History in the making! America will have either a Hawaiian President or an Alaskan Vice President. Like Colbert, in politics I see neither race nor gender. 😉
Category: Stephen Colbert
Colbert’s fictitious DVD
I think Stephen Colbert’s got the right idea. I’d love to see a DVD of the best tosses from The Daily Show to The Colbert Report. Unfortunately, these days they’re doing only two per week.
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Johnny Comet chases Al Gore
This week, Stephen Colbert talked with GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. He touted the new Chevy Volt, a car that is mostly electric, with a backup gas engine.
This is so bizarre, considering GM’s EV-1, the subject of the outstanding documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?. Lutz still disputes the existence of global warming. Looking at this lunkhead, I can see why GM is destined for bankruptcy.
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But what about Al Gore, who won an Oscar by educating everybody about the threat of global warming? He’s been conspicuously absent of late. Well, to my surprise, it seems he’s taking an entirely different approach to alternative automotive fuel. By chance I’ve found evidence that he’s involved with the development of an atomic carburetor!
Bad and loud
My ears aren’t what they once were (well, they’re bigger, just not better), but I’m bugged by the latest audio technology going backwards in sound quality. Over a year ago I talked about overcompression, and today tastewar pointed out something on Gizmodo about Metallica’s new stuff sounding better on Guitar Hero III than it does on the CD release.
Speaking of Guitar Hero, Stephen Colbert has been digitized and is available for downloading on the video game Rock Band 2.
And coming in November will be “A Colbert Christmas“, with musical guests, including Elvis Costello. Check out the pictures at that link. Looks like the pilot for “Colbert’s Playhouse”!
Supermen
Here’s more about the initiative to restore and preserve the boyhood home of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel. I can see the point of getting ordinary people to contribute, and I’m glad there are famous names associated with this project, including Stephen Colbert and David Letterman, but why doesn’t Warners take care of it? They own Superman.
Batman joker Colbert
Stephen Colbert has finished his Make McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge. He gets in a couple of good critiques of two of the final entries, including an excellent Batman-related joke the submission is lacking.