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Tia A. claims George and Olive are astronauts, and that some guy named Jonathan took this picture. I’ll call NASA to double check her sources.
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Puppular Nose Freckles! Check this dotted muzzlepowsche action!
Did you really think I wouldn’t give you an Xtreme Close up?
C.O.X.P.N.F.C.U.!
Damn hamsters are always ME ME ME!
Stephanie W., I hope things improve.
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I wanted to share these pics, sent to us by some very lucky members of the Colbert Nation, who were fortunate enough to be able to go to the Two River theater benefit at the Count Basie theater last weekend. If you happen to have any other pics, please send them to me as I’d love to add them to this post.
Enjoy!
Elizabeth (narsilicious) and Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert and Mrs Colbert the 2nd
Also, here’s a couple of amazingly unofficial bootleg videos, courtesy of Lockhart43. Although the audio is a bit tough to follow at times, make sure to listen around the 3:40 mark in the second video.
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Hey everyone! I am currently writing this Report from wonderful/wintery Canada! See, I’m from Montreal and my grandma’s having her 70th birthday. Fascinating and dangerous, I know. What can I say, live on the edge, etc. This week’s edition: Stephen in quasi-goofy arm-flailing positions! Huzzah! Commençons!
Monday, November 2
Black pinstripe suit, white shirt, french cuffs and red tie with white diagonal stripes with a black outline.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- I love all the pinstripe we’ve been getting.
- Oh my god, his Chewbacca impression.
- The light-up pen he uses to sign the speed skating sponsorship. :3
- I wish Stephen took the show to Montreal this weekend. I’m in town ;-;
- “DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE BREAKFAST OF A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS THE GRAVITY OF HIS SITUATION?”
Tuesday, November 3
Black suit, white shirt, no cuffs, and black tie with white square pattern
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Was he serious when he mentioned how much money had already been donated? ‘Cause I freaked out. It must be insane to have the ability to engender that kind of response.
- Yeah, Alan. What a jerk.
- I really liked the “Nailed ‘Em” segment today.
Wednesday, November 4
Black pinstripe suit, white shirt, navy tie with beige diagonal stripes, and no cuffs
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- OMG Monty Python references. I know, I know. I just. I love it. ~_~
- Formidable Opponent is probably my favourite segment of all time, so I was extremely happy!
Thursday, November 5
Black suit, white shirt, no cuffs, plum coloured tie with eggplant and lavender coloured stripes! Kehehe
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- I love the guy that laughed really hard at the Minnesota representative’s introduction. I guess something about Minnesota politics is inherently funny?
- “Immature jokes about teabagging.” Welcome to my life.
- Also: did ya’ll notice the DSB motto underneath it’s logo? “Goed voor je geld” hah. This is funny to me. It sounds like what someone would say if they were making fun of Swedish, you know?
- “Kind of a dick move.” Hahaha wonderful.
- All the segments this week were great!!
That concludes this weeks Fangirl Suit Report!
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 07, 2009 is:
bastion • \BAS-chun\ • noun
1 : a projecting part of a fortification 2 : a fortified area or position 3 a : a place of security or survival* b : a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic
Example sentence:
The university's economics department was considered the last bastion of political conservatism within an otherwise liberal campus.
Did you know?
"Bastion" is constructed of etymological building blocks that are very similar to those of "bastille" (a word now used as a general term for a prison, but probably best known as the name of the Parisian fortress-turned-prison stormed by an angry mob at the start of the French Revolution). The history of "bastion" can be traced through Middle French to the Old Italian verb "bastire," which means "to build." "Bastille" descends from the Old Occitan verb "bastir," which also means "to build." "Bastir" and "bastire" are themselves of Germanic origin and akin to the Old High German word "besten," meaning "to patch."
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Hey Zoners! I have one word for you: Vaxaconda! Stephen sure seemed more comfortable holding the Big Snake than *being covered with Little Spiders, don’t you think? But all around, a fantastic week beginning to end. What about you? Have a favorite joke or reference this week? Post it in the comments! (* = TCR/TDS link)
Monday: Alpha Dog of the Week – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Governor Schwarzenegger, You need to start your day with a breakfast that reflects more accurately the dire state that California’s in.”
Let’s go for a side-by side comparison, shall we?
Munch’s The Scream 
& 
The Screaming Breakfast
Pretty good likeness. I bet that was fun to assemble. I’d be tempted to serve it to my 3 year old (bad idea, bad idea…).
“Kiss my gay ass? Mr. Ammiano, you know Proposition 8 strictly forbids that.”
One of the most contentious ballot initiatives in the 2008 elections, Proposition 8 was an amendment to the California Constitution which restricted the legal definition of marriage in the state to opposite-sex couples. Introduced in an effort to override a previous California Supreme Court ruling which affirmed the constitutional rights of same-sex couples to marry, the ballot initiative attracted attention and funding from numerous outside interest groups, and ultimately passed. Friend of the show * Dan Savage memorably analyzed the election results on TCR (sopping up! saddlebacking! a face-covering character break!).
