March 6, 2004 www.amazon.com Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born on May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian and television host. He is the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits. Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57. Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted, gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience. In 2005, he left The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to host a spin-off series, The Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show’s news-parody concept, The Colbert Report is a parody of personality-driven political opinion shows such as The O’Reilly Factor. Since its debut, the series has …
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#1 by Novetrix on May 8, 2011 - 4:41 pm
@Nestapoke As far as I can remember, Colbert and perhaps Proops are the only two who had anything to do with Second City, i.e. actual professional improv. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
#2 by Bassbait on May 8, 2011 - 5:15 pm
@tristramshandy3 They do? I don’t really care about that.
Mike Judge’s career has lasted long too, just so you know. He had one of the longest running shows ever with King of the Hill, and has made cult comedy films that to this day are considered some of the best, such as Office Space and Idiocracy. Idiocracy is a huge satire on people with low IQ’s, as is Beavis and Butthead, and if you don’t notice this, then you’re an idiot. It’s clear and simple. They also satirize the media as well.
#3 by tristramshandy3 on May 8, 2011 - 6:09 pm
@Bassbait Okay, I get it: beavis and Butthead were funny, Carlin and Hicks were not. That must be why Beavis lasted three seasons, and Carlin’s career lasted forty years
These are opinions. You are entitled to yours. I am confident that 99% of people with an iq over 100 will agree with me, and 99% of people with iq’s between 50-70 with you. You won the beavis and butthead crowd- congratulations
You must be very nationalistic. That explains it
Carlin and Hicks both rip on USA
That upsets you
#4 by Bassbait on May 8, 2011 - 6:12 pm
@tristramshandy3 No, it doesn’t. Carlin isn’t factually superior. You just like him more. But he doesn’t do anything special. Every other comedian sounds just like him, and they all suck too (Bill Hicks for example). Beavis and Butthead was a funny show because even though the characters were dumb, the writers were very smart. If you overlooked this fact, you obviously didn’t pay any attention, which just goes to show how ignorant you are.
#5 by tristramshandy3 on May 8, 2011 - 6:52 pm
@Bassbait yes, saying Carlin is not funny but beavis and butthead are DOES disqualify you from this discussion.
I enjoyed the laughter though- as ironic and unexpected as it was.
Thanks!
#6 by Bassbait on May 8, 2011 - 7:05 pm
@tristramshandy3
1.Disqualifies? As if you know everything about good comedy because of your retarded biases. Did you know that just because someone doesn’t like George Carlin, that doesn’t make them stupid? Did you know that Beavis and Butthead is actually well written material, with very subtle social commentaries? Did you know that George Carlin hardly ever even TELLS jokes, but just makes observations? Did you know that intellect and preference has no correlation?
#7 by tristramshandy3 on May 8, 2011 - 7:58 pm
@Bassbait the fact that you call Carlin a bad comedian disqualifies you from this conversation. I suppose, according to your page wallpaper, you find beavis and butthead amusing. That tells me what intellectual level you are coming from.
99% of comedians are liberals. Carlin and Maher to Stewart and Colbert.
Where is the counter on the right?
That’s my whole point- there IS none.
Must be all the abstinence and anti-intellectualism, the dominate characteristic of today’s “conservative”
#8 by Bassbait on May 8, 2011 - 8:05 pm
@tristramshandy3 You’re being stereotypical. You only laugh at those people because you agree with them. However, there is no relation between political status and humor level. Example? George Carlin is the worst comedian who ever lived, and he was a liberal. In fact, the majority of great comedians don’t have a clear political stance, nor should they. The ones that do are either “observational comedians” which are AWFUL (Carlin), or their political stance is irrelevant to their jokes.
#9 by Bassbait on May 8, 2011 - 8:58 pm
@mysteriowc
1.He is a genius.
2.He doesn’t laugh at people’s jokes because he’s a comedian, you know, a person who is TRAINED not to laugh, but to make others laugh.
#10 by mysteriowc on May 8, 2011 - 9:39 pm
I love how Colbert acts like he is a genius and wont laugh at other comedians jokes…
#11 by brdbrch on May 8, 2011 - 9:54 pm
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#12 by MrSchnuffs on May 8, 2011 - 10:12 pm
@EdMajinLee199999 I don’t think people should cary around swords either, but I’m sure my point is lost. There are many countries in the world who don’t let their citizens cary guns around and they are deemed much safer than the US. SItuations escalate with guns, not the other way around, which is what I was trying to say
#13 by EdMajinLee199999 on May 8, 2011 - 10:34 pm
@MrSchnuffs right, there would be sword-whipping. They discussed that too, I guess you missed that part.
#14 by guthamwelso on May 8, 2011 - 11:26 pm
Asian women on the street #lushfmlk.info#
#15 by MrSchnuffs on May 8, 2011 - 11:32 pm
I wonder if that gun guy realizes his wife and daughter wouldn’t be getting pistol-whipped if there weren’t any guns?
#16 by greengringo2003 on May 8, 2011 - 11:46 pm
Oh great — another audience of brain-dead, Leftist pussies, who expect the cops to protect them for everything. We can all laff at their dead bodies after the Muzzies and the escaped cons break into their house and slaughter them. Something to look forward to, for all the laffs!
#17 by rickstill122 on May 9, 2011 - 12:01 am
I kept waiting for Colbert to “blow them out of the water” but he spoke for only about 30 seconds of the 11 minutes. I think Phil Hendrie is funniest, but he’s also the most conflicted and bitter. The gun-kissing liberal stance is so punk-rock, and makes him seem paranoid.
#18 by tristramshandy3 on May 9, 2011 - 12:59 am
@Bnjolly I am not familiar with the works of Aristophanes, but I am intimately familiar with the writing of the great Jonathan Swift. How is he conservative, if you don’t mind my asking?
#19 by Bnjolly on May 9, 2011 - 1:36 am
@tristramshandy3 You’re probably right with respect to modern day comedians, but historically satirists have often been conservative. Aristophanes and Swift, for example, were undoubtedly conservatives and I’m not sure how anyone familiar with their work could suggest otherwise.
#20 by stivsama on May 9, 2011 - 1:52 am
@Jitpring That’s because Phil Hendrie’s words have no real contribution to the comedic discussion. Speaking of pigs, Phil Hendrie.
#21 by Pax79pax on May 9, 2011 - 1:58 am
@Jitpring Notice how you verified what Drew said?
#22 by Jitpring on May 9, 2011 - 2:45 am
Notice that these pigs have no real answers to Phil Hendrie’s words.
#23 by Nestapoke on May 9, 2011 - 3:30 am
Seriously Colbert comic timing just blows everyone on that stage out of the water,he’s in a different league.
#24 by bredlin on May 9, 2011 - 3:57 am
I love when Greg Proups is trying hard not to laugh and finally just says “there really is nothing funnier than your wife and daughter getting pistol whipped”
#25 by tristramshandy3 on May 9, 2011 - 4:09 am
Who is funnier the left or the right? Is this serious? ALL of the great satirists and comedians of the last FOREVER were liberals. Seriously, I can’t think of ONE conservative comedian who made any serious contribution to comedy.
Pryor, Carlin, Cosby, Rock, Bruce, Aristophanes, Horace, Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, Thackeray, Vonnegut, and on and on and on and on and on.
There are legitimate debates we can have. This is just absurd.