Holy shit, dude. SO JEALOUS. Sadly I have not had the pleasure of attending a taping, so I can't say. I swear I remember reading through taping reports from people somewhere.. probably from no fact zone if I had to guess.
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I don't know when this was last updated but I found this:
http://www.nytix.com/TVShows/Current/ColbertReport/index.html
They are reservations, however, meaning that it will warrant waiting outside an hour or two before they allow you to enter, because from what I hear they completely overbook so if you don't get there in time, tough luck.
I mean I can honestly pass for an 18 year old(I'm 16) but the email confirming the reservation states that you need I.D. If they are strict and thorough about it, then I probably won't bother to go, but I do have this chance that I don't want to pass up.
Yeah, that is seriously a rare opportunity. I hope that you manage to get in somehow.
The stroke of luck I couldn't believe. I logged onto Facebook and the Colbert Report page had a link to the site that said "Get free tickets". I hastily clicked on it, and agreed without looking. I tried to refresh the page in hopes of getting tickets under the name of a friend who's 18, but once I did it was done with the promotion.
I know this doesnt belong here, but is there any way for me to watch saturday night live. I do not live in the U.S.
I mean I can honestly pass for an 18 year old(I'm 16) but the email confirming the reservation states that you need I.D. If they are strict and thorough about it, then I probably won't bother to go, but I do have this chance that I don't want to pass up.
If you stand in the line for hours to get it, I don't think they'd turn you around based on that technicality… if you had someone else that was 18+ with you probably wouldn't hurt? But yeah, if they say they're going to check I.D., then... they're probably going to check I.D. There might be legal reasons for that. (I dunno what those reasons would be, but there might be.)
@bartholemew:
I know this doesnt belong here, but is there any way for me to watch saturday night live. I do not live in the U.S.
You don't want to. The show has been mostly terrible since the early 90's.
_I love the comedy sketches that i see in youtube. I figure if its a half hour of that then i would like to see it. Even the old ones. I have been watching abbot & Cost_ello for a while now.
13 x 7 is 28. haha
WHAT!!!
GO AWAY!!
@bartholemew:
_I love the comedy sketches that i see in youtube. I figure if its a half hour of that then i would like to see it. Even the old ones. I have been watching abbot & Cost_ello for a while now.
13 x 7 is 28. haha
It's NOT that. The show is an hour and a half, and only the good stuff makes it to youtube. Its mostly terrible. You're better off sticking with what the internet has decided are the highlights.
O.k. I trust you Will take your word.
@RobbyBevard:
You don't want to. The show has been mostly terrible since the early 90's.
That's kind of unfair.
The 90's crew was way too stacked and the quality during that period was superior to anything BEFORE it (yeah I said it)
The current crew is decent (Fallon was terrible in SNL but he's a decent host - go fig) and some of their political stuff is still legitimately funny as are some of the "Weekend Update" segments - not to mention the Teebow skit, what, a week ago?
I'm not saying it's high art or anything -there's a LOT of hit and miss- but there was hit and miss back in the old seasons too.
Just Saiyan
I just saw the last season finale. Justin Timberlake and Lady gaga. Omg that shit just cracked me up. I haven't laughed that hard in so long.
Conan's set is tiny tonight. lol
Conan on Letterman. Talking about Leno.
Probably won't stay up long, but, some fun stuff there.
Craig Ferguson in Scotland has been on all this week and it has been pretty great.
Craig and Mila Kunis
Craig (kinda dressed as a Gumby from Monty Python) and Rashida Jones on the beach
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Did you guys hear about Russel Brand and Chris Rock getting late night shows on FX?
Also forgot about the greatest thing in Craig Ferguson's show in Scotland: Mila Kunis wearing a kilt.
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Leonard Nimoy narrating Mitt Romney's life story on the Daily Show was glorious.
We get Daily Show over in the UK on Comedy Central everday as well. Yay. I don't watch it every day, but its always good fun when i do.