Tuesday: The Wørd – The Green Mile
“Remember, Enron transformed the power grid [Into The Power "Gridn't"], and Blackwater redefined military service [By Removing "Military" And "Service"], and KBR reinvented military contracting [And Invented The "Electric Shower"] ”
Shining examples of the efficiency of privatization, all:
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In 2000-2001, speculation in the wholesale energy market (most notably and callously, by Enron) raised prices so high in California that utilities were unable to purchase electricity for their consumers, leading to energy shortages and rolling blackouts throughout the state. Soon after, creative (read: criminal) accounting practices at Enron were uncovered, and the company collapsed – the largest bankruptcy in history at the time – taking down individual investors, state pension funds, and accounting giant Arthur Andersen with it. (* see Stephen’s TDS coverage of the congressional hearings with Enron’s directors, and more seriously, * Jon’s interview about Enron with CNBC’s Ron Insana.)
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Private military company Blackwater Worldwide (now known as Xe) has been at the center of numerous controversies related to its operations in Iraq, including allegations of corruption, weapons smuggling, and indiscriminate killing of civilians. The company’s status as a private US contractor, and not an official military unit, makes the legal authority in these cases unclear, and critics such as Jeremy Scahill (* see his 2007 interview on TDS) have said they are essentially operating outside the law.
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Similarly, private military contractor KBR came under public scrutiny after as many as 12 soldiers were electrocuted in showers on US bases in Iraq, apparently due to faulty wiring done by KBR (which didn’t stop them from receiving millions of dollars in performance bonuses from the US government). That, and they use contractual clauses to prevent employees from going to court when they’ve been gang-raped by coworkers (* a loophole recently addressed by Sen. Franken).
Wednesday: ‘09 Off-Year Semi-Presidential Electferendum
And now for something completely different! You could almost hear Python fans all over the country hooting with delight. Of course, I’m sure all you lovely folks know these bits, and can recite them by heart (ah, but do you sing “The Philosophers Song” from memory? Loudly? In completely inappropriate places? Ahem.). For those of you who don’t (shame!!), and more so for those who do: The Meaning of Life vomit scene, a compilation of “It’s!” intros, Dead Parrot, and as a bonus, Ministry of Silly Walks.
Thursday: Cheating Death – Vaxaconda
“Not to be confused with the deadly Mambo snake, which is how Lou Bega refers to his penis.”
German musician Lou Bega’s song Mambo No. 5 was all over the airwaves back in 1999. I hadn’t heard it in years, until just last weekend at a children’s Halloween carnival (ok, totally inappropriate lyrics for the kids, but a good beat), and now it’s on TCR. Synchronicity!
“Side effects include Hunchfront, Mathlete’s foot, and Chest of the d’Urbervilles”
By request (hi, DB!), that’s a play on Thomas Hardy’s 1891 novel, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented (which, if you’re in for spoilers, you can read the entire plot thoroughly summarized).
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I love it when random Stephen Colbert footage from years ago pops up on “the internets”. Today’s installment comes from someone who was evidently with MediaBureau.com, talking to Stephen outside of the Republican National Convention in 2000.
Note: I would love a Mr. Noblet mug. Seriously.
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Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report…
Greetings, fellow Zoners! This week I must confess to you all that I am behind the curve — I have three nights’ worth of TDS and TCR stacked up in the Tivo waiting to be watched, which I will catch up on over the weekend. I checked The Daily Show’s website to see if I missed a Toss, and indeed I did. Having missed the Al Gore interview, I don’t have much context for the Toss yet, but here it is:
Daily/Colbert – Faulty Al Gore Interview: Stephen wants to know why Jon’s interview with Al Gore was like a faulty computer program.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c |
-- This is a fascinating account of Nicolas Cage's compulsive spending: 'Three people who visited his house also report seeing shrunken heads. None is sure whether they were actual people's heads (which are illegal to import) or simply those of animals (which generally are not). Still, one thing was for certain. "They were pretty weird," says a source.' Also, the art on that first page really ought to be the next National Treasure movie poster. [The Daily Beast]
-- How is it possible that Dakota Fanning has grown up as an insanely respected child actress AND a totally normal kid who is also completely adorable? I mean, if you are a movie star and the potentially jealous fools at your high school STILL vote you Homecoming Princess, then you must be doing something right. [JustJared]
-- Who do we think is going to wear these Alexander McQueen shoes first? My vote is Lady Gaga, although she might have to wrestle them from Jennifer Lopez's greedy claws. [Vogue]
-- But it is REALLY a reality show based on The Cutting Edge if nobody is doing the pamchenko? [PopWatch]
-- Stephen Colbert wants to save the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating team by raising enough cash to sponsor it. People can donate by clicking here. We love you, Stephen. Also, you'd raise a lot more money if you promised to wear the unitard on-air. Trust us. We're fashion bloggers. [Time.com and USSpeedskating.org]
-- We did an interview for Lifetime's Web site, and then we picked a couple celebrity looks we like that are themed by People Whose Legs Remind Us We Really Need To Unplug The Laptop And Work Out Sometime. [MyLifetime.com]
-- And after the jump, a video clip that I hope will make your life, as it did mine:
Also, fic rec! Unintended, by GoldenNinde, is a long Booth/Bones fic with an actual plot. Not the best plot ever, but a good try of it, and well worth it for the angst and smut and all around squee-worthiness. I love long fics. I love looking forward to getting home just so I can continue reading. ;)
- Mood:
ecstatic
I'm not entirely convinced Yvonne didn't make that red thing herself one long, sleepless night while TNT ran the movie Maverick over and over again. And Madeline's seems like it belongs in one of those old-timey photo setups where you show up, they put old clothes over your real ones, and tell you not to smile while they take your photo -- all so you can get a sepia-toned picture of yourself in a cardboard frame looking like your own crabby ancestor.
