Nation, if you thought that Stephen Colbert was always the dapper, polished, politician ranter that he appears to be on his show, then you might be in for a nice surprise!
Stephen wasn’t always wearing a suit and tie and calling out Bill O’Reilly for his shenanigans on national television. Nope. At one time he looked like a bible salesman circa 1970. Even worse, he could’ve been painting “happy little trees” on public access television.
Listen up, nation, now don’t get distracted by that sparkle in Stephen’s eyes. He’s obviously still got it. And recently, the funnyman confirmed that everyone he interviews knows that he’s in character. In an interview, he said, “No one doesn’t know I’m in character. I tell everyone first. I admire Sacha Baron Cohen, but I am not doing Ali G.”
There has been no official confirmation that the photo is actually Stephen, but it’s uncanny how much it resembles him. If that’s not Stephen Colbert, then he obviously has an evil hippie clone running around out there!
Alicia Keys took to the piano to perform her new song, “Empire State Of Mind” on “The Colbert Report” last night and to say that it was hilarious would be an understatement.
The funny part happens when Stephen comes out in his hoodie and raps the part that Jay-Z sings. He changed the lyrics and it’s just too funny.
Check out the video:
The lyrics:
Yeah, I love New York, it’s the king of all the cities
I lived up by the Guggenheim till I got myself some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, bye George Pataki
Volvo to the dry-cleaners pickin’ up my khakis
Now my shopping mall is closer, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home theater system, 60-inch plasma
Clean suburban air much better for my asthma
Still hit the city, Times Square I keep it real
Hard Rock Cafe for their appetizer deal
M&Ms Store, Disney Store, I’m in heaven
I own this town from 41st to 47
Got tickets to The Lion King, that show is fantastic
Leave half an hour early so I can beat the traffic
I can get home really fast, driver rocks an EZ-Pass
To the land of cheaper gas and the upper middle class
Stephen Colbert is awesome, I just love him to pieces. And Alicia Keys is just brilliant. This video is full of so much win.
Somehow I knew that NASA would hose Stephen Colbert out of getting the space station node named after him. While it was widely known that the powers that be at NASA held the final word in the naming process, at the same time, they held an online poll which gave voters a chance to have their say.
NASA’s main choices were “Serenity“, “Earthrise“, “Legacy“, and “Venture“, yet chose the eighth place holder, “Tranquility“, instead.
Astronaut Sunita Williams presented the results of the poll, with Colbert paying extra attention to how democratic they are. Instead of having a space station node named after him, Colbert “demanded” the treadmill be named after him.
The treadmill, called Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) and will be operational in August.
NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier, said, “We don’t typically name U.S. space station hardware after living people and this is no exception. We have invited Stephen to Florida for the launch of COLBERT and to Houston to try out a version of the treadmill that astronauts train on.”
Maybe they should’ve told him that before he told his fanbase to go on NASA’s website and vote for him?
NASA ran a poll on what they should name the new space station node. Among the choices were “Serenity“, “Earthrise“, “Legacy“, and “Venture“. Along with those choices, there was a write-in section, dedicated to allowing fans to enter in the name of their choosing.
Stephen Colbert, the ever-present comedian that he is, made it known to his viewing audience that he wanted that node named after him. And why not? He’s already gotten a spider species, a bald eagle, the Saginaw Spirit named its co-mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle in his honor, along with having his own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, “Americone Dream”.
NASA officials say that they have the last word in the naming of the space station node and may opt to just name its toilet after Colbert. Maybe the Colbert Crapper?
Colbert said in a recent “Colbert Report” taping, “Now for laymen out there, a space node is a node-like structure that is attached to other nodes in space in a … I don’t know what it is, but I want it!”
Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time that Stephen has won something and not have it awarded. He won the Hungarian Bridge naming contest and was presented with a declaration winning, yet Hungarian officials named the bridge “Megyeri Bridge”.
Here’s the CNN News report of Colbert’s win:
I hope NASA names it Colbert. He won the write-in contest, fair and square. Well nation, what say you?
