Entries tagged with 'Colbert Report'
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Starbucks closures affect even Stephen Colbert, when one of the two Starbucks underneath his desk is forced to close. Video after the jump....
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Stephen Colbert must have read our post on Ben & Jerry's new Elton John-honoring Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road flavor. At first we didn't recognize the "brickle" part either, but Colbert made perfect sense of the word: "some sort of English treat made from candied lamb cartilage." Colbert demands an apt warning on his own flavor, Americone Dream, now that it will be produced and sold next to Sir Elton's brickle. "May contain traces of sequins." Watch the clip after the jump....
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"Me have crazy times in '70s and '80s. Me like the Robert Downey Jr. of cookies." —Cookie Monster, on 'The Colbert Report' Nation, last Thursday, Stephen Colbert got a surprise visit from the Cookie Monster on The Colbert Report, just as he was lamenting the fact that fruit had replaced cookies as American kids' after-school snack of choice. Downright un-American, he said. Last night, on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, the two fake newsmen had a little back-and-forth about Cookie Monster's appearance. Seems the blue dude trashed Colbert's green room after getting angry about his green-room request list. After the jump, videos of Cookie Monster's original appearance and the ridiculous terms of his rider, including triple-stuffed Oreos....
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How does Stephen Colbert show his excellence in broadcasting journalism after winning a prestigious Peabody Award? By covering the world record-breaking watermelon smashing event! And thus the act of smashing watermelons with your head reaches new heights of prestige. Watch the video after the jump....
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Stephen Colbert interviews Columbia University professor Dickson Despommier about how growing food in vertical towers could be the answer to the food crisis. Vertical farming, which uses hydroponics technology, allows for better control of the growing environment and puts food within the city limits, cutting down on food transportation costs... "Plus, it's pleasantly phallic," adds Colbert. Watch the video after the jump....
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Author Andrei Cherny visits The Colbert Report to promote his book, The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour, where he tells the story of how America prevented the spread of Communism by dropping candy bars. From The Candy Bombers website: "In the course of a single year, these men undertook the most successful humanitarian action of all time, won the hearts of America’s defeated enemies, inspired people around the world to believe in America’s fundamental goodness, avoided World War III, and won the greatest battle of the Cold War without firing a shot." Video after the jump....
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"And I know firsthand how awful a food riot can be. Last week Whole Foods had a sale on starfruit. It was a madhouse. I could barely make it to the bok choy." Stephen Colbert reports on the current global food shortage. Video after the jump....
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Last week, Stephen Colbert credited Doritos for his success on winning the Peabody award for "distinguished achievement and meritorious public service" of television news: "Doritos gave me the money to produce those ground breaking shows. Doritos, I believe, also, gave me nacho-cheese lung... So Doritos have now won a Peabody." To commemorate this "landmark achievement in snacking," Colbert has created stickers that say "Peabody Award Winning!" for people to download, print, and take to their local supermarket to stick onto bags of Doritos. Watch the video, after the jump....
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Stephen Colbert interviews inventor Dean Kamen (best known for the Segway) to talk about his vapor compression distiller, a machine that takes contaminated water and turn it into pure drinking water without the use of filters or chemicals. Colbert tests the distiller by adding Doritos to the "contaminated water" container. The technology behind vapor compression distillers isn't necessarily new, but Kamen's invention looks a lot more compact than already existing vapor compression distillers. Since Kamen appears to have just announced his distiller on the Colbert Report last week, there isn't much information available about it yet. Watch the interview, after the jump....
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Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, goes on the The Colbert Report to talk about the origins of General Tso's chicken. She also learns that Stephen Colbert eats an entire apple pie every day. Watch the interview after the jump....
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