Tuesday's show, I'm sure everyone will agree, was pretty much The Endive Report instead of The Colbert Report. And all because Stephen mentioned Adam and Endive in a previous show, and then got a case of endive from Rich Collins of California Endive Farms out there in California I presume, and all because he knows the correct way to say endive. (It's On-Deev not N-Dive.) I wouldn't mind a free case of endive, so here goes. "On-Deev." I'll be watching my doorstep every day in hopes of getting free endive. In the meantime, go over here and read all about endive. They even have a recipe for Endive Pizza!
Stephen shared his enthusiasm for endive.
He went on to share some money making tips in "The Word." Did you know you can make top money by selling your kidney? No. You can't. It's illegal to sell a kidney even though we usually are born with two which is obviously one too many. He went on to mention our work ethic and highlighted Dick Cheney. He had many ideas for buying and selling body parts.
We haven't heard much about politics from anybody in a long time and so Stephen brought us up to date. In Virginia there will be an election for Governor soon. A Washington Post poll is out about the two leading candidates and it shows Terry McAuliffe at 51% while Ken Cuccinelli at 39%. There are many reasons for the wide split and Stephen talked about that.
To help win back support, Ken Cuccinelli called upon Rand Paul to help out on the campaign trail. But msnbc's The Rachel Maddow found fault with Senator Paul's research methodology. (Please note that although that is exactly what Stephen said on his show, I see no need to credit those words to him or to provide footnotes because this blog is not some sort of academic paper.) It seems he quoted passages from Wikipedia on at least two occasions. One was from "Gattaca" and the other from "Stand and Deliver." (One thing I like about Wikipedia is that it is often updated and current. Be sure to read the last paragraphs at both of those Wikipedia links. )
And for those of you who might not know who Rand Paul is, here's what Stephen said. And just for fun, go over to this completely different link and be sure to read the last paragraph in the section "Tenure" under "U.S. Senate career."
Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, was Stephen's guest. He's a popular poet which Stephen seems to think means he can't really be a Poet Laureate. Around 400 years ago in England, the job of the Poet Laureate was to document historical events. Nowadays, we have radio, TV, Internet, etc., but still we hang on to our Poet Laureate. "Aimless Love" is the book he wrote recently and also one of the poems in the book. The two men read from page 189 of the book and Stephen's audience loved it! So, it sounds like a great book. Go buy it.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
I Love You Stephen
It stands to reason that the audience members are not there because they are indifferent in their feelings toward Stephen. All it took for them to express those feelings was for Stephen to suggest that they holler, "I love you Stephen." And they did. Whisper? Yep, they did that too, but it still didn't lift the spirits of Stephen. The ObamaCare website has him feeling depressed. He misses the ObamaCare website lady's picture. Who can blame him?
Mark Mazzetti was on the show (the pre-interview portion) to talk with Stephen about his book, "The Way of the Knife" and to explain all things security-related to Stephen. He explained that probably the U.S. is paying attention to other countries. We've been doing it since at least 2002 which I presume is when Obama was Pre-President. Mark Mazzetti told Stephen that for the most part, everyone spies on everyone else. Now I'm worried. What if someone is reading this post?
Orlando Bloom stopped over to chat with Stephen on Monday night. Orlando and Stephen are fans of each other. Currently, Orlando is doing "Romeo and Juliet" on Broadway. Before they could talk about that, there was a Hobbit question, but then back to Romeo and Juliet. It is an updated version, whatever that means. In listening to the discussion about Romeo and Juliet, Stephen announced that it seems to him that it is a lot like West Side Story.
Orlando Bloom has been in many hugely successful movies, movies that went on to have more success with sequels. There was Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, or, as Stephen put it, all the Of The's.
So, if you enjoyed that classic boy meets girl story in West Side Story, you might enjoy Romeo and Juliet. Stephen saw it. No he didn't. Yes he did. No he didn't.
Mark Mazzetti was on the show (the pre-interview portion) to talk with Stephen about his book, "The Way of the Knife" and to explain all things security-related to Stephen. He explained that probably the U.S. is paying attention to other countries. We've been doing it since at least 2002 which I presume is when Obama was Pre-President. Mark Mazzetti told Stephen that for the most part, everyone spies on everyone else. Now I'm worried. What if someone is reading this post?
