Link bites: An activist makes a not-embarrassing showing on Stewart's show
3:01 PM
Wayne Besen of Ex-Gay Watch made a great appearance on The Daily Show on March 11 that deserves another look. Activists don't often do well on this kind of thing, but we were impressed. So were commenters on Ex-Gay Watch.
[link to video part 1] [link to part 2]
Speaking of Comedy Central's nighttime, we've heard an interesting rumor from some friends who share our fondness for The Colbert Report. We're not sure how much stock to put in any of this since it mostly seems to be second-hand and third-hand rumors, but folks who know a lot more about what goes on at the comedy network tell us that Stephen Colbert is preparing to make a big-net hosting appearance.
The possibilities are fascinating. After all, that might explain Katie Couric's recent featherwieght interview with the satirist. Who knows, maybe she thought that was a good way to butter him up for an offer from CBS? What? A Letterman guest-host spot? (Except, of course, Letterman does repeats instead of guests hosts.) If they were smart, the folks at CBS Evening News might want to give Colbert the desk on that program. It would probably increase the show's credibility.
Dunno. There is common ownership among the parent companies of Comedy Central and CBS, but the more likely candidate would be ABC's silly show Regis and Kelly-Lee (as Letterman likes to call it). Regis is still on medical leave, so they've been running through guest hosts at a pretty good clip. Would they dare put Colbert on the air right before Rosie? Who knows. But wouldn't that be fun. Kelly might just have an on-air breakdown.
[link to video part 1] [link to part 2]
Speaking of Comedy Central's nighttime, we've heard an interesting rumor from some friends who share our fondness for The Colbert Report. We're not sure how much stock to put in any of this since it mostly seems to be second-hand and third-hand rumors, but folks who know a lot more about what goes on at the comedy network tell us that Stephen Colbert is preparing to make a big-net hosting appearance.
The possibilities are fascinating. After all, that might explain Katie Couric's recent featherwieght interview with the satirist. Who knows, maybe she thought that was a good way to butter him up for an offer from CBS? What? A Letterman guest-host spot? (Except, of course, Letterman does repeats instead of guests hosts.) If they were smart, the folks at CBS Evening News might want to give Colbert the desk on that program. It would probably increase the show's credibility.
Dunno. There is common ownership among the parent companies of Comedy Central and CBS, but the more likely candidate would be ABC's silly show Regis and Kelly-Lee (as Letterman likes to call it). Regis is still on medical leave, so they've been running through guest hosts at a pretty good clip. Would they dare put Colbert on the air right before Rosie? Who knows. But wouldn't that be fun. Kelly might just have an on-air breakdown.
Labels: Colbert Report, link bites, TV
1 Comments:
Hello there!
I had this link thrown at me when I did a search for Stephen Colbert at Technorati.com...
Interesting little rumour... From the little bits I've seen of Regis and Kelly I think she and Stephen would make a great little pairing... :)
You got any more info for a Stephen-starved Brit? (we don't even get The Colbert Report in the UK...)
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