February 2011
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Episode 7017 (1/31/2011) - Dr. Paul Offit
EPISODE NUMBER: 7017 (January 31, 2011) GUESTS: Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit SEGMENTS: Un-American News: Mubarak Mu Problems - Samer Shehata, Current Events VIDEOS: Monday, January 31, 2011
I hope all of you who have been hit by this nasty winter storm are taking it easy today. I wasn’t able to make it in this morning here in Dallas, so I’ve been relaxing and trying to keep me and...
January 2011
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Fantasy Colbert League, January 31-February 3,...
Hello, Zoners! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Are you all refreshed and ready for a new week of shows? I sure am, and this week Stephen’s serving up a really diverse menu, including a philosopher ruminating on classics, an immunologist who’s a crusader for childhood vaccines, and a gamer who believes that playing can make us happy…and save the world. What fun! Monday, 1/30:...
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Fangirl Suit Report: Week of January 24, 2011
“Are we canceled yet?” LOL.
As always, lets look at the marvelous way Mr. Colbert presents himself even as a “…bag of particles governed by the laws of physics,” Pick-up line? Oh, yes.
By my calculations (a.k.a., highfalutin doodling), he is all beef and has rockin’ flux capacitors. He is psychic and a physics fanboy. He leaps Nazis with a single bound and...
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All You Need To Know: Week of January 24 – 30,...
Sunday salutations! The Rally To Restore Sanity crushes Foursquare and Stephen goes overboard with shaking hands with the troops. Find out more with All You Need To Know:
Episode Guides:
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly
Episode 7013 - Guest Charlie Rose
Episode 7014 - Guest Amy Chua
Episode 7015 - Guest Christine Yvette Lewis
Episode 7016 - Guest Brian Greene
No Fact Zone features:
Four...
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Pop Culture References in The Colbert Report:...
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!). Hello Zoners! I hope the State of Your Union (wherever it may be) is strong! If anything, I hope the state of our stomachs is strong enough for the...
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Episode 7016 (1/27/2011) – Brian Greene
EPISODE NUMBER: 7016 (January 27, 2011) GUESTS: Daryl Bem, Brian Greene SEGMENTS: Candyquake, Time-Traveling Porn - Daryl Bem, Gordita Supreme Court VIDEOS: Thursday, January 27, 2011
For those of you who may not have watched the thundersnow clip from 2006 recently, Stephen used the same opening line (“I am Colbert!”) in both shows. It’s interesting to watch the way the line is...
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Eye Candy: Stephen Colbert and Cat Stephens Yusef
Because some mornings, I just gotta start with a big smile from Stephen Colbert.
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Video: Stephen Colbert opens the 2010 TEDMED...
This is a video of Stephen Colbert that was featured at the beginning of the 2010 TEDMED conference, held from October 26-29, 2010. Being an overeducated administrative assistant myself, I really need to look into watching the TEDMED videos!
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No Fact Zone is making the switch to Intense...
Some of you may notice that we’re running a wee bit sluggish, or that comments seem to be appearing and disappearing today. No Fact Zone is working on converting to the Intense Debate comment system. This system has tons of bells and whistles such as:
Reply to comments by e-mail
Reputation Points & Comment Voting (a plus to you Power Zoners who really are the heart of our community)
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Episode 7014 (1/26/2011) – Christine Yvette Lewis
EPISODE NUMBER: 7015 (January 26, 2011) GUESTS: Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis SEGMENTS: Anonymous Insider Author Speculation, Obama’s State of the Union Address - Michael Waldman, Mr. Smith Goes to the State Legislature Then Later Possibly Washington - Curtis Oda VIDEOS: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I’m just a bit behind on guides, so let’s start with Wednesday’s...
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Episode 7015 (1/26/2011) – Christine Yvette Lewis
EPISODE NUMBER: 7015 (January 26, 2011) GUESTS: Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis SEGMENTS: Anonymous Insider Author Speculation, Obama’s State of the Union Address - Michael Waldman, Mr. Smith Goes to the State Legislature Then Later Possibly Washington - Curtis Oda VIDEOS: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I’m just a bit behind on guides, so let’s start with Wednesday’s...
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Eye Candy: Stephen Colbert's high school yearbook...
Gotta love “Lightning!”
h/t Splitsider.com
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Link - UCB theater to feature Colbert Report...
From the website:
Come see the Telly Award-winning writers for The Colbert Report improvise a long form right before your very eyes. Will there be hilarity? Will there be myrth? Will Jeff Goldblum make a surprise guest appearance? Yes, yes and oh my god, probably.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE SOLD OUT - There will be a stand-by line for this show.
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Link: Foursquare infographic shows Rally to...
And I bet it would have been more, too, if 200,000+ people hadn’t crushed the 3G service at the DC mall that day.
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Episode 7014 (1/25/2011) - Amy Chua
EPISODE NUMBER: 7014 (January 25, 2011) GUESTS: Amy Chua SEGMENTS: The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Controversy, ThreatDown - Radical Muslim Snacks, Flying Robot Drones & Coked Up Vacuums, Nazi-ometer VIDEOS: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I’m glad that Stephen explained the controversy behind Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I’d seen some headlines but...
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Episode 7013 (1/24/2011) - Charlie Rose
EPISODE NUMBER: 7013 (January 24, 2011) GUESTS: Charlie Rose SEGMENTS: Stephen Rejects Keith Olbermann’s Power, The Word - Coverage of Denial, Art Stephen Up Challenge - Banksy VIDEOS: Monday, January 24, 2011
The firing of Keith Olbermann has sent waves of disbelief in, okay who are we kidding, no one. But Olbermann will be missed by many. At least we have the solace of having Keith...
