As you probably noticed, The Colbert Report ran its final episode last night. It was a big sendoff for a beloved entertainment icon. But remember when he got just a little too real with George W. Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner and people
I could watch that a hundred times. He went up on the rostrum at their nerd prom, eviscerated them (both Bush and the Hey-we're-powerful-too! Beltway media) and nobody even felt the knife.
How are we going to get along without him? What am I going to watch on the treadmill every morning?
The nervous silence from the audience, the draining away of all the faux bonhommie that usually characterizes the event ... truly a great moment in both journalism and comedy.
I honestly expected Bush to have him killed.
"We'll meet again some sunny day"
Hope so, Stephen...
She is awesome to behold. And funny.
I could watch that a hundred times. He went up on the rostrum at their nerd prom, eviscerated them (both Bush and the Hey-we're-powerful-too! Beltway media) and nobody even felt the knife.
How are we going to get along without him? What am I going to watch on the treadmill every morning?
The nervous silence from the audience, the draining away of all the faux bonhommie that usually characterizes the event ... truly a great moment in both journalism and comedy.
link please?
god. this thing.
truth to power.
still give me the chills.
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenberg.
Ohmygod, Billo as Ed McMahon, perfect.