Orlando Bloom stopped over to chat with Stephen on Monday night. Orlando and Stephen are fans of each other. Currently, Orlando is doing "Romeo and Juliet" on Broadway. Before they could talk about that, there was a Hobbit question, but then back to Romeo and Juliet. It is an updated version, whatever that means. In listening to the discussion about Romeo and Juliet, Stephen announced that it seems to him that it is a lot like West Side Story.
Orlando Bloom has been in many hugely successful movies, movies that went on to have more success with sequels. There was Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, or, as Stephen put it, all the Of The's.
So, if you enjoyed that classic boy meets girl story in West Side Story, you might enjoy Romeo and Juliet. Stephen saw it. No he didn't. Yes he did. No he didn't.
Monday, October 28, 2013
You Say Philanthropy, I Say Philantrophy
Stephen was upset about a lot of stuff on last Thursday's show and it almost made me just not write about it. But, well, he's a journalist and sometimes you have to expect that there will be personal feelings that get in the way of the news.
One thing that has him going is the girly hats the Marines are going to have to wear. If that's not bad enough, now it seems that the Navy will be dressing their members up in sailor outfits.
Stephen talked about The Word and it was Philantrophy. I didn't quite understand what he was talking about. At first it seemed like it was about politics because he mentioned Michael Steele. But then I though it might be about saving endangered species. Or maybe it was about hunting. I guess in the end, it boils down to that age old saying, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
Stephen Fry was Stephen's guest. (Sometime I should keep track of how many Stephens or Stevens he has on as guests...) It was a delightful interview because it was more like a friendly chat over a cup of tea. Stephen Fry is currently in Twelfth Night at the Belasco Theater. And while it is important to talk about what the guest is doing, perhaps the more important thing we learned is that Stephen Colbert knows more about Tolkein than even Tolkein does! They also did some tweeting and yes that also is important. We also found out a little bit about Stephen's favorite jeweled accessories he wore during his teen years.
But the thing that was the most curious to me was the glasses that Stephen Fry was wearing. Maybe I'm just hopelessly naive about eyeglasses, but I have never seen any like what he had. Mostly he wore them around his neck. When he needed to look at his smartphone, he put them on. (That was off camera.) But when he took them off, he pulled them apart up by the bridge of his nose and then hooked them together, I assume via magnets, under his chin! Maybe that's some sort of English thing. It was new to me and if it's new to me, then that makes it news.
One thing that has him going is the girly hats the Marines are going to have to wear. If that's not bad enough, now it seems that the Navy will be dressing their members up in sailor outfits.
Stephen talked about The Word and it was Philantrophy. I didn't quite understand what he was talking about. At first it seemed like it was about politics because he mentioned Michael Steele. But then I though it might be about saving endangered species. Or maybe it was about hunting. I guess in the end, it boils down to that age old saying, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
Stephen Fry was Stephen's guest. (Sometime I should keep track of how many Stephens or Stevens he has on as guests...) It was a delightful interview because it was more like a friendly chat over a cup of tea. Stephen Fry is currently in Twelfth Night at the Belasco Theater. And while it is important to talk about what the guest is doing, perhaps the more important thing we learned is that Stephen Colbert knows more about Tolkein than even Tolkein does! They also did some tweeting and yes that also is important. We also found out a little bit about Stephen's favorite jeweled accessories he wore during his teen years.
But the thing that was the most curious to me was the glasses that Stephen Fry was wearing. Maybe I'm just hopelessly naive about eyeglasses, but I have never seen any like what he had. Mostly he wore them around his neck. When he needed to look at his smartphone, he put them on. (That was off camera.) But when he took them off, he pulled them apart up by the bridge of his nose and then hooked them together, I assume via magnets, under his chin! Maybe that's some sort of English thing. It was new to me and if it's new to me, then that makes it news.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Pumpkin Patch
Well, Stephen started out last night complaining/rejoicing about the Affordable Care Act website. It has some glitches. He revealed that the company in charge of making the website, CGI (Conseillers En Gestion Et Informatique) is from Montreal, Canada. Okay, if he is aware of a problem with them, why did he not ask Win and Will Butler to pull some strings up in Montreal? The two Canadians were on his show on Monday. Surely they know someone back in Montreal that knows someone that could just fix it.
