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G’day Zoners and welcome to my final goodbye post here at NFZ.

Before I get on to sharing a few of my favourite clips with you, I thought I would first share with you how I first became a fan of Stephen and “The Colbert Report”, and how I first managed to come across “No Fact Zone”.

Although it shames me to admit it, I do not actually remember the exact moment when “Stephen” went from being that self-absorbed and opinionated bloke on tv after the equally annoying Jon Stewart, to the Stephen who’s show has become a staple in my daily schedule and whose varies magazine covers are hanging proudly on my bedroom wall. You see there was a time when I really did not know or understand anything about American politics and the various other topics discussed on “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”, and for the most part I was too young to care about them - there were far more pressing “issues” to worry about when one was in High School. I am farely certain that I was first introduced to Jon Stewart through watching “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and in turn to Stephen through Jon, in around February of 2007. I do remember that I much preferred Conan’s off the cuff and almost slapslick style of comedy to the satire of TDS and TCR, but while I was in my phase of not liking either of these shows, I do know that somewhere in the back of my mind something was telling me that these shows are unique, and unlike anything else on television, and that I should perserve and continue to watch them.

And perserve I did!! I had finally cracked the code and soon found myself diving headlong into “Stephen’s” parallel universe, and in no time I was in awe of Stephen and the amazing hard work put into creating an episode of TCR. I knew I had found the fandom for me when I found myself voting to have Space Shuttles and a whole manor of things named after Stephen. On a serious note, I have even found myself taking more of an interest in politics and current events, something that would never have had it not been for the cleverly interesting ways in which important issues are broken down and reconstructed on the show.

As my curiosity about Stephen and the show grew, I was fortunate to come across NFZ and was immediately blown away by the respect, dedication and intellegence of the fans who are apart of this community. There is nowhere else on the web that I can think that allows you to have such indepth and enlighting discussions about a television show, and still be die hard fans girls without having to first sift through 60 pages of crotch shots and paparazzi photo’s. It has made it an all the more joyful experience watching the show knowing that when the episode is finished I have somewhere to go and discuss the show with like minded people, and not having to warble onto my real life friends who really have no interest in the show what-so-ever - they really don’t know what they are missing out on. Thankfully, though I do have one friend in the real world who is willing to put up with my inane ramblings about that “awesome thing that Stephen did on last night’s show” (she is currently obessed with K-Pop and Rain! to which Stephen would be appalled to here!!). We’ve got it down to a fine art of stealthily coded conversations about the show, in which we’ve given Stephen the very Australian nickname of “Colbie” - in Australian slang nicknames are a sign of affection and are generally a shortened form of a person’s name with “a”, “o” or “ie” added to the end.

I hope that in my 18 months as a Completist specialising in “Six Degrees” posts that I have been able to share some of the best moments from the careers of those associated with Stephen and the show, and maybe even introduced you to some new fandoms along the way. It has been an immense joy and honour to be apart of this community, not only as a Zoner but also as a Completist, and I will be very sad to see NFZ come to an end.

I would not be able to bid farewell to you all without sharing some of my favourite moments from Stephen’s illustrious career with you. My first set of clips are from “Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando”, and highligt the sheer genious of the character and the show, followed by Stephen at his most hilarious and “fearless”.

“Formidable Opponent: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:

“The Word - Why Are You Here?”

“Fallback Position - Air Force Thunderbirds”:

“Stephen Strong: Army of Me - Basic Training”:

“Stephen Strong: Army of Me - Basic Training Pt.2”:

Finally, I leave you with my two all time moments of Stephen.

The Daily Show “Prince Charles Scandal”:

“The Late Night Fight Trailer”:

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G’day Zoners! I hope you are all enjoying your nice warm spring weather. Winter appears to have come early down in Aus, we are all freezing to death and it’ still only Autumn. Anderson Cooper, Mother Nature needs to be on your Ridiculist list!! But enough about the weather and onto this weeks Six Degrees round-up. This week Ed Helms hosts SNL, Demetri Martin has a new book out, Josh Gad receives a Tony nomination, Kevin Bleyer has been revealed as the writer who helped President Obama pen is WHCD speech, and New York Magazine goes inside Amy Sedaris’ New York City apartment.