I would like to have Colbert/Letterman on as well…but we don't get that ( i think. )
Okay now Larry David is doing Obama's bio on The Daily Show bleeping hilarious.
Jon Stewart is scheduled to take a 12-week hiatus from hosting the Daily Show this summer, in order to direct his first feature film.
According to Deadline, Stewart will get behind the camera for ROSEWATER, which is based on Maziar Bahari’s book Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story Of Love, Captivity And Survival. The book tells the story of Bahari, a BBC journalist, who was held in an Iranian prison for 118 days and viciously interrogated while covering the country's Presidential election back in 2009. The title comes from the one thing Bahari knew of his interrogator - he smelled of rosewater.
(He was arrested days after doing an appearance on The Daily Show, as I recall.)
As for what will become of THE DAILY SHOW in his absence, the program already has some weeks off for re-runs built into its summer scheduling, but, when they are fresh on the air, it'll be regular DAILY SHOW correspondant John Oliver filling the anchor's chair.
So we'll still be getting the Daily Show only John Oliver will be hosting it? I think I'm going to like this…
I love John Oliver so I'm okay with this. I need to get back in the habit of watching The Daily Show/Colbert Report again. College has wrecked that the past few years…
Once long ago Jon took a break for a week and Colbert hosted in his place. He then went on to get his own show…
I wonder if the brand would be able to sustain a third show with Oliver spoofing british news....
Nah, probably not, since they'd all three be eating the same daily news stories and it already feels repetitive when Colbert gets to making jokes Stewart did 20 minutes earlier.
I don't have a problem about this. Since I think John Oliver is pretty funny.
I think it's awesome how The Colbert Report is quite possibly the only show that literally was a promo for itself. It'd be fun if they did British fake promos for John. Although John Oliver is currently the best correspondent on The Daily Show, so in all seriousness I'd hate to see him leave. I feel like he gets the most screen-time, so it makes sense he's filling in. If you can believe it I've already seen people complaining that they're not going to attempt bringing back old correspondents to do the hosting instead. Not that that wouldn't also be cool, but I think John can handle it.
John Oliver is the best and funniest guy they have on there right now… he's certainly always the one I look forward to. He's also been on the show for some time, possibly longer than anyone else currently there? I mean, he's been there since like 2006, around when Colbert got the spinoff and Steve Carell left for holywood.
The difference is I think, he plays it pretty much straight, as if hes dead serious about what he's saying, while everone else is kind of "nudge nudge, wink wink, this is all just a joke". Plus, his style leans toward the kind that Americans like best from the British. Exaggerated, and full of odd accents and mannerisms like Monty Python.
Yeah and all the other exceptional correspondents have left to do their own thing. The biggest two obviously being Steve Carell and Stephen, then there's Rob Riggle and more recently Wyatt Cenac… Lewis Black's "Back in Black" segments were great, although he rarely makes an appearance nowadays. I have no idea what the schedule line-up is going to be, but part of me is hoping some old faces will pop in for the guest segments.
This has the potential to be godly… I love John Oliver, so this'll be great.
Altho, I do hope there is some kind of onscreen joke about how Oliver only got picked so nobody would have to re-adjust to calling the anchor "John".
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Hmmm - I don't get all the John Oliver love - he isn't bad but I don't see him deserving of that much praise.
Although I would say he could definately do a better job at it rather then Samantha B, her humour just makes me feel uncomfortable a lot I don't know why.