To show how easy/hard it is to sign up, there was a special segment about signing up for ObamaCare. It was called, "Stephen Colbert's I Tried To Sign Up For ObamaCare." To do so, he moseyed on over to The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and met with the Executive Director, Carlos Rodriguez who is neither a doctor nor a chef.
Stephen presented various scenarios that would impede his ability to sign up for ObamaCare. Luckily, a Navigator, Debbie Palacios, was available to help him. This was good, because we were able to see what types of information would be needed and what would not be needed. We learned that no exams are given when you sign up. We learned that Stephen had many misconceptions about the whole process of filling in his application. He also seemed to be on the defensive quite a bit. But he did put on his exam gloves and worked through the process. He was reluctant to tell her his birthday. Apparently he is sensitive about his age. Also, not happy that she would not be getting him a present. Anyway, rather than give out that information, he had her guess how old he was. Debbie correctly guessed 30 years old.
There were questions about whether or not Stephen had stopped working or changed jobs and of course the correct answer to that was, "I won two Emmy's." While she did need that information, she did not need Stephen's sexual history, which he would have been happy to talk about, but that was Too Much Information for the application. There was discussion about insurance choices and the ability to keep one's own doctor. Again, we found out Too Much Information from Stephen.
But in the end, he was able to go through the process and successfully get to a computer screen that said, "This webpage cannot be found." He was ecstatic! So much so that he left the building on Cloud Nine but soon found out why having insurance is so important.
Stephen's guest last night was two people - Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. They are the anchors on PBS NewsHour. Stephen boasted, yes I think I can say that he boasted, about only needing half an hour to do the news. Gwen Ifill told him that on their show, they never run out of time. They do "in depth" coverage. As a matter of fact, they present the facts and let the viewers decide for themselves what it all means. Interesting tidbit about PBS NewsHour. Many college students explain to Gwen Ifill that they get their news from Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart. Gwen Ifill then tells these college students that Stephen and Jon use Gwen and Judy's show as their source for real news!
To show how easy/hard it is to sign up, there was a special segment about signing up for ObamaCare. It was called, "Stephen Colbert's I Tried To Sign Up For ObamaCare." To do so, he moseyed on over to The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and met with the Executive Director, Carlos Rodriguez who is neither a doctor nor a chef.
Stephen presented various scenarios that would impede his ability to sign up for ObamaCare. Luckily, a Navigator, Debbie Palacios, was available to help him. This was good, because we were able to see what types of information would be needed and what would not be needed. We learned that no exams are given when you sign up. We learned that Stephen had many misconceptions about the whole process of filling in his application. He also seemed to be on the defensive quite a bit. But he did put on his exam gloves and worked through the process. He was reluctant to tell her his birthday. Apparently he is sensitive about his age. Also, not happy that she would not be getting him a present. Anyway, rather than give out that information, he had her guess how old he was. Debbie correctly guessed 30 years old.
There were questions about whether or not Stephen had stopped working or changed jobs and of course the correct answer to that was, "I won two Emmy's." While she did need that information, she did not need Stephen's sexual history, which he would have been happy to talk about, but that was Too Much Information for the application. There was discussion about insurance choices and the ability to keep one's own doctor. Again, we found out Too Much Information from Stephen.
But in the end, he was able to go through the process and successfully get to a computer screen that said, "This webpage cannot be found." He was ecstatic! So much so that he left the building on Cloud Nine but soon found out why having insurance is so important.