The Colbert Report

Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)

• Mark will be appearing as part of UCDB - Live! at SketchFest NYC on Thursday, 6th June at 10:00PM.

• Mark recently appeared as himself in an episode of the webseries “Casters”.

Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)

• Tim was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show”.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (Host)

• The Wire’s Business Insider has listed Jon’s “Top 9 Takedown’s”.

Brian Unger

• Monsters and Critics have reviewed Brian’s new History Channel program “How the Stars Got Their Stripes” a must watch for the whole family.

Demetri Martin (Contributor)

• Demetri plays “Not My Job” on NPR.

• Demetri talks to Morning Edition’s Linda Wertheimer about his new book“This is a Book”.

• From FunnyorDie.com “Demetri Martin Convinces us that he Wrote a Book.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondent)

• Ed recently hosted ”Saturday Night Live.

• Ed will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Wednesday, 18th May.

John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer

• John has been announced as one of the hosts of “Montreal Comedy Festival”.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• Congratulations Josh and “The Book of Mormon” who have been nominated for 14 Tony Awards - including a “Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical” nomination for Josh.

Kevin Bleyer (Writer)

• Business Insider reveals that it was Kevin Bleyer who helped President Obama pen his White House Correspondents Dinner Speech.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Congratulations to Kristen who recently won the “Lucille Lortel Off Broadway Award” for “Outstanding Featured Actress” for her work in “The Coward”.

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Amy’s New York City apartment has been featured in New York Magazine - Home Design.

Conan O’Brien (Conan)

• It has been announced that Conan will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College on June 12th, 2011.

Jeff Goldblum (Friend of the Show)

• Jeff was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show”.

Jimmy Fallon (BBFSM)

• Jimmy will be a guest on “Live with Regis and Kelly”.

Steve Martin (Friend of the Show)

• Steve was recently a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Conan”.

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G’day Zoners! I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break. I’ve spent my much needed week of Uni eating far too much chocoloate, and compilling the latest round-up of Six Degrees news. This week Jon Stewart will again be performing in the Story Pirates benefit, Mark Malkoff races a NYC bus, Aasif Mandvi pen a book of semi autobiographical essys, Ed Helms is set to guest host “SNL”, Samantha Bee will co-host the 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards, “Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person” debuts on Comedy Central, and Conan O’Brien is a guest on “WTF with Marc Maron”.

The Colbert Report

Glenn Eichler (Writer)

• Glen’s new book, with illustrations by artist Joe Infurnari “Mush! Sled Dogs with Issues” is set to be released on December 6th.

Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)

• Mark will be talking to actress Julie Dawn Cole who played Veruca Salt in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) about her new book, “I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on May 2nd at Anthology Film Archives.

• In Mark’s latest challenge “Big Wheel vs. Bus” he must race a NYC bus one mile on 42nd Street while on a Big Wheel.

• Mark’s next challenge for My Damn Channel involves eating 330 eggs in 1 month - 11 hard boiled eggs per day (egg white only).

Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)

• Tim will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Wednesday, 11th May.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (Host)

• Jon has made The Hollywood Reporters “New York City Power List” at #5. (h/t Anais)

• Jon talks to The Columbus Dispatch about why he stills enjoys doing stand-up, despite the huge success of “The Daily Show”.

Jon Stewart (Host), John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer), Kristen Schaal (Contributor), and Josh Gad (Contributor)

• Jon, John, Kristen and Josh will be performing in a lucky child’s play at “Story Pirates Third Annual After School Special” to be held at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, on May 20th at 6:30PM.

Aasif Mandvi (Correspondent)

• Aasif has secured a book deal with Chronicle to to write an untitled book of semi-autobiographical essays. “Topics include a young Indian boy’s dream of becoming The Fonz, and what it’s like for a Muslim child to move from Mumbai with his family to US in search of the American dream.”

