My friend Samjay is a fan of the gameshow Jeopardy. I thought he would appreciate all-time champ Ken Jennings’ appearance on The Colbert Report, from way back in September.This is my way of tempting Samjay away from his brand-new Panasonic 50-inch HDTV plasma panel, to watch tiny, lo-res Net video!
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Tonight’s Colbert
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Tonight’s Colbert is a re-run, with the Dean Kamen interview that was featured here. The pass-off from The Daily Show was great, so let’s watch that.
Tek and Porpy
There’s no need for me to post the latest Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen Alpha Squad 7 cartoon — now with Porpy, Tek’s ZANY pal! Click here to go to Comedy Central’s Tek Jansen page.
Post-Victory Colbert
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Here’s today’s obligatory sampler from The Colbert Report. After a very amusing exchange with Jon Stewart during the pass-off from The Daily Show, Colbert talks, and sings, with a previous guest — John Hall from the 70’s band Orleans, now a Congressman-elect. The complete show is available at Comedy Central.
Edit: If you happened to see the John Hall segment, you noticed an audio sync problem. So I’ve replaced it with The Word segment, which is funnier anyway. Some great pantomine acting by Colbert.
Hail, Freedonia!
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The events of the past day bring to mind the end of the Marx Brothers movie, “Duck Soup.” There aren’t any exact parallels, other than the absurdity of it all and the undeniable glee of seeing the other side get what it deserves.
Rummy Good Riddance
Well, at last. Donald Rumsfeld resigns — and Bush accepts the resignation. It’s a good sign that Bush didn’t waste any time after the GOP loss of majority in the House of Representatives. Virginia is now all that stands between the Democrats and a slim majority in the Senate.
Rumsfeld should retire and go away quietly. Or maybe he can hang out at the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute. I certainly hope that Rumsfeld doesn’t secure any sort of academic position at a well-known university.