Stephen's guest last night was two people - Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. They are the anchors on PBS NewsHour. Stephen boasted, yes I think I can say that he boasted, about only needing half an hour to do the news. Gwen Ifill told him that on their show, they never run out of time. They do "in depth" coverage. As a matter of fact, they present the facts and let the viewers decide for themselves what it all means. Interesting tidbit about PBS NewsHour. Many college students explain to Gwen Ifill that they get their news from Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart. Gwen Ifill then tells these college students that Stephen and Jon use Gwen and Judy's show as their source for real news!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Vertical Stripes Are Slimming
I think I'm like most people, including Timmy, who think the lion is the best beast. Stephen informed us otherwise. Tiger is better. You can compare for yourself by reading here about lions and reading here about tigers. Interesting stuff at those two pages. I even think Dorothy and friends (of Wizard of Oz fame) were wrong. By looking at the Range Maps, you can tell that lions are in Africa and Tigers are in Asia. So when Dorothy was saying "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" she probably should have been saying "Lions OR Tigers OR Bears, Oh My!" Just a little technical glitch back in Oz.
Speaking of fried chicken. In Thought For Food, Stephen dissected that KFC Go Cup TV commercial where the two police officers are in the squad car and the KFC Go Cup seems to be the favorite cop food. Then he exposed Fox and Friends and their shameless product placement of the aforementioned KFC Go Cup. A better and easier-to-eat idea was Stephen's Wheel Meat. You can have your fried chicken right on the steering wheel. It couldn't possibly get better than that.
In what must be an amazing coincidence, right before Stephen came back from the break, there was a KFC Go Cup commercial, the very same one that he had dissected on the show! Of all the commercials, it just happened to be KFC Go Cup. Go figure.
Christmas is coming, and that's Stephen's favorite holiday. You better hope you are on his list because he shops from a trendy catalog. It's the Neiman Marcus "The Heart of Giving" Christmas Book 2013. One gift suggestion is a diamond ring experience. Not only do you get to design your ring, but you get to go to Africa and experience the whole fantastic process for yourself. It's about $1.9 million. For half that price, Stephen can do the same for you. He's teamed up with Prescott Precious Stones to offer The Colbert U-Pick-'Em Blood Diamond Experience at the affordable price of only $1 million.
Stephen's guest Tuesday night was Pulitzer prize winning author A. Scott Berg. He is the author of "Wilson." (The president, not the volleyball.) Even though Wilson got us into World War I and started the Federal Reserve and did lots of progressive things, such as trying to get us into the League of Nations, A. Scott Berg thought he did a pretty darn good job. Woodrow Wilson was a fan of what you would probably call a Level Playing Field. Seems like a good idea. He also was in favor of health insurance, but his website wasn't anything to brag about.
Speaking of fried chicken. In Thought For Food, Stephen dissected that KFC Go Cup TV commercial where the two police officers are in the squad car and the KFC Go Cup seems to be the favorite cop food. Then he exposed Fox and Friends and their shameless product placement of the aforementioned KFC Go Cup. A better and easier-to-eat idea was Stephen's Wheel Meat. You can have your fried chicken right on the steering wheel. It couldn't possibly get better than that.
In what must be an amazing coincidence, right before Stephen came back from the break, there was a KFC Go Cup commercial, the very same one that he had dissected on the show! Of all the commercials, it just happened to be KFC Go Cup. Go figure.
Christmas is coming, and that's Stephen's favorite holiday. You better hope you are on his list because he shops from a trendy catalog. It's the Neiman Marcus "The Heart of Giving" Christmas Book 2013. One gift suggestion is a diamond ring experience. Not only do you get to design your ring, but you get to go to Africa and experience the whole fantastic process for yourself. It's about $1.9 million. For half that price, Stephen can do the same for you. He's teamed up with Prescott Precious Stones to offer The Colbert U-Pick-'Em Blood Diamond Experience at the affordable price of only $1 million.
Stephen's guest Tuesday night was Pulitzer prize winning author A. Scott Berg. He is the author of "Wilson." (The president, not the volleyball.) Even though Wilson got us into World War I and started the Federal Reserve and did lots of progressive things, such as trying to get us into the League of Nations, A. Scott Berg thought he did a pretty darn good job. Woodrow Wilson was a fan of what you would probably call a Level Playing Field. Seems like a good idea. He also was in favor of health insurance, but his website wasn't anything to brag about.