Beth Littleford (Former Correspondent)

• Beth talks to the New York Post about her time as a correspondant on “The Daily Show” and about her current work on “The Hard Times of R.J. Berger”.

Demetri Martin (Former Contributor)

• Demetri will be a guest on “Conan” on Tuesday, 10th May.

• Demtri will be performing at the Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, 18th June at 8:00PM.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondent)

• Ed will host “Saturday Night Live” on May 14th.

Elliott Kalan (Writer) and Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• As part 92Y Tribeca’s Closely Watched Films series, Elliott and special guest Kristen Schaal will be discussing Elmor Rice’s “Counsellor at Law” (1933), on May 4th at 7:30PM.

John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer)

• John talks to the Av Club about the second season of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show”, and his work on “Community” and “The Daily Show” - in which he dicusses how he used to watch Stephen’s unedited interview tapes, to prepare for his own interviews.

• John will be performing at the “Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit” to be held on 10th May at Carolines on Broadway, NY.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (Jersey Boys) talks to ABC News about “The Book of Mormon”.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen stars in a web series promoting Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play (The Playstation Phone).

Olivia Munn (Correspondent)

• Olivia will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Friday, 6th May.

Samantha Bee (Correspondent)

• Sam will co-host 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards with Zazh Braff. The ceremony will be held on 1st May at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

Steve Carell (Former Correspondent)

• Steve will be a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on 2nd May.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondent & Writer)

• Wyatt’s first ever comedy special “Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person” debutes on Saturday, May 14 at 11:00PM.

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Amy talks about her character Sue Lemon, and what it was like working with Neil Patrick Harris in the new indie comedy “The Best and the Brightest” in this on set interview.

Martha Plimpton (Company)

• Martha will be a guest on “Live with Regis and Kelly” on 27th May.

Steve Martin (Friend of the Show)

• Steve will be a guest on “Conan” on 3rd May.

Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers (Friend of the Show)

• Steve will be a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on 3rd May.

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G’day Zoners! I hope your all enjoying April Fool’s Day, and more importantly brushing up on your “Friday” lyrics so you can all sing-a-long with Stephen tonight. As much as I loathe that song I really hope Stephen can put the TGI back in Friday - it was once my favourite day of the week. But I digress. This week in Six Degrees News Jon Stewart makes a cameo in “The Adjustment Bureau”, Jason Jones is co-starring in a new CBS comedy pilot, Lewis Black stopped by “The Late Late Show”, Mark Malkoff will be a guest on “Beer Diplomacy”, Amy Sedaris has a new iPad App, Conan talks about “Conan O’Brian Can’t Stop” and Movits! are touring Canada and The US

The Daily Show

The Daily Show and Jon Stewart

• Thanks to eagle eyed Zoner RobM who recently saw “The Adjustment Bureau” for catching this:

  “Jon Stewart and The Daily Show are featured somewhat prominently in The Adjustment Bureau? A clip of Matt Damon’s Congressman character appearing on the show is included in the opening montage, and in the second half of the movie he goes back on the show and there’s some short scenes that take place “backstage.””

• Also thanks to Zoner lockhart43 for providing this clip in which Matt Damon explains how Jon came to be in the movie - Spoiler alert: Jon ad-libbed all of his lines.

Jon Stewart (Host)

• Jon has been announced as the special guest for the New York Food Banks 9th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 7th at Abigail Kirsch’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River, NY.

• Jon will be performing at the Palace Theatre in Columbus, OH on Friday, April 29th at 7:30PM.

Brian Unger (Former Correspondant)

• Brian will host a new series for “The History Channel” called “How the States Got Their Shapes” which sets out to uncover the mysteries of the U.S. map, from the back stories of the jagged edges to the roots of the unusual shapes.

Jason Jones (Correspondant)

• Jason will co-star alongside Heather Locklear in the CBS comedy pilot “The Assistants”.

John Oliver (Correspondant & Writer)

• John was the featured guest on Nerdist Podcast #69.