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Stephen Colbert to speak at Northwestern 2011...
Northwestern University alum Stephen Colbert will be speaking at the commencement of his alma mater during the Spring 2011 commencement ceremonies at Northwestern’s 2011 commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 17, at Northwestern’s Ryan Field.
Colbert graduated from Northwestern’s School of Communication in 1986. “I think Mr. Colbert is a distinguished alumnus,” said university...
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Fantasy Colbert League, January 24-27, 2011
Happy Monday, Zoners!
I’m still smiling about last week’s scathingly hilarious, no-holds-barred takedowns of Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Ever since the end of December, Stephen’s shows have been more sizzling hot than ever. And this week has a fantastic group of guests with lots of potential for fun, satire, and exploration. I can’t wait! Monday, 1/24: Charlie Rose Turnabout is fair play!...
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Pop Culture References in The Colbert Report:...
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!)
Nǐ hǎo Zoners! What a week! It’s been a little chilly here in the south, luckily I have a homemade Coma Cozy to keep me warm and sedentary -...
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All You Need To Know: Week of January 17 – 23,...
Sunday salutations! The Colbert Report wins at producing, and gets its own college course. Find out more with All You Need To Know:
Episode Guides:
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly
Episode 7009 - Guest Sherry Turkle
Episode 7010 - Guest Cornel West
Episode 7011 - Guest Ron Reagan
Episode 7012 - Guest Chris Matthews
Who’s Honoring Him Now:
Team Colbert wins fourth consecutive Producers...
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Team Colbert wins fourth consecutive Producers...
Congrats to Team Colbert, who were just awarded the The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment and Competition Television during the 2011 Producers Guild of America awards this evening. This makes the fourth year in a row that the ‘Colbert Report’ has received the honor. Congratulations Meredith, Rich, Tom, Allison, Jon and Stephen!
The Award for Outstanding Producer...
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Eye Candy: Stephen Colbert at the Olympics
Thanks to my new Photo Ninja buddy, we’re getting tons of new and tasty eye candy. This beautiful smile is from the 2010 Olympic coverage.
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Added a Tumblr widget on my WP blog
So hopefully you all who have followed me will actually get the feed through Tumblr now. I hope.
Do you think that online “bites” of late night... →
I watch every single episode of the ‘Colbert Report’ from beginning to end every day. I’ll admit, however, to going on a huge video binge on YouTube when I first started watching the ‘Colbert…
Another recap of the Luna Stage performance of...
julesmckenzie:
Before
Today, I left the house with my parents at noon o’clock. I had Wigfield and I Am America (And So Can You!) in my Stephen Colbert bag, ready to be signed by the man if the opportunity were to arise.
The Luna Theater is a tiny ass building on a stupid ass road that was really hard to find. I read directions to my step-dad who was driving and we ended up turning around and...
Episode 7006 (1/11/2011) – Chris Hughes →
Baby Jesus, please let me find a template that doesn’t cost too much that I can actually make work so that I can actually start creating content again and can stop worrying about things like the…
Colbert Report open thread – (Episode 7005 –... →
Hello all! Yes, there have been a huge amount of changes on the site, some which have worked, some, not so much. The problem with being an amateur blogger is that sometimes attempts to…
Six Degrees: ‘Daily Show’ staff promotions →
Veteran “Daily Show” staff members, Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz and Jim Margolis have been promoted to co-executive producers, Tim Carvell to head writer and Pam DePace to supervising producer, it…
Eye Candy: Take 2 →
I know this is broken – I’m leaving it up so hopefully one of the theme gurus at WooThemes can figure out what’s wrong with my image uploader. This is only a test.
Link: How to watch TDS/TCR in the UK →
Eric Drysdale’s “The Man With F.E.E.E.T.” Contest! →
The Project
“Colbert Report” writer Eric Drysdale will be orchestrating a second live performance of his “The Man With F.E.E.E.T.” photography experience on Saturday, January 15,…
Episode 7004 (1/6/2011) – Ronald DePinho →
EPISODE NUMBER: 7004 (January 6, 2011) GUESTS: Ronald DePinho SEGMENTS: Shout-Out to Arby’s, John Boehner’s Large Gavel, Cheating Death – Placebo Effect, Immortality & Wild Lynx, Bill…
Woke up this morning, at 5:40a, to discover NFZ down due to a billing snafu. Trouble ticket submitted. Grr.
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'Colbert Report' and 'Daily Show' may be returning... →
Before Hulu stopped carrying the show, I watched it exclusively on that network. Here’s hoping they become available there again! Any additional venue for watching The Basic Cable Boys is always a good thing.
Episode 7001 (1/3/2011) – Ed Rendell →
EPISODE NUMBER: 7001 (January 3, 2011) GUESTS: Ed Rendell SEGMENTS: Snowpocalypse 2010, Tip/Wag – Susan G. Komen Foundation & Spider-Man Musical, The Enemy Within – Caboodle Ranch …
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – The Best of... →
Hey gang! Welcome to the second part of our look at The Year in Stephen. For this post, we’ve got some memorable quotes from “Stephen” as well as some of the more eclectic highlights of the…
Fantasy Colbert League, January 3-6, 2011 →
Welcome back, Zoners, and happy New Year to all! I wish everyone a healthy and joyous 2011. (*Toasting you all with a sparkling glass of champagne*) One thing that will help get it off to a…
The No Fact Zone State of the Union address for... →
Yes, Zoners, it’s time for our annual first of the year post on the status of the blog, the side projects we have going on, our staff, our site fundraising efforts, and anything else that we feel we…
Stephen’s Jumpsuit (from the nat museum of american historyFlickr page): http://ping.fm/a7m8m