Splendiferous Loquaciousness
In a related story, a hungry woman was arrested in Bellefontaine, Ohio for taking $2.87 out of a pretty fountain in order to buy some food. She's unemployed. Someone should tell this woman to run for Congress.
But, to get back to the show, Ted Cruz is excited because, "We saw the House of Representatives take a courageous stand, listening to the American people that everyone in official Washington just weeks earlier said would never happen. That was a remarkable victory."
In a segment that might have been labeled "Let's Blame Someone" but wasn't, Stephen talked about Dr. Keith Ablow, Psychiatrist over at Fox, who gave a "brilliant long distance diagnosis" of President Obama. Stephen was amazed at Ablow's "yankability." Stephen even staked his professional reputation and said that Dr. Ablow is able to retain that which he has grasped and even now is allowing his creativity to blossom and move his thought processes to tomorrow's show. (I'm paraphrasing somewhat.)
Education is important of course. Why else would we watch the The Colbert Report if we didn't want to learn stuff? Unfortunately, U.S. students aren't doing so well on the global level. In fact, "...students in Latvia, Chile and Brazil are making gains in academics three times faster than American students..." Stephen pointed out that that is almost twice as much and I think we have discovered the problem.
Enter the Common Core Standards. Sounds good, but here's a related problem. Robots are grading test papers. They can grade 6,000 essays in 20 seconds. One way they do this is by simply counting. How many letters in a word? How many words in a sentence? How many sentences in a paragraph? Go read about Mr. Bleep Blorp's method and success at grading papers. Then, next time you take a test, just put in big words, long sentences and lengthy paragraphs. Or should I say enormous words, gargantuan sentences and humongous paragraphs? I think we can all agree that this will end all the controversy about kids taking too many standardized tests and teachers teaching to the test. As long as kids use big words when writing essays, content will not be important.
You know, it reminds me of one of my college professors. He could grade research papers in five seconds! He would stand at the top of stairs in the old library and throw all the papers down the staircase. The ones at the bottom got an A and the ones at the top got an F. It worked for him.
Stephen had a short literature segment about dinosaurs. It was interesting in that I learned something I had not known before about our scaly friends.
The guests on Monday night were The Reflektors - Win and Will Butler. They are from Montreal. That's in Canada which was a nice tie-in because Senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada, eh? They discussed with Stephen some other Canadian bands, namely Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Arcade Fire. Win, Will and Stephen all agreed that BTO is the better band. Arcade Fire is "kind of pretentious." The interview turned into a travel promotion for Haiti. But of course they sang a song and of course there is a bonus song over at Colbert Nation. But sadly, we got to see what the staff at Colbert Studio does when Stephen is away. Arts and Crafts, Mischief Making and general poking fun at Stephen's big head. At times I was even confused at to who was actually playing instruments and who was singing. I think it just points out how important it is for anyone to pay attention to details in the fascinating world of music and music makers.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Speaking of Potatoes, Chris Matthews is Here
I always wonder where Stephen is and what he is doing when the The Colbert Report goes on hiatus. I mean, it's not like he consults with me before making his plans. However, through diligent research and fact finding, and also watching TV and looking on the Internet, I found out what he did last night.
He was at the 68th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. I imagine my invitation was lost in the mail. Stephen Colbert was the Keynote Speaker. In case you would like to read some of his best jokes from that dinner or even listen to his speech you can find it over at Huffington Post.
He was at the 68th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. I imagine my invitation was lost in the mail. Stephen Colbert was the Keynote Speaker. In case you would like to read some of his best jokes from that dinner or even listen to his speech you can find it over at Huffington Post.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Whoosh! Whoosh! Very Loud! Zoom In Now
It's no secret that I turn to the Journalism Guru over at the The Colbert Report when I need up-to-the-minute news reporting. Stephen Colbert has all the trophies to prove his superiority, yet others keep trying to gain an advantage. Recently, Fox updated their news room with Big Area Touchscreens or BATS.