• John talks to “The Globe and Mail”, “State News”, and “Paste Magazine” about working on The Daily Show, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Special and his role as Vanity Smurf in the upcoming movie “The Smurf’s”.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• Josh talks to “The A.V Club” about his role in the new Matt Stone / Trey Parker musical “The Book of Mormon”.

Kahane Cooperman (Co-Executive Producer)

• Kahan talks to the “Montclair Patch” about balancing family life with her job at “The Daily Show.”

Lewis Black (Contributor)

• Lewis was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”.

Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show Co-Creator)

• Lizz will be spending the month of July on tour benefiting Planned Parenthood.

Olivia Munn (Correspondant)

• Olivia was recently a guest on “Conan”

Samantha Bee (Correspondant)

• David Goodman of The Huffington Post goes “One-on-One” with Sam.

Steve Carell (Former Correspondant)

• Steve’s final episode of “The Office” will air on April 28th.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant & Writer) and Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Wyatt and Kristen will be appearing at “The Videogum 3rd Annual Comedy Show and Party” on Thursday, April 7th at Bell House Brooklyn.

The Colbert Report

Ben Karlin (Co-Creator)

• Ben has signed a new two-year deal with ABC Studios to develop projects for the studio through his company SuperEgo Industries.

Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)

• Mark will be a guest at “Beer Diplomacy” on Monday, April 4th.

• Mark talks to Arik Abel about The Art of Living Virally”.

Tom Purcell (Executive Producer & Writer)

• Tom talks to the South Bend Tribune about his career, working on “The Colbert Report” and describes Stephen as “He’s the type of guy that you say my mom likes him more than she likes me. He’s so polite.”

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Check out the new “Simple Times” iPad App.

• Conan talks to the New York Times about “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” a documentary by Rodman Flender that goes on the road and behind-the-scenes of last year’s “Legally Prohibited Tour”.

• Conan was featured alongside Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyes in Martha Stewart’s “Men Who Make Us Laugh”.

Dana Carvey (The Dana Carvey Show)

• Dana was recently a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman”.

• Split Sider takes a “Look Back at The Dana Carvey Show”.

• Dana will be performing at The Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas, NV on April 16 - 17th at 8:00PM.

Dan Savage (Friend of the Show and Advice Columnist)

• Dan was recently a guest on “The Gayle King Show” to discuss his YouTube project turned book “It Gets Better”.

Jimmy Fallon (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and 6 Month BFF)

• Jimmy was recently a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

Movits! (Band and Friends of the Show)

• Movits! will be touring the US and Canda this April and May. Check out Movits.se for the full list of tour dates and venues.

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For those of you who enjoy hearing Stephen swear, I think you’re going to like this clip.

Warning: NSFW

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Just a heads up - if you’re on Tumblr, make sure to follow the No Fact Zone Tumblr account. Our very own Karenatasha will be live at the 2011 Comedy Awards, covering the event before it is broadcast on the air on Sunday, April 10th! Hear about the gags, see the red carpet threads, and find out who wins the Late Night award. The festivities start at 7p EST, as that’s when the stars start walking the red carpet. In addition to Stephen Colbert, the presenters list is like a Who’s Who of Who’s Funny in US Comedy today - Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Rob Corddry, John Cryer, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Tracy Morgan, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Craig Robinson, Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island boys [with Akin], and more! And we’ll bring you the scoop on the event as it’s happening!

[Why yes, we’re totally jazzed, why do you ask? It’s the exclamation mark abuse, isn’t it?!]

If you’re not on Tumblr, you can still read the coverage - just go to our No Fact Zone Tumblr account. Karenatasha will be doing an in-depth review for our site about the event here at No Fact Zone later this weekend.

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G’day Zoners! I don’t know about you, but I am still stuck in a post Ben & Jerry’s brain freeze of joy. Only Stephen could make chocolate coated potato chips and salty caramel swirl sound tasty. But I digress. In this week’s Six Degrees round-up; “Earth (The Audio Book)” receives more award nominations, Kristen Schaal features in a new “The National’s” film clip, Jimmy Fallon appears at The Paley Center, Allison Silverman appears on “This American Life”, and Conan O’Brien, Jon Stewart and Lewis Black are to be featured in Comedy Central’s tribute to the late Greg Giraldo.

