April 30, 2006
If you have not watched Stephen Cobert's speech at the white house press correspondents dinner, then you really, really should. He went for the jugular with his jokes at an event that is normally pretty lightweight.
Much better YouTube link
Much better: complete streaming video direct from C-SPAN. Two too many Bushes at 53mins; Colbert at 1:05mins.
It really is surprising that the AP and other mainstream media fawning found the lame-ass stunt double bit to be the lead. Read Howard Kurtz try to defend his boys.
Eh, not that suprising--he made the press corps cry, so they're taking their ball and going home.
That was rough.
"Yeah, give it up. Mayor Nagin, I would like to welcome you to Washington, D.C., The chocolate city with a marshmallow center. >> And a graham cracker crust of corruption."
At home, Colbert is a doting father who makes sure his kids do not see the other Colbert -- he only rarely let his kids watch the show."It's just like a pure silly thing. But you know, I truck in insincerity. With a very straight face, I say things I don't believe," Colbert tells Safer.
"Kids can't understand irony or sarcasm, and I don't want them to perceive me as insincere," Colbert says, "Because one night, I'll be putting them to bed and I'll say ... 'I love you, honey.' And they'll say, 'I get it. Very dry, Dad. That's good stuff,'" jokes Colbert.
Is there video with that last link? I can't tell, but there is video of the 60 Minutes interview here.
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For a bonus, enjoy the stunned silence of the entire white house press corps and half of congress. Big Tony Scalia seems to at least have a sense of humor, though.
posted by Valatan at 11:18PM CST on April 30