Colbert

[Yonivore]

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Pretty much says it all...

[ChumpDumper]

Yes, YouTube speaks for you.

[MannyIsGod]

Colbert testified in front of Congress?

[TeyshaBlue]

That kinda creeps me out.

[ChumpDumper]

Colbert testified in front of Congress?Seems only Republicans care about it.

[TeyshaBlue]

Colbert testified in front of Congress?

Yeah...the whole thing was weird. Colbert was confused, justifiably, the entire time. I don't think he realized just how wheels-off Congress is.

[Yonivore]

Colbert testified in front of Congress?
Yep.

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[MannyIsGod]

Well, thats pretty retarded. Really if they wanted a comedians take on migrant workers they should have called George Lopez.

Good to see my tax dollars going to go use though.

[ChumpDumper]

YouTube!

[TeyshaBlue]

Well, thats pretty retarded. Really if they wanted a comedians take on migrant workers they should have called George Lopez.

Good to see my tax dollars going to go use though.

:lol:lol

[Yonivore]

Well, thats pretty retarded. Really if they wanted a comedians take on migrant workers they should have called George Lopez.

Good to see my tax dollars going to go use though.
Democrats

[MannyIsGod]

Democrats

Yup.

[DarrinS]

I didn't realize he testified "in character". WTF?

[clambake]

I didn't realize he testified "in character". WTF?

newsflash: he's a comedian.

[Wild Cobra]

Yep.

n4JEe8tAAlY
That is great.

Now how did the unedited hearing go?

[Wild Cobra]

OMG...

I figured from different angles, I would see different people, etc.

He really said that in congress, didn't he?

Way to go Colbert!

Plus...

The C-Span coverage:

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[Stringer_Bell]

Holy shit. He made a genuine point in the final minute of his testimony. I wonder if between fucking around on their blackberry, laughing, or napping...the members of Congress actually heard what he said.

[Nbadan]

.....and yet even more realistic than FAUX News.....hmmmmm...

[Drachen]

I can't believe this is real.

[Wild Cobra]

Holy shit. He made a genuine point in the final minute of his testimony. I wonder if between fucking around on their blackberry, laughing, or napping...the members of Congress actually heard what he said.
He made all kinds of jabs at congress in the process. I wonder how many people causght them. The first one, "elevating it to C-Span 1." was because this is the first congress since C-Span started recording congress, to highly restrict C-Spans access to congress.

[MannyIsGod]

He made all kinds of jabs at congress in the process. I wonder how many people causght them. The first one, "elevating it to C-Span 1." was because this is the first congress since C-Span started recording congress, to highly restrict C-Spans access to congress.

Pretty sure all sessions are carried live like always. He was making a joke. Your'e an idiot.

[CuckingFunt]

Out of respect to Yoni, I will respond in his chosen language: easily accessible video clips.


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Unprecedented?

Pay particularly close attention at about the 2:30 to 2:35 mark of this video (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/360017/september-23-2010/fallback-position---migrant-worker-pt--2).

[Wild Cobra]

Pretty sure all sessions are carried live like always. He was making a joke. Your'e an idiot.
No, they aren't. Congress controls camera access to C-Span, and C-Span has less access than with previous congress'.

[Yonivore]

That is great.

Now how did the unedited hearing go?

Well, John Conyers asked him to leave the Committee room before he testified and Colbert pretty much told him to go fuck himself that he's Zoe's bitch today.


Colbert Offers Comedy Shtick in Farm Workers Testimony, Fails to Amuse Lawmakers (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/24/stephen-colbert-appears-capitol-hill-hearing-illegal-immigrants/)


At the beginning of the hearing, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, tried to pull the plug on Colbert's testimony in an effort "to get to the bottom" of the issue.

"I would like to recommend that now we got all this attention that you excuse yourself and you let us get on with the three witnesses and all the other members there," he said. "I'm asking you to leave the committee room completely, and submit your statement."

But Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., the subcommittee chairwoman who invited Colbert to testify, intervened.

"Many are eager to hear his comments," she said.

Colbert replied that he would leave only at her request.

"I'm here at the invitation of the chairwoman, and if she would like me to remove myself from the hearing room, I am happy to do so," he said. "I'm only here at her invitation."

[jack sommerset]

LoL@Colbert. Can't what for the Oct 30th show with Stewart.

[Wild Cobra]

Go past what we already saw, past the 5:30 mark. He is answering questions:

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[Wild Cobra]

LoL@Colbert. Can't what for the Oct 30th show with Stewart.
Why?

Think it will be something like this:

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[Drachen]

Pretty sure all sessions are carried live like always. He was making a joke. Your'e an idiot.

yeah, he was making a joke. Kind of like if dodgeball became so popular that it moved up to espn 7, das sieben!

