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Colbert New Comic-in-Chief

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-the-word dept.

scottzak writes "Hail to the Chief! Stephen Colbert addressed the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday (attended by the President, the elite of Washington politics, and the White House Press Corps) and told the truth. Jaws dropped. Eyes popped. The live audience gasped. Scalia laughed his ass off. You want to see a brilliant comic display some real courage? Look no further. Enjoy the reaction shots, and Colbert's audition for Press Secretary job." The BBC covers the act just prior to Mr. Colbert's, where the President and a look-alike took turns making fun of his speaking skills.

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  1. Cajones by PaulQuinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I could think watching this, with Colbert never wavering, never holding back, never hurrying his words, was this man has balls.

    Big, brassy, get-put-on-a-no-fly-list, cajones.

    And kudos for being kinda funny too.

  2. Stephen was bang on... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stephen was in great form with such lines as:

    "Wow, what an honor...to sit here, at the same table as my hero, George W Bush. To be this close to the man. I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You know what? I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough. Somebody shoot me in the face...is he really not here tonight?" (in reference to the Vice President) "The one guy that could have helped."

    That killed me. Later:

    "I believe in democracy. I believe that democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit. As a matter of fact, Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, uh welcome. You're great country makes our Happy Meals possible."

    Huge groan from the crowd on that one.

    He got some huge laughs, but some got no reaction and I can only assume that either those in attendance were brain dead and didn't get it or offended by his frankness. Either way, he was dead on and hilarious.

  3. Re:Torrent link by isd_glory · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I think this one's going to go down in the history books..."

    25,000 people using bittorrent to download an hour-long C-SPAN special
    That should go down in the history books as "the day that the anti-filesharing lobbies collectively went: WTF??"

  4. Re:Worth a watch by fatboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    They eat children, too!

    Only when market forces allow it, not all the time.

    --
    --fatboy