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9 items tagged "Colbert"

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PerezHilton.com

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  Spider Man!

  Posted: July 17th, 2008, 5:15pm CDT by Perez Hilton

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  Funny man Stephen Colbert inspired a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor last year. And now, a new species of spider will be named after him!

  East Carolina University associate professor Jason Bond has offered to name one of 27 new species of trapdoor spider after Colbert.

  The biologist recently named one for legendary Canadian rocker Neil Young, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.

  Colbert demanded one, too.

  "Where's my spider?" he said on his show. "I have lots of animals named after me: turtles, eagles, Ontario Junior League hockey mascots. The world demands an eight-legged tribute to Stephen Colbert and I do not mean another barbershop quartet."

  Bond told Colbert he could choose one of 27 trapdoor spiders and his choice will be named Aptostichus stephencolberti.

  The professor reportedly said, "Because names are important, it is quite an honor … I wouldn't name a species after him if I didn't think it was appropriate."

  Hey Professor Bond…we want a spider named after us too!

  [Image via WENN.]

Gawker

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  The Brits Discover Stephen Colbert, Hate Fox News [A Colbert Report Report]

  Posted: May 18th, 2008, 2:46pm CDT by ian spiegelman

  Tags:  a Colbert Report  

  A reporter from England's Telegraph is explaining The Colbert Report to his countrymen today. "The Colbert Report is news parody of the first order. The show's titular host offers a funhouse-mirror reflection of the bellicose Right-wing opinionisers of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel (among others) who dominate and dictate the political discourse in the States with lengthy and obnoxious opinion-slots that are somehow passed off as 'news'."

  "While developing a spin-off based around this character, Colbert and his writers took great care in honing his on-screen persona to fit what they saw as a glaring gap in the comedy market for an obnoxious, editorialising political host just like the ones who had come to dominate the US airwaves.

  "'What the character expresses in specific reference to American television is the post evening-news, personality-driven, single-camera shout-fest interviews,' says Colbert. He's referring to hosts such as Fox-bred entities like Sean Hannity and Joe Scarborough, and mildly less offensive CNN presenters Lou Dobbs and Anderson Cooper among many others.

  "Colbert's clearest role model would be Fox News figurehead Bill O'Reilly, who takes great pride in shouting down 'unpatriotic' (dissenting) guests and occasionally having their microphones switched off mid-sentence. 'The emotion of the moment is assumed and amplified by a single voice and regurgitated back to the country at the lowest common denominator,' says Colbert. 'It can be swathed in idea, but it's essentially an emotional event. I'm regurgitating back to you how you feel about it - I am you. I am you!'

  Colbert continues: "At the heart of this is America as the chosen country of God. It's a conflation of the Statue of Liberty and the crucifix: American religiosity and American destiny are one and the same. That's why George Bush was chosen by God to lead the world. Manifest destiny is an old idea, but now it's just expressed in different ways." [Telegraph]

  
  

  

  
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  Stephen Colbert Again Confirmed To Be As Cool As You'd Hoped [Stephen Colbert]

  Posted: May 1st, 2008, 6:26pm CDT by Nick Douglas

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  I hated having to pick one paragraph to quote from this visitor's story about the Colbert Report writers almost as much as I hate seeing Jon Stewart prematurely stepping out of the spotlight for his protégés. Stephen Colbert is, as everyone already knew, a really cool guy.

  He's a great boss, too. When monologues go particularly well, he calls writers to thank them personally. Once, when calling New Zealand "Diet Australia" got a lot of laughs, he gave the author a bottle of wine. Barry was responsible for "The Word" when John Edwards took it over this past Thursday, and the reaction was so good that Colbert said, "What White House correspondents dinner?"

  
  

  

  

PerezHilton.com

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  Over Before It Began

  Posted: November 2nd, 2007, 8:17am CDT by Perez Hilton

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  South Carolina Democratic officials have denied Stephan Colbert’s bid to get on the ballot in his home state as a Democrat.

  The Comedy Central funnyman, who plays a conservative on his show, filed out an application and paid the $2,500 filing fee on Thursday.

  Forty minutes later, top party officials declined his application, saying, “He’s really trying to use South Carolina Democrats as suckers so he can further a comedy routine.” And Colbert “serves to detract from the serious candidates on the ballot.”

  If Stephen really wants to run in SC, he can pony up $35,000 to get on the Republican ballot.

  Do it. Don’t be a cheapo!

  [Image via WENN.]

Cele|bitchy

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  Colbert will run for president as a Democrat (Update!)

  Posted: November 1st, 2007, 1:13pm CDT by JayBird

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  I love the way Stephen Colbert takes jokes way too far. There was the time he claimed that African elephants were no longer endangered and expanded in number to three times their previous population in just six months. As a result, so many changes had been posted to Wikipedia that they had to block access to both the “elephant” and “Stephen Colbert” articles. He’s more the willing to take his humor beyond his show and mess with the everyday as well. I think all is fair in love and humor, but even I’m a little surprised that Colbert is actually trying to get his name on the South Carolina primary ballot – because I’m presuming it’s all for a joke. That’s a really, really involved joke – but if you’re really committed to it, I guess you have to take it all the way.

  It’s no joke: Stephen Colbert really is running for president. The mock conservative pundit, 43, is expected to file paperwork Thursday to enter South Carolina’s Democratic primary, CNN reports. Colbert announced his bid October 16, declaring on his Comedy Central show The Colbert Report that he would run as both a Democrat and Republican so “I can lose twice.” Perhaps price made him change his mind? The fee to get on the GOP ballot is $35,000. (Colbert only has to cough up $2,500 — or get 3,000 signatures — to get on the Democrat ballot.)