[BlackSwordsMan]

the great messiah obama aint doing shit its good to see hollywood take over

[ChumpDumper]

http://daddytypes.com/archive/elmo_before_congress.jpg

Gee, I wonder who called this guy to testify before Congress in 2002....

[MannyIsGod]

No, they aren't. Congress controls camera access to C-Span, and C-Span has less access than with previous congress'.

Link?

[Wild Cobra]

Link?
No wonder you're an idiot.

You believe everything on the internet. I have listened to C-Span often. Want the truth on that topic, start tuning in. I used to watch it regularly. I don't know if they have a link to that. If they do, try searching c-span.org.

[ChumpDumper]

No wonder you're an idiot.

You believe everything on the internet. I have listened to C-Span often. Want the truth on that topic, start tuning in. I used to watch it regularly. I don't know if they have a link to that. If they do, try searching c-span.org.So the way you know there is less coverage of Congress on C-Span is the fact that you watch less C-Span than you used to.

[Nbadan]

So the way you know there is less coverage of Congress on C-Span is the fact that you watch less C-Span than you used to.

:lol

[CuckingFunt]

No wonder you're an idiot.

You believe everything on the internet. I have listened to C-Span often. Want the truth on that topic, start tuning in. I used to watch it regularly. I don't know if they have a link to that. If they do, try searching c-span.org.


You should be able to backup when you say you researched something.

[DarrinS]

newsflash: he's a comedian.


Is he? If he is, he's not a very good one.

Jon Stewart is funny. This guy? Not so much.

[MannyIsGod]

So WC can't provide proof of his BS?

[MannyIsGod]

No wonder you're an idiot.

You believe everything on the internet. I have listened to C-Span often. Want the truth on that topic, start tuning in. I used to watch it regularly. I don't know if they have a link to that. If they do, try searching c-span.org.

:lol !!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, dumbass, I'm reading your drivel ON the internet and I'm NOT believing it.

[z0sa]

:lol nice going colbert.

[DMX7]

Colbert has a more cynical brand of humor. I appreciate it.

[scott]

Colbert is hilarious, good for him.

As for the moron who invited a comedian to testify on this topic, you deserve your impending election night defeat.

[Winehole23]

Yeah...the whole thing was weird. Colbert was confused, justifiably, the entire time. I don't think he realized just how wheels-off Congress is.Down with the "wheels off" usage, but Colbert testified in character. That may have put them off balance after his eminently boring written submission. It did me.

I thought Colbert would act the straight man. I've seen him do it before. Boy howdy was I wrong about that.

[Winehole23]

Considering his mere physical attendance at a Congressional hearing in the relevant clips, in essence Colbert testified before Congress as a fictional persona who shares the same name.

The joke is based (in part, right?) on lacking decorum and staying in character at a public inquest.

For all I know, that happens every day. Still, I was impressed with the chutzpah, and as humor, it works.

[Winehole23]

Sometimes, not so well. The confusion noted upstream was palpable too.

[Winehole23]

I'd like to begin my five part apology by saying...

[Winehole23]

Overall, slightly weirded out by it.

[Winehole23]

Fischer is Fischer... but Spassky is Spassky.

And Tal is Tal. (Apocryphal.)

[Winehole23]

Fischer is Fischer, but a horse is a horse!Better attested.

[Winehole23]

http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/11/tals-birthday.html

[Winehole23]

...and Colbert is Colbert.

[Winehole23]

...or at least, did his best Stephen Colbert impersonation.

[JoeChalupa]

Nothing to see here

[Yonivore]

So WC can't provide proof of his BS?
So, how'd you enjoy all the C-SPAN coverage of the Health Care debates?

[LnGrrrR]

Is he? If he is, he's not a very good one.

Jon Stewart is funny. This guy? Not so much.

I can't say I'm surprised that DarrinS doesn't get Colbert's humor. It would take an ability to understand nuance.

[Wild Cobra]

So WC can't provide proof of his BS?

C-Span does get the "gabble to gabble" of public sessions. It's the other functions they now get shut out on, that they used to get access to.

Like Yoni says:

So, how'd you enjoy all the C-SPAN coverage of the Health Care debates?

[Avitus1]

Colbert is great... I wonder if they expected him to testify in character.

[Winehole23]

The confusion on both sides seemed genuine to me.

[Winehole23]

Colbert was not totally in control of the proceeding. In fact he was not in control of it at all.

Except insofar as Congress argumentatively consented to him.

So perhaps there was an intended joke on the part of the committee, though admittedly no detectable sense of humor. Awkwardness prevailed.