Horatio Magellan Crunch

Stephen gave a touching tribute to his mother, Lorna. She was a special woman. We all can know her just a little bit by looking at Stephen.

But, now on with the show.

There is a scandal that has rocked the country. It couldn't have come at a worse time. Cap'n Crunch claims to be a Captain, but his uniform, more specifically the three stripes at the bottom of his sleeve, indicates he is merely a Commander. Will this cause a boycott of the cereal that he created? I doubt it. Like most scandals, there's not necessarily as much to the story as you might think.

If you Google "Horatio Magellan Crunch" and then look at Images, you will see that not only are there images of him with those three stripes, but also with two stripes and even one stripe. I am confident this is simply a case of photos being used of the Captain that are from a few years earlier when the Captain was more youthful looking. Or, you can go with his explanation that it's the crunch that make the man. His ship is the S.S. Guppy and he's the boss of that, so ipso facto, he's a Captain.

Houses are being flipped again. North Carolinians who don't buy gas for their cars are still going to have to pay a gas tax of sorts. Smoking is down and that means not as much income from cigarette tax and therefore not as much money to fight cancer. So, as is often the case, just when you think you have everything figured out, something happens to completely mess it up.

Last night's guest was The Postal Service. Not this Postal Service, but this Postal Service. After a very lively interview which even included a plug for Toys R Us, not to mention a comparison to the actual Postal Service, they performed "Such Great Heights." And as often happens, there is a bonus song, "A Tattered Line of String," over at Colbert Nation.