  But Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shouldn’t start worrying just yet: South Carolina Democratic officials will meet Thursday to determine whether Colbert is “nationally viable” and has spent enough time campaigning in his home state before putting him on the ballot, according to CNN.

  [From Us Weekly]

  Something tells me Colbert won’t be deemed “nationally viable” – though I’m pretty sure he could take a chunk of votes away from other Democrats and really mess with the polls. It’ll probably make for some good clips on his show, though I would have found it much more amusing to mess with the Republicans. Does anyone else find it telling that you have to pony up $35,000 to run as a Republican, but only $2,500 (or 3,000 signatures) to run as a Democrat? You’d think that, if nothing else, Comedy Central could have dug the money up. Colbert vs. Obama? Mildly amusing. Colbert vs. Giuliani? Now that’s funny.

  Update by JayBird: Lifeline Live just reported: “South Carolina Democrats don’t think Stephen Colbert’s presidential bid is all that funny. Colbert filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. His campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline today, but after about 40 minutes of discussion by top party officials, the executive council voted 13-3 to keep the host of The Colbert Report off the ballot. “He’s really trying to use South Carolina Democrats as suckers so he can further a comedy routine,” said Waring Howe, a member of the executive council. He will be able to get his money back.”
  

  

PerezHilton.com

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  Spreading The Truthiness

  Posted: October 28th, 2007, 2:21pm CDT by Perez Hilton

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  Stephen Colbert kicked off his presidential campaign in his home state of South Carolina on Sunday.

  The Comedy Central funnyman made an appearance at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

  Stephen got the key to the city and was proclaimed South Carolina’s favorite son by Mayor Bob Coble.

  The host of The Colbert Report, recently announced that he would be running for President in 2008 but only in South Carolina. His plan is to run on both the Republican and Democratic ticket.

  Colbert was honored to receive the key to the city and said he “loves South Carolina, almost as much as South Carolina loves” him.

  Stephen also says that if he is elected as President, he promises not only to crush the state of Georgia, but also Tennessee.

  Colbert for president!

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  He’s A Contender

  Posted: October 26th, 2007, 8:45am CDT by Perez Hilton

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  A new poll shows that if the U.S. presidential election were to be held today, and the candidates were Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton and Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Central funnyman would get 13% of the votes. For real.

  God bless America!

  [Image via WENN.]

Cele|bitchy

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  Stephen Colbert Running for “President”

  Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:12pm CDT by JayBird

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  Stephen Colbert may be on the short list of famous men who have the potential (honor, really) of becoming my husband. So far it’s Andy Samberg, Anderson Cooper, and Colbert, in that order. Though Anderson Cooper might get bumped to the head of the line after he visited Sesame Street yesterday and gave his news report from a garbage can. So the other two guys are really going to have to work, and I think Stephen Colbert is trying, because he understands nothing is sexier than power. And with that in mind, he’s thrown his hat into the ring and is running for president of the United States. And it’s unclear if he’s totally and completely joking, because he’s messed with some important social stuff before (like Wikipedia).

  Colbert for 2008? Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president. “I shall seek the office of the president of the United States,” the Comedy Central host, 43, declared Tuesday on his show, The Colbert Report, as red, white and blue balloons rained down around him.

  “After nearly 15 minutes of soul-searching, I have heard the call,” he told the audience. Colbert said he planned to run in his native state of South Carolina, “and South Carolina alone” as both a Democrat and Republican, explaining, “I can lose twice.” He listed his running mates as Colbert-Huckabee, Colbert-Putin or Colbert-Colbert.

  [From Us Weekly]

  All well and funny, but I will point out that Stephen has a crazy following that just could accidentally get him elected.
  Colbert eventually coined a neologism to reflect this truthiness in action: “Wikiality,” which he defined as “a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.” To demonstrate, Colbert told viewers he was going to silence the endangered-species lobby by claiming that the population of African elephants had increased threefold in the previous six months. Within hours, so many changes had been made to Wikipedia, the popular, communally edited, online reference site, that its administrators had to restrict access to its “elephant” and “Stephen Colbert” entries.

  [From Vanity Fair]

  So I’m just saying, it’s pretty damn funny, and I’m sure you’d do a hell of a lot better than the current president, but there’s a chance you may actually end up in the Oval Office. Be careful what you wish for.

  

A Socialite's Life

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  Stephen Colbert For President

  Posted: October 17th, 2007, 4:59pm CDT

  Tags:  Stephen Colbert  

  

  Fun! Yay! Smarter than our current president and wicked funny. I know this is all to publicize a show and a book, but whatever. I'd rather see Stephen Colbert's crazy ass running things than the current administration of Jesus freak rich white people. Oh, wait. Errr....well, we don't know if he's into Jesus, anyway. And if he is, at least it will be amusing. This current administration is no fun! I hear tapping on my phone sometimes! I know what's going on!

  The Comedy Central pundit, who already serves as commander in chief of the Colbert Nation, announced on Tuesday night's Colbert Report that he is officially entering the 2008 presidential race.

  "After nearly 15 minutes of soul searching, I have heard the call," he said. "Nation, I will seek the office of the president of the United States. I am doing it!"

  
  Colbert announced that he will only be campaigning in his home state of South Carolina, and that his ticket will be "Colbert/Colbert 08'". His new book is called "I Am America (And So Can You!)" I'm up for a mock campaign any day. Get em', Stevie!

  
  
  (WENN)