Stephen Colbert had the week off, as did Jon Stewart. On the 30th they will have their joint rally in D.C. for sanity and/or fear. Colbert was on the daytime gabfest show The View this week. This is the second time in recent weeks he’s made an appearance where he’s dropped his character’s persona. I met Colbert briefly a few years ago, and he’s the real deal.
Jon Stewart got some laughs at Belgium’s expense last night. Hey, Mr. Daily Show, pick on somebody your own size! Although, come to think of it, I guess you were.
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One thing worth mentioning about Belgium, in relation to America, is that a Belgian company owns Budweiser.
I’d love to be at the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert rally in Washington, D.C., on October 30, but I don’t know yet if that will happen. Today, Colbert tickled some funny bones — and ruffled some feathers — by appearing on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security.
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Right now I’m watching The Colbert Report. Wednesday night had one of his best openings ever.
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The end was equally great.
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Novelist Monte Schulz’s follow-up to his dark, yet rollicking This Side of Jordan is The Last Rose of Summer, which should be out in December.
Monte has had a long association with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. His father attended the conference for many years, as did Ray Bradbury. The conference ran into financial trouble and ended up in bankruptcy court. Monte made an offer and now he owns the conference, presumably along with all of the headaches that go with it.
WRITERS CONFERENCE SOLD: Monte Schulz, son of the late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz, has purchased the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robin Riblet, on Tuesday, June 8, approved the $27,000 sale. Monte plans to hold the next conference next June. There was no conference this year or last due to prior owner Marcia Meier’s bankruptcy.
And with apologies to Stephen Colbert, I think the title of this post qualifies for greatest pun of all time.
Lia Pamina of Spain is no fan of bullfighting. She calls it torture. This is Lia expressing her opinion in a bullring.
Recently, matador Julio Aparicio was on the receiving end of some bullish wrath in Madrid. Stephen Colbert calls it one of the craziest f#?ing things he’s ever heard.
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