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...compare another to Paris Hilton, the humor is right there in reality, and all people like Colbert have to do is repackage it on a Comedy Central platter; the laughs and good ratings follow naturally. Though founded on pure humor and even some flat-out fabrications, shows like Colbert??s and Stewart’s have become an outlet for actual truth in a moment when the mainstream media can’t capitalize on lies and gaffes without coming off biased. Even Letterman was scolded for continually berating McCain for skipping his show.Conservative humor like...
...them have since found happiness in love. The message to mere mortals who constantly feel awkward around the opposite sex is that there are happy endings. While most of the book’s pieces are very strong, some do fall short. Most notably falling into this category is Colbert??s “The Heart is a Choking Hazard.” Colbert, one of the book’s headliners and the winner of the Associated Press’s 2007 “Celebrity of the Year” for his comic genius, writes...
...procedures at UC meetings?) For those of legal age, sit back, relax, and put on your patriotic best. You’ve survived the bulk of the campaign week: you deserve it. TAKE A SHOT… 1. If Robin Williams’s campaign reminds you of Stephen Colbert??s short bid for the presidency. 2. Every time Williams makes a poor attempt at a joke about being single. 3. Every time Robin Williams wears a George Washington-esque wig. 4. If you feel awkward for Williams after Linney breaks the news on Thanksgiving that he never...
Facebook isn’t the best measure of serious political sentiment in the country—probably not many of Colbert??s 1.4 million Facebook backers intend to cast a vote for Steven come primary day. But the unprecedented level of support for him speaks volumes about the popular perception of presidential politics. Colbert is a satirist who mocks the system—his entire character is a self-parodying illusion. The fact that a “fake” candidacy can generate so much more enthusiasm than any of the various “real?...
...Colbert??s candidacy may be more publicity stunt than anything else, but the sentiment behind it is genuine. This mock-run is not the first manifestation of a surprisingly widespread desire to put Colbert or his fellow fake news show host Jon Stewart in the White House. (A popular line of “Stewart-Colbert ’08” t-shirts already surfaced earlier this fall.) Certainly the belief that Colbert and Stewart could fix the nation’s political woes is a fantasy, but perhaps it’s a more compelling fantasy...