Banana Boat Song

I wondered if Stephen would mention it and yes he did. Tonight is the 6th Anniversary of The Colbert Show. What ever did we do before October 17, 2005?

Stephen highlighted some news stories tonight:

Senator John McCain (AZ) said that Federal Regulations are costing us billions and billions of jobs. Stephen pointed out, as only he can, that what McCain said is not possible. Even if McCain only meant one billion jobs, that would still come out to approximately three jobs per person.

Population of USA: 312,400,000
One billion jobs: 1,000,000,000

Where is McCain getting those numbers? My gosh, we would need almost 700,000,000 more people just to take care of that first group of one billion jobs.

Representative Ritch Workman, a Republican from Florida, is doing his best to get jobs for Americans. Although he thinks it is offensive to do so, he wants dwarf tossing to be legal in Florida so that dwarfs can be tossed and thus (I guess) earn a living. Stephen highlighted many other job opportunities that could be available. I don't see why we can't have Representative Tossing too. Maybe it would take two people to do the tossing, but heck, Rep. Ritch Workman wouldn't have to hold any fundraisers other than being the guest of honor for Representative Tossing.

The Sport Report

Colbert Super PAC had an ad. You'll have to go watch it over at Colbert Nation if you want to know what it was about.

Harry Belafonte was Stephen's guest tonight and what a delightful interview it was. Stephen and Harry Belafonte even sang a bit of Jamaica Farewell. Belafonte is best known for singing the Banana Boat Song. For something a little bit more fun and lively, watch him singing Matilda.

Oh, yeah, and they also talked about Belafonte's book, "My Song: A Memoir," by Harry Belafonte and Michael Shnayerson.