The Zen and the Damaged

By Stephen Colbert Source Good evening, and congratulations my fellow influencers. How is everyone feeling this evening? Oh, come on, you could do better than that? Look at this room. Look at this people. Look at the view. You are the TIME 100, and we are better than other people. I’ll say it, it’s just [...]

By Charles McGrath Source There used to be just two Stephen Colberts, and they were hard enough to distinguish. The main difference was that one thought the other was an idiot.

By Stephen Colbert Source As a proud son of South Carolina I must address recent unsubstantiated rumors published in The State that I, Stephen Colbert, tried to buy the naming rights to the 2012 Republican primary.

By Kris Source Hubster Kris, who was lucky enough to attend the V.I.P cocktail reception, has sent in this amazingly detailed report of ‘A Conversation with Stephen Colbert’ at the Wellmont Theatre, New Jersey. Hello Hubsters! I’m sure you’re all aware that Stephen had an out of character chat with Jon Alter to support the [...]

By Paul Brownfield Source At around 9:45 on the morning of the last show before Thanksgiving break, the writers of The Colbert Report gathered as usual in Barry Julien’s office.

By Mike Sacks Source In And Here’s the Kicker, Mike Sacks talked to some of the biggest names in comedy writing, including Dick Cavett, David Sedaris and Robert Smigel. Here is the complete and uncut version of his interview with former Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show and Colbert Report writer/producer Allison Silverman, [...]

By Noreen Malone Source Because the left is so gauche.

By Michael Brett Source Readista Francis astutely observed in the prior installment of this column that both Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report thrive upon MSNBC, CNN, and FoxNews’ broadcasts. As the cable news outlets position themselves as entertainment, Comedy Central’s late night shows more closely resemble ‘real’ news broadcasts. Francis and [...]

By MaryLovesColbert Source Thanks so much to one of our longtime Zoners MaryLovesColbert (who also blogs over at LiveJournal as shoebox_addict if you’d like to friend her) for this lovely writeup on the event earlier today.

By Chris Jones Source For some 350 fans of “The Colbert Report,” Saturday morning’s panel at the Second City contained a rare and fascinating glimpse at the process behind the creation of the show.