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

• “Earth (The AudioBook)” has been nominated for an Audie Award in the “Humour” Category.

John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer)

• The second season of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” premiere’s on Thursday, March 24th.

• John talks to the Houtson Press about working on “The Daily Show”, and his stand up his career.

Kevin Bleyer (Writer)

• Kevin talks to The Sun Sentinel about working on “The Daily Show” and his upcoming book on how to fix the US Constitution.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen and John Slattery star in Indie band “The National’s” new video “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Monday, March 14th.

Paul Mecurio (Warm-Up Comedian)

• Paul was recently a guest on ”Mall of America House Comedy”.

Samantha Bee (Writer)

• Sam was recently a guest on “The Late Word with Lawrence O’Donell”.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• Wyatt will host the “Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards” to be held on Thursday, March 10th at the Austin Studios, TX.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Exec-Producer and Head Writer)

• Allison reports on “This is Your Life” as apart of “This American Life”.

Jay Katsir (Writer) Rob Dubbin (Writer)

• Jay and Rob talk to “The Atlantic” about the new “Carmen Sandiego Facebook App”.

Friends of the Show

Conan O’Brien (Conan) and Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)

• Conan and Jon appeared via video to wish Kid Rock a Happy Forty F***ing Birthday at his Birthday Bash Concert in Detroit.

Conan O’Brien (Conan), Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) and Lewis Black (The Daily Show)

• Conan, Jon and Lewis will be a part of Comedy Central’s tribute to the late Greg Giraldo on Friday, March 18th at 11;30PM.

David Sedaris (Friend of the Show)

• “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” (audiobook) has been nominated for a Audie Award in the “Humour” Category.

Greg Hollimon (Strangers with Candy)

• Greg makes a cameo appearance in “Too Much Game”.

Jimmy Fallon (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Stephen’s 6 Month BFF)

• Jimmy appeared at The Paley Centre last night for “An Evening with Jimmy Fallon”. (h/t Karen)

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G’day Zoners! I hope you’ve all had a good week, I’ve spent my final week of freedom before the new Uni year starts by relaxing and admiring Stephen’s new “Project Magazine” cover (so much less scary than the alternate version!!), and to help you all relax, I’ve got the latest round up of Six Degrees news. This week Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and John Legend add Grammy’s to their trophy cabinets, John Oliver has a special edition of his “New York Stand-Up Show”, Allison Silverman’s new series has been picked up for a second season, and Movits! and The Moutain Goats have a new albums on the way.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Head Writer & Executive Producer)

• IFC has picked up “Portlandia” for a second season.

Rev. James Martin (TCR Chaplin)

• “An Evening with Rev. James Martin, SJ” in which the Rev. discusses his book “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life” will be held at Boston College on Friday, March 4th.

Jay Katsir (Writer) and Rob Dubbin (Writer)

• If you havn’t already checked it out, the “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” Facebook App is now avialable.

Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)

• Tim will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Friday, March 3rd.

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

• Congratulations to the team from “The Daily Show” (and Sigourney Weaver) who recently won the Grammy for “Best Spoken Word Album”.

Jon Stewart (Host) and Lewis Black (Contributor)

• Jon and Lewis will be featured in a tribute honouring Greg Giraldo to be aired Comedy Central on Saturday, March 26 at 10PM.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondant)

• Ed was recently a guest on “Conan” to promote his new film “Cedar Rapids”.

John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer)

• John will be hosting a special edition of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” at the “SXSW Comedy Festival” on Monday, March 14th at 8:00PM and 10:30PM in Austin, TX.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• My Damn Channel has posted the trailer for Josh’s new comedy series “Gigi: Almost American”, which premieres on Wednesday, March 23rd.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen will be performing at the 3rd Annual Women in Comedy Festival alongside Jen Kirkman, Morgan Murphey, and her sketch comedy partner Kurt Braunohler on Saturday, March 12th at 7:00PM and 9:30PM at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

Lewis Black (Contributor)

• Congratulations to Lewis, who’s comedy album “Stark Raving Black” recently won the Grammy for “Best Comedy Album”.

