Colbert @ WH Dinner

[mrbiggs]

I hear Colbert is actually a conservative in real life

Wikipedia says that Stephen Colbert is a Democrat. And wikipedia is always right. Even if you change it.


I don't think that his speech was necessarily all THAT funny without the political aspect. This might be why I've found that Democrats in general find this speech to be hilarious, while republicans are overall saying that it was horrible. (I looked around on the internet.)

[Inquartata]

Well, I wouldn't say "horrible". Certainly he seems from that one example to be superior to that fellow in the bow tie who does specials on PBS, playing the piano and making up satirical political songs. But he's not exactly Mark Twain or H.L. Mencken, either.

[Dr. Pfleschbach]

Well, this is the kind of thing that happens when you abandon the policy of only allowing syncophants to appear at or attend your public appearances. But Bush is a tough guy, so he can take it with a smile, can't he?

[latenight]

Well, I wouldn't say "horrible". Certainly he seems from that one example to be superior to that fellow in the bow tie who does specials on PBS, playing the piano and making up satirical political songs. But he's not exactly Mark Twain or H.L. Mencken, either.

Uggh....I hate that guy!!!

[Philistine]

Uggh....I hate that guy!!!

Which guy? Colbert, Mark Russell, Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken..... or Inquarta?

--Philistine

[rac]

Did anyone check out the MSN video re-hash: Stephen Colbert - Funny Or A Flop?
Scarborough Country

Personally I liked the Titanic/Hindenburg analogy.

RAC

[Moses]

Well, I wouldn't say "horrible". Certainly he seems from that one example to be superior to that fellow in the bow tie who does specials on PBS, playing the piano and making up satirical political songs. But he's not exactly Mark Twain or H.L. Mencken, either.

We're setting the bar a bit high, aren't we ?

And my favorite line:

"You can ask him anything, but he's going to say what he wants at the pace that he wants.

It's like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is."

-Da Mose

[Inquartata]

We're setting the bar a bit high, aren't we ?

I think MrBiggs did that with "genius".

[chefencer]

Analysis: Dinner Theater
Why Stephen Colbert didn't bomb in D.C.

[mrbiggs]

I think MrBiggs did that with "genius".

I've got alot of respect for him.

[chefencer]

From "On The Media" this last weekend:

"BOB GARFIELD: What is the sound of 2,700 people not applauding? From a timing and composure point of view, Colbert was clearly off his stride. How much of this was his material and how much the discomfort of the audience is impossible to measure. Either way, he was asking for discomfort by so indelicately going for blood. But the question shouldn't be, why was Stephen Colbert so rude. The question should be why is the press gathering to toast a sitting politician in the first place, socializing with the government officials they're supposed to be covering. How can you sit there in your formal wear over boeuf and cabernet and maintain an arms-length distance from the person less than an arm's length away from you? The problem with the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday was not the master of ceremonies, it was the ceremony itself. Democracy requires a vigilant press. It doesn't much need the Friars Club."

[Inquartata]

I've got alot of respect for him.

It's still overpraise.

[mrbiggs]

It's still overpraise.

Maybe.