Colbert was excellent. For those of you who didn't see the show, the best segment involved a surprise appearance by John Edwards. The wait prior to the show was fairly obnoxious, a function of the heightened security surrounding the high-profile guests. Security that, unfortunately, robbed me of my beloved keychain Leatherman. Perhaps they thought I'd tweeze Hillary to death. Apparently they've read the blog.
A few pecks of behind-the-scenes dirt:
- They powdered him a lot. Stephen must be sweaty. I feel closer to him than ever.
- He and I are now on a first-name basis.
- Stephen needed only two tries to throw a Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili Tortilla Chip into the greedy mits of Ben Franklin.
- Nerdiest crowd I've ever been in, bar none. And I've been at Notre Dame history department prospective student parties...Zing!
- Stephen (or whatever intern he has deejaying between segments) has excellent taste in music. They played Neutral Milk Hotel's "Holland, 1945."
- Ben Franklin played air guitar to "Higher Ground" by the Chili Peppers.
- Stephen did a hand-stand into the awaiting arms of his stage manager, Mark McKenna. It was goofy and endearing. He looked like he may have hurt his back. I feel extremely close to him.
- There were long breaks in between segments.
- The editors cobbled together the beginning from two takes. B-Frank botched his first try at the toaster gag. It wasn't much funnier when he did it correctly.
- They cut the funniest joke in the show! Well, "funniest" if you have the sense of humor of a twelve-year-old boy. Stephen asked about what Rep. Murphy & his compatriots ate in Baghdad and he said, "mostly MRE's." Stephen replied, "I hear if you eat one of those, you won't have to take a dump for the rest of your tour." Then he got noticeably embarrassed having said that to a congressman, but saved it by pulling his Peabody Award out from under the desk for all the world to see.
- Stephen has a lot of energy. They told us he would. Stephen never broke character. They told us he would, during audience questions. If he did, I missed it. However, if you'd like to see him more serious than usual, I recommend this video of his interview with Charlie Rose:
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Colbert did an interview with Terri Gross a couple years ago that endeared me completely--him and Steve Carell, as a matter of fact. Both of these guys have a level of commitment to basic decency in their approach to humor as you'll find among comedic actors, etc. It's a special treat indeed when SO'B has DVR'd an episode or two of the Colbert Report to share with us when we show up to drink his beer.
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