always). Does he really get it that the young generation is laughing at him?
I wonder what Colbert's IQ is. I'm guessing it's sky high.
Colbert on TV simply keeps talking and yammering away. I hate O'Reilly and would love to jam a falafel down his throat, but nobody can get much of a word in on Colbert's show. Right Dan?
Was Larry the Cable Guy already booked for that day?
Rich Little should simply not show up at all that night. Just be a no-show. That would be the most useful thing he can do, and a political statement w/o saying anything. He certainly won't cause any problems otherwise. He's like the Gerald Ford of comedy. Bo-o-o-ring!
As for O'R vs Colbert, the reason O'R can't hold a flame to Colbert is because ideologues rely on single-minded thinking. They require everyone to toe the party line and follow their master.
Comedians rely on the fact that there are multiple interpretations... that is the essence of humor in fact. Playing with different points of view.
Keep laughing folks! It'll keep your brain from getting washed. Serious.
Useful book on brainwashing.
for myself i was seriously disappointed by Colbert's performance with O'reilly after all the hype... the 30% off thing was clever (at my local Barnes & Noble the other day I counted 60 copies of the book shoved over in a corner)... if the flatulent old loser doesn't have a coronary on screen, it ain't theater
stephen colbert is very funny, but those o'reilly/colbert clips are more boring than watching a 15 hour documentary on the history and diaspora of the word "boring".
Rich Little only got the gig because Doug Henning was busy.
I have to agree that its pathetic on how the White House still trys to spin Colberts piece as "falling flat."
In the clips I saw, the audience was laughing pretty hard. Those same clips were downloaded about 30 million times. The Wikipedia page dedicated to the event become one of the most contested wiki-pages since the site began and Colbert got certified as comedic god.
How does that equal "falling flat?"
I have to agree that its pathetic on how the White House still trys to spin Colberts piece as "falling flat."
In the clips I saw, the audience was laughing pretty hard. Those same clips were downloaded about 30 million times. The Wikipedia page dedicated to the event become one of the most contested wiki-pages since the site began and Colbert got certified as comedic god.
How does that equal "falling flat?"
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