Haha... now I know I've said previously the I'm not a particular big fan of Stephen Colbert. But when a couple of friends and I were engulfed in political discussion last night, I saw a video of him and I have a very deep new found respect for him.
Bascially, Colbert was invited to a White House Press dinner, with all the politcial and media big-wigs there, INCLUDING President Bush himself. And what Colbert basically did was, for TWENTY FOUR MINUTES STRAIGHT, was to power-slam and basically, throw s**t into Bush's face IN PERSON. If you especially know all the current events that Colbert is reffering to, it's even more funny (which is why I found it laugh out loud HILARIOUS!).
Even more so, Colbert intended his speech to be funny. But because of the atomosphere of the whole place, there were mere chuckles and giggles here and there (while my friends and I were rolling on the ground in laughter) and some parts where the audience just dosen't laugh. But Colbert keeps going!!!!!! Two things I know about acting: 1.) It takes BALLS (pardon the expression) to stand up infront of a crowd of powerful politicians and slam them into the ground in person on live national TV and 2.) It takes even more balls to keep going when the audience isn't laughing.
So ya! To continue with the huge slew of videos from YouTube, here are the three links to watch the whole thing. Bear in mind, it's about 25 minutes long.
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_r1Rp3C6so
Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8zWYMGedwk
Part III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1k4-Hb4sY4
So afterwards, my friends and I kept on watching snipets of Colbert and Stewart and I must say that I LOVE THEM BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL HAIL COLBERT AND STEWART!!!!
Oh! Btw, I also saw Jon Stewart's interview on CNN's Crossfire, where he also slammed the show and the whole dynamic of the show. For those of you who don't know, Crossfire, was a show on CNN where the idea was to have two people representing the left (Democrats) and two people representing the right (Republicans). It was supposed to be a show of thoughtful political discussion, but it always (and quite quickly) degenerated into a slug-fest where the four were just throwing personal insults at each other.
Jon Stewart appeared on the show and slammed them into the ground for "political hackery". It's not as entertaining or funny as Colbert's press conference, but Stewart makes a very succint and clear argument. And in the process of debating with the hosts, he really exposes all the things that makes the show utterly stupid. Here's the link to his video, and this video is divided into two parts.
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vYQDFAiy0
Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WJGrqvqPM
Enjoy!
Sunday, October 01, 2006
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2 comments:
I know it took that political discussion thing to get you going, but still...I've been saying Colbert = genius for how long? :S
Maybe now you'll like "House M.D." too? Eh? Eh?
Haha.... House.... well.. House is still not particularily palatable for me.... but hey! I do like Hugh Laurie a lot more after the whole French-speaking thing that he did on the Emmys! (Plus he's not that bad to look at either.......) ;)
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