I'm depressed because there's been a shit storm of people accusing Stephen of transphobia. like this person
http://transradical.tumblr.com/search/stephen+colbert
How is comparing him to Rush Limbaugh even a remotely fair comparison? The big difference to me is that Rush is genuinely an asshole. The "
" video is kind of bizarre, I'll admit. It very nearly sounded like a bit of snark, but he was out of character. I guess to trans people, these jokes are akin to rape jokes or homophobic jokes. Although I wonder how many people are aware Stephen is playing a character. This person I linked does kind of seem to know that, but clearly not everyone does. I'm kind of wondering about Stephen's true views on it. He's never really talked about transgendered people out of character. Maybe this is simply me making excuses for him, but I feel that he's a very anti-bullying sort of guy who wants to help a lot of people, and that's why I can't imagine he's transphobic. What constitutes as fair game in the comedy industry? Is there actually a line that shouldn't be crossed? It's even more tricky because the character Stephen plays is SUPPOSED to be offensive, but he and his writers decide what gets put in, and the show could do just as well without trans jokes.I think the person on that site takes it WAAAAAAAAAAAY too far but I can honestly say I've been offended more than a couple of times by things Colbert has said. Although, that joke he made about the "Other than men" thing Herman Cain said had nothing wrong with it… I don't get how that was supposed to be transphobic. However, I have been offended by other things and It's one of the reasons I prefer Stewart (Also because Stewart comes off as genuine while Colbert is clearly playing a character) but it's not enough to make me hate Colbert's show or stop watching him or call for a boycott, though I would like to see that "It Gets Better" video to see what he apparently did (I'm at work now, can't watch)
I do agree with her that it's ridiculous that we're still a punchline a lot. Any time a joke goes to the "Not really a woman" area it pisses me off to no end. That Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Dad" still lights a searing fire of white hot rage in me to this day.
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another thing is, that person is making it sound like because he's made mistakes and said potentially offensive things, everything good he's ever done, and all he is, means nothing. That a man's good character can be that easily ruined just pisses me off. I'm sure he can learn from this. I didn't know until a little while back that "tranny" is an offensive slur because people casually use it all the time. I learned because of a similar situation like this actually. But people can always change and be better.
when you get a chance to watch it… the comment is at the very beginning, but it's like the blogger is saying the entire rest of the message doesn't mean anything just because of that one thing at the beginning? Stephen says almost immediately after that that this is for anyone who gets bullied, whoever you are, and he gives an inspiring message to people. But yeah he's such a terrible person how dare he tell people to make hurtful words into a weapon to fight back against bullies. I would also argue Jon Stewart and/or the Fake News Correspondents have also gone "too far" at times even for me.
"Tranny" and "Shemale" are both words that were co-opted by the porn industry and now hold that connotation, so they're hurtful.
I've always treated them like the N-word. In the aspect that WE can say it, but unless I know the person and give them permission, it's offensive if other people do.
Most things people do tho aren't enough to really make me hate them or stop watching them. I have a problem with the use of trans people as punchlines (ESPECIALLY the "She was a He!" jokes, ugh) but I know it's a thing that is ingrained into society and Cis people won't stop doing it over night.
Seth MacFarlane, on the other hand, can get several small cuts all over his body and then be locked into a vat filled with a lemon juice, salt, needles, and razor blades with barely an inch at the top to breathe and be left to drown in it slowly as his arms and legs get tired and he can't hold himself up anymore.
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Anybody else here watch Jimmy Kimmel?
I usually watch Conan every Monday-Thursday and Jimmy Fallon on Friday nights or on Sunday when I am bored. Conan is always the best to me since I fist started watching him in 2009.
Well I hope Jimmy Fallon enjoys the show for 8 months before Leno takes it back.
I had something to say to this news, but then Robby Beat me to it.
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To make it even funnier, apparently Leno is upset about the fact they want him to leave at all and is calling the execs snakes.
HA!
I wish Leno just leave already.
I wish Leno just leave already.
NBC wants that in the worse way but supposedly Leno had clauses in his contract to prevent early termination.
Yeah, the reason he has the job currently is because it cost less to fire Conan and breach his contract that it would have to do Jay's.
Craig Ferguson owns all, it's not even close. He is insanely funny.
All I know is that I'm definitely watching Conan very closely for a while now. His response to this is gonna be awesome.
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Peter Dinklage is guest starring on The Daily Show come Monday!
Now it's officially official.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-leno-fallon-nbc-20130403,0,665621.story
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Colbert love. <3
Jimmy Kimmel trying (and failing) to get Harrison Ford and Chewbacca to bury the hatchet