In fact:
If only I had the Photoshop skills, I'd add, like, a fruit cart and a train station to the background, and then I think we'd have a winner.
Anyway: Perry. Let's start with what she wore on the red carpet.
I don't mind this too much. From some angles, the black detail looks like a creeping skin disease, and I guess it is indenting on her left boob a little bit, and I am tired of fishtails... in fact, given all of that, why DOESN'T it bother me? I don't know. I actually think she looks pretty. And TINY. It's not that I ever thought Katy Perry wasn't super slender, but for whatever reason this drove it home.
Later, there was this:
It's fine. It fits her boobs better. It's fairly plain, but for the adornment on her chest that reminds me of what might happen if you ran over an Everlasting Gobstopper with your car.
Once Katy got on stage, though, things took their usual turn:
I mean, THIS is why they keep asking Katy Perry to host the EMAs. It's not because she's the greatest talent of our age; it's because she'll wear satin panties that have a glittering heart over her bajingo. And unlike Lady Gaga, her costumes don't ask us to think.
Well, this one might a little:
But only because I seriously can't tell if I am staring at her underboob right now, or if it's an optical illusion. I THINK it's underboob. It's so much underboob. Like, to the point where there's not even any overboob. Or regular boob. it's JUST UNDERBOOB. It's a MENACE. Also, honey, when it comes to swings and trains, you have to be careful -- unless you can go full Sarah Brightman, there is no point, and you, milady, are no Sarah Brightman.
I guess this outfit made me think for a brief period, also:
Only for two seconds, though. Because after that time it becomes immediately apparent that what looked like a jaunty Robin Hood feather in her hair is actually a giant pair of lips, and that she's not wearing a garter belt but in fact stockings painted to LOOK like a garter belt. Once we've come to grips with all this, our brains quickly move on to more pressing issues, like why our fridge is empty of beer, and when Robin Antin will hire Katy to be the ringmaster of a Pussycat Dolls-themed circus, and how long the line of applicants for "knife-thrower" might be.
Still, what keeps the EMAs bringing Katy Perry to the party is this kind of commitment to quality:
You want a pearl-nippled host who will make DAMN sure that her blue, horned spankies do not ride down and expose her belly-button. I mean, we do live in a SOCIETY, people. There are very clear rules.
[Photo: Splash News]
It's just as well. Because obviously, based on her dress, Leigh Lezark has just returned from an incredibly depressing and cheap Hawaiian vacation, and she needs some time to heal.
I feel like this is what you'd get if you tried going out in a skimpy outfit, and your mother said, "HOLD ON THERE, honey, you are not leaving my house dressed like THAT," and you were like, "MOM, don't be so LAME, this is TOTALLY not even that short," and she was all, "But I can see your NIPPLE poking through there," and you were like, "Dude, Mom, nips are the new black, everyone is doing it," and she was like, "I WOULD SOONER GLUE THE GUEST-ROOM CURTAINS TO YOUR BODY THAN LET YOU WEAR THAT DRESS," and you go, "I'd like to see you TRY, old woman," and she said, "OH NO YOU DI'INT," and grabbed her glue gun and a stapler and went to town, and you wore it out anyway just to prove that she couldn't defeat you. So I guess what I'm saying is, maybe Ginnifer would've been better off picking the lengthy grounding that awaited her behind Door No. 2.
First up: Beyonce's stage attire.
You know, it's... well, it's Beyonce in lingerie. It's not the weirdest thing she's ever worn, nor is it particularly inspired. I guess I just wish she weren't being quite so Christina Aguilera about it all. We've been there. We've seen that. It was dirrrrty. Move along.
Leona Lewis went much bigger for her performance:
I didn't know the Wicked Witch of the West had come out with an album inspired by that accursed tornado that dropped a house on her sister, and brought the instrument of her temporary destruction to Oz. What a great way to raise funds to get that monkey army started again.
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