Lizz Winstead (Co-Creater of The Daily Show)

• Lizz will be hosting “Political Satire Writing Workshop” on Saturday, March 19th at 11:00AM and 4:00PM in Minneapolis, MN.

Samantha Bee (Correspondant)

• Parent Dish talks to Sam about working at “The Daily Show”, raising 3 children under 5 years old, and her strange childhood.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• Wyatt will be performing at 92Y Tribeca on Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00PM. (h/t Karen)

Friends of the Show

John Legend (Singer)

• Congratulations to John and The Roots, who recently won the Grammy for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance”, “Best R&B Song”, and “Best R&B Album” all for there new album “Wake Up!”.

The Mountain Goats (Band)

• The Mountain Goats recently performed “Birth of Serpents” from their upcoming album “All Eternals Deck” (out March 29th), on “The Late Show with David Letterman”.

Movits! (Band)

• Movits! will be performing, with special guests at “Moes Original Bar B Que” on Wednesday, April 13th at 9:00PM, in Denver, CO.

• The film clip for Movits! new song “Sammy David Jr” from their second album “Out of my Head” (released April 5th) has been released.

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G’day Zoners! The boys are on a break this week, but that doesn’t mean there’s a break in the world of Six Degrees. This week Amy Sedaris drops by “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Neil DeGrasse Tyson stopped by Bill Maher’s round table, Ed Helms has a new movie out, Dana Carvey returned to “Saturday Night Live”, and Jon Stewart has been named one of the best stand-up comics to graduate from MTV.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Head Writer & Executive Producer)

• Allison has written a new article for Slate entitled:
  Made in USA - Americans should be proud of their fine domestic tear gas.

Julian McCullough (Warm-Up Comedian)

• Julian and Sean O’Conor star in the comedy shorts “Atom Original #3 “Feats Of Strength”“ and “Meditation”.

Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)

• Mark has set the world record for “Longest Phone Call With One’s Dad While Sitting On Someone’s Shoulders” at the “World Record Appreciation Society” event held in Brooklyn, New York.

Peter Grosz (Former Writer)

• Watch Peter in “What’s My Name?” from The Second City Network.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (Host)

• Jon has been named as one “The 7 Best Stand-Up Comics Spawned By MTV”.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondant)

• Ed was recently a guest on “The View” and “The Late Show with David Letterman” to promote the latest season of “The Office” and his new film “Cedar Rapids”.

Elliott Kalan (Writer)

• As part 92Y Tribeca’s Closely Watched Films series, Elliott will be discussing George Marshall’s “Destry Rides Again” (1932), on March 2nd at 7:30PM.

John Hodgman (Contributor), John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer) and Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• The John’s and Wyatt star in the new film clip for “Moves” by The New Pornographer” directed by Tom Sharpling.

Kevin Bleyer (Writer)

• Kevin will present “When News Breaks, We Should Fix It” at the 2011 Festival of the Arts BOCA on Sunday, March 6th at 4:00PM.
  Tickets: $25 - $40.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen hosted last weekend’s Writer’s Guild Awards: East Coast Ceremony, you can watch her opening monologue and musical routine here: [Link]

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Amy was recently a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote her book “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People”.

• Amy will guest star as the First Lady of Ohio, on the March 23rd episode of “Hot in Cleveland”.

Dana Carvey (The Dana Carvey Show)

• Dana recently hosted “Saturday Night Live” and teamed up with Mike Myer’s to perform their classic “Wayne’s World Sketch”.

John Legend (Singer)

• John will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Monday, February 14th.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Rock Star Astrophysicist)

• Neil was recently a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher”. (h/t mellamanfatima)

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Did you know that the ‘Daily Show’ has a franchise in the Netherlands? Neither did we, until we saw this video of TDS:N host Jan Jaap van der Wal interviewing Jon Stewart at the TDS:TOS studios. You can check out more about the new show at the The Daily Show (Nederlandse Editie) official site.

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