This is one of my favourite segments from the Colber Report, where Stephen Colbert engages himself in a debate on the issue of the day. And he sums it all up quite well. In this piece, watch how Colbert struggles with himself to allow the bailout of the banks – and the hilarious description of how it all came to be.
And this is one of my favourite pieces of Formidable Opponent – it highlights how Guantanamo actually may create the very people it is hunting for even if they were initially innocent. No one is innocent after living through torture and humiliation…
I don’t know who convinced them to pose for this picture but I think its brilliant – parodying a parody, who else but Colbert and Stewart to pull this off? The original New Yorker cover showing Michelle and Barack Obama fist bumping alluded to certain right-wing commentary that their post-speech fist-bump had terrorist undertones.
I think its about time introduce some of my favourite comedians starting with Stephen Colbert. The wikpedia page is surprisingly comprehensive so I shall not delve too much. While I enjoyed his segments on The Daily Show, I think in his spin-off, The Colbert Report, he took it up a notch, playing a loud, abrasive anchorman very much in the mould of ‘Papa bear’ O Reilly – an angry right-wing news anchor. His crowning moment had to be the his satirical speech condemning the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he showed so much balls to make the speech standing next to a seated Bush.
Playing his part in propagating the spirit of Web 2.0, he issued a ‘green screen challenge’, and had viewers send in edited versions of him prancing around wielding a blue lightsaber in front of a green screen. This is one of my favourites.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Unfortunately, this year John McCain made several speeches in front of a green backdrop, and it was almost inevitable that Colbert would start the next green screen challenge – but this time, it was to ‘make McCain exciting’, with him being a somewhat average orator, he needed help.
Analyzing humor and satire is bordering on overkill, but sometimes they make a point. And when they do, we have to stop and listen to the message, all the while laughing.