Well, that doesn't compare at all to the size of stuff over at the Colbert Studios. Stephen uses Big Unbelievably Large LED Super Hyper Information Technology. And, he has Feline Media Managers. It's a complicated yet streamlined process whereby important news goes to the Print Center, then to the News Separator. Next it is upshoveled to the Kinetic Journal Chamber where a journalist hand selects the most relevant news. (Is it just me or does that journalist in the Kinetic Journal Chamber look more like an art teacher than a journalist?) News is delivered to Stephen by Mr. Falcon and then Stephen feeds it to Mr. Tweetbot, the Social Media Coordinator.
So, after all this news gathering and digesting, we found out this important news story:
Miley Cyrus has gone too far.
Oops, after a verification process, we found out that Miley Cyrus has not gone too far. In a sad turn of events, we had to actually watch Stephen being unverified.
Luckily, Stephen survived being unverified and came back after the break. As proof of the journalistic talent and also investigative reporting skill of Stephen Colbert and his team of news makers and takers, we found out that yes, there is some graffiti on the walls of the Colbert Report Studio and surprisingly it was not done by Banksy. Through clever thinking and analysis, Stephen reported that it was actually Tom Hanks, or Hanksy, that did the artffiti. I would not have expected that from Tom Hanks.
Stephen welcomed Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell to the show to talk about bicycles. Actually, they talked about their book, "Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever."
They combined their knowledge of white collar crime and dope to come up with the scoop on Lance Armstrong. Stephen doesn't think it's such a big deal because it's not as if it was the Tour de America. The story though is about all the conspiracy and secrets and lying.
We got to learn about all sorts of ways to dope and not dope. One would hope that there will maybe be more scrutiny in the future. One can hope.
* In case you didn't know, Stephen is on break this week. This post is about last Thursday's show.
Well, that doesn't compare at all to the size of stuff over at the Colbert Studios. Stephen uses Big Unbelievably Large LED Super Hyper Information Technology. And, he has Feline Media Managers. It's a complicated yet streamlined process whereby important news goes to the Print Center, then to the News Separator. Next it is upshoveled to the Kinetic Journal Chamber where a journalist hand selects the most relevant news. (Is it just me or does that journalist in the Kinetic Journal Chamber look more like an art teacher than a journalist?) News is delivered to Stephen by Mr. Falcon and then Stephen feeds it to Mr. Tweetbot, the Social Media Coordinator.
So, after all this news gathering and digesting, we found out this important news story:
Miley Cyrus has gone too far.
Oops, after a verification process, we found out that Miley Cyrus has not gone too far. In a sad turn of events, we had to actually watch Stephen being unverified.
Luckily, Stephen survived being unverified and came back after the break. As proof of the journalistic talent and also investigative reporting skill of Stephen Colbert and his team of news makers and takers, we found out that yes, there is some graffiti on the walls of the Colbert Report Studio and surprisingly it was not done by Banksy. Through clever thinking and analysis, Stephen reported that it was actually Tom Hanks, or Hanksy, that did the artffiti. I would not have expected that from Tom Hanks.
Stephen welcomed Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell to the show to talk about bicycles. Actually, they talked about their book, "Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever."
They combined their knowledge of white collar crime and dope to come up with the scoop on Lance Armstrong. Stephen doesn't think it's such a big deal because it's not as if it was the Tour de America. The story though is about all the conspiracy and secrets and lying.
We got to learn about all sorts of ways to dope and not dope. One would hope that there will maybe be more scrutiny in the future. One can hope.
* In case you didn't know, Stephen is on break this week. This post is about last Thursday's show.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Oops, Sorry About That
I should check each link I put in my posts, but I admit it. Sometimes I get lazy or just forget. I looked today at last Friday's post, and realized I did not have the link I originally intended for "Captain Phillips," that movie with Tom Hanks as a ship captain. Now I have corrected it and I'll even put it here if you want to go look at it.
Link to Captain Phillips movie.
Once you go to the link, you can proceed to site and then to the video trailers of the movie. I have always wondered how life boats like those on the ship get into the water. Did they get lowered with ropes and pulleys? Looks like that's not how it's done. Looks like kind of a rough launch!
So, anyway, sorry about having that link wrong in previous post.
