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Susie Orbach To Stephen Colbert: "There's All Sorts Of Problems About Bodies Here"

Intern Katy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Last night, feminist psychoanalyst and author Susie Orbach went on The Colbert Report to promote her new book Bodies and, of course, to be (jokingly) insulted by Colbert.

Orbach attempted to explain her views about plastic surgery, the beauty industry, and our conflicted relationship with the human body. In response to her criticism of the cultural obsession with the "perfect" body, Colbert jokingly told her, "if you drop five pounds, maybe you're talking about this book on The Daily Show." Clip at left.

Ladies, Stephen Colbert Has The Answer To Your Hormonal Needs

Jessica — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST

With the election over and political fodder less forthcoming, Stephen Colbert has decided to weigh in on women's health ("health"?) with commentary on the testosterone patch for post-menopausal women we discussed last week. Colbert wonders why ladies need so many damn fake hormones to begin with and recommends a new drug called Gynomorph, "the hormone that will gradually turn you into a dude." Because unlike women, when men take hormone pills, it doesn't make them crazy, "it just makes them better at baseball." Warning: this drug may cause subcutaneous Funyuns. Clip above.

Dan Savage Has Stopped Blaming Black Voters For Prop 8

Megan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST

A week ago, Dan Savage posted a now-invisible (but helpfully-cached) rant about how difficult it was for him to "[pretend that] the handful of racist gay white men out there — and they’re out there, and I think they’re scum — are a bigger problem for African Americans, gay and straight, than the huge numbers of homophobic African Americans are for gay Americans." Dan has apparently changed his mind about whether the black community is to blame for Prop 8's passage in California. He appeared on the Colbert Report last night and said, "I don't feel like we can pin this all on the African-American community." He's now blaming it on old people "and they're dying, which is some comfort." Although he doesn't address his earlier writings at all, he does crack Steven Colbert up, so watch and enjoy his anal sex jokes.

We have one question for our beloved Jon...

Jessica — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:40:00 EST

We have one question for our beloved Jon Stewart: where are all the bitches at? The New York Comedy Festival hosted a Daily Show panel Friday with ten panelists, none of whom were female. "Steve Bodow, the head writer, said the panel was not a good representation of the hundred or so people who work on 'The Daily Show.' Many of the producers and the editors are women, even if the writers themselves at this point are all men. The show’s sole female writer, Rachel Axler, just left for California to work on a spinoff of NBC’s “The Office,” Mr. Bodow said. And Allison Silverman, who had been a writer on 'The Daily Show' for many years, is an executive producer of “The Colbert Report.” [NY Times]

Stephen Colbert To Conservative Columnist Kathleen Parker: Your Mom

Jessica — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:40:00 EDT

National Review writer Kathleen Parker calls liberal feminists the "hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood," and, in a 2003 column supporting the Iraq war, included a letter from a "friend" who said, "These bastards like Clark and Kerry and that incipient ass, Dean, and Gephardt and Kucinich and that absolute mental midget Sharpton, race baiter, should all be lined up and shot." Well, after Kathleen called for Palin to step down last week, those "friends" have been sending some hateful messages her way. Parker went on Colbert last night to talk about 12,000 emails she got in response to her anti-Palin column. "One said my mother should have aborted me and left me in a dumpster," Parker said. To which Colbert replied, "Why would your mother write that?" Clip above.

Earlier: The Wheels Come Off Sarah Palin's Not-So-Straight Talk Express

Samantha Bee and Colbert Report producer...

Jessica — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:50:00 EDT

Samantha Bee and Colbert Report producer Allison Silverman were awesome as per ush on a panel about Political Humor at the New Yorker Festival on Saturday. An audience member asked them a question about whether it is difficult to be a woman in comedy, and Allison responded, "Reading that Christopher Hitchens piece [about how women aren't funny], I didn't get upset at all. It was just an old man yelling at cars from his yard." Later, when asked if she worried that satire made people apathetic about politics, Samantha said she didn't really worry about it. "My potty mouth, my dirty mind, that's what informs me. I only worry about being funny and original." [New Yorker Festival]

Elizabeth Edwards Sticks It To Stephen Colbert

Jessica — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Last night, a radiant looking Elizabeth Edwards was on the Colbert Report discussing universal health care and the fight against poverty. Often on the Colbert Report, guests are flummoxed by Colbert's quickness and the depth of his commitment to satire, but not Elizabeth! She made a wry reference to a joke about gas prices from Stephen's opening monologue (which can be seen here) and managed to stick to her talking points without sounding canned or insincere. Clip above.

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Dance Off: Stephen Colbert Vs. Rain

Tracie — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Stephen Colbert has been fighting a one-sided war the past few weeks with Korean pop star Rain for the top spot on the Time 100, which determines the world's most influential person. Readers could vote online, and in the end, Colbert was beat out by Rain, who finished second. (First place went to video-game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.) Colbert said the only way to settle the beef was to challenge Rain to a dance-off. And Rain accepted. Clip above.

Ingrid Newkirk: Even Blood Suckers Are Cuter Than Cheney

Jennifer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:30:00 EST

Last night, PETA president/Gaultier nemesis Ingrid Newkirk dropped by The Colbert Report to talk about one of our favorite topics — animals — and one of our less-favorite topics, sexism. (Meaning: the somewhat questionable practices utilized by PETA to covey its message.) And though Stephen Colbert didn't grill Newkirk on complaints that the organization is sexist and frequently derogatory towards women, he did get her to share that she would like Colbert to eat her. Clip of their encounter, above.