Link to Captain Phillips movie.
Once you go to the link, you can proceed to site and then to the video trailers of the movie. I have always wondered how life boats like those on the ship get into the water. Did they get lowered with ropes and pulleys? Looks like that's not how it's done. Looks like kind of a rough launch!
So, anyway, sorry about having that link wrong in previous post.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Things That Need Major Renovation
Yes of course the shutdown continues, mostly because no one will buy John Boehner a table. So...
Twitter is planning an IPO. Is that like IHOP? I'm not sure, but I do know this. If you want to Tweet, you go to Twitter. If you put your money on Tweeter, you are a Twit.
Stephen talked about his favorite Congresswoman/Piano Teacher Who Sits Too Close To You Michele Bachmann. He is sad because she is not going to run for re-election in 2014. Luckily someone is ready to step into her shoes and fill her void as soon as she is out of there. It's Tom Emmer. Interesting tidbit. He has a commercial which highlights his run for office as well as a business enterprise that will put siding on your house. Wow. Stephen wondered why no one has done this before. Mixing politics and private business and endorsements, and stuff like that in the same commercial. The reason why is going to hit your funny bone. Stephen explained it to us. It's kind of illegal! It was (future?) friend of the show Sally Jo Sorensen that spotted that ad and blogged about it here.
Tom Hanks was Stephen's guest on Wednesday. It's sort of a deja vu week. Is that the right term??? We had a boat guy guest on Monday night (James Spithill) and now Tom Hanks talking about his new boat film, "Captain Phillips." And we had some Minnesota politics with Tom Emmer and the other stars in the "Captain Phillips" film are from Minnesota!
Anyway, Tom Hanks was his usual intelligent, witty self, which is why he's so popular, I guess. The two men had a fascinating discussion about beards and how that can affect the personality of the beard grower. (It takes muscles to grow a beard, by the way.) Stephen asked a simple question halfway through the interview. "You actually shot this..." and Tom Hanks finished the sentence for him, "on film." Not quite what Stephen was fishing for. But they actually shot it on board one of the Maersk ships. We even learned a bit of technical pirate tactics. With the ships loaded with stacks of cargo containers, it is very difficult to get on board. But the pirates in the movie went to Home Depot and bought a ladder. So, apparently, one of the first times that ladder technology was used. Stephen had to resort to 20 questions to get more answers from Tom Hanks, but still a great interview.
So, if you are looking for a movie to go to this weekend, how about "Captain Phillips?"
Twitter is planning an IPO. Is that like IHOP? I'm not sure, but I do know this. If you want to Tweet, you go to Twitter. If you put your money on Tweeter, you are a Twit.
Stephen talked about his favorite Congresswoman/Piano Teacher Who Sits Too Close To You Michele Bachmann. He is sad because she is not going to run for re-election in 2014. Luckily someone is ready to step into her shoes and fill her void as soon as she is out of there. It's Tom Emmer. Interesting tidbit. He has a commercial which highlights his run for office as well as a business enterprise that will put siding on your house. Wow. Stephen wondered why no one has done this before. Mixing politics and private business and endorsements, and stuff like that in the same commercial. The reason why is going to hit your funny bone. Stephen explained it to us. It's kind of illegal! It was (future?) friend of the show Sally Jo Sorensen that spotted that ad and blogged about it here.
Tom Hanks was Stephen's guest on Wednesday. It's sort of a deja vu week. Is that the right term??? We had a boat guy guest on Monday night (James Spithill) and now Tom Hanks talking about his new boat film, "Captain Phillips." And we had some Minnesota politics with Tom Emmer and the other stars in the "Captain Phillips" film are from Minnesota!
Anyway, Tom Hanks was his usual intelligent, witty self, which is why he's so popular, I guess. The two men had a fascinating discussion about beards and how that can affect the personality of the beard grower. (It takes muscles to grow a beard, by the way.) Stephen asked a simple question halfway through the interview. "You actually shot this..." and Tom Hanks finished the sentence for him, "on film." Not quite what Stephen was fishing for. But they actually shot it on board one of the Maersk ships. We even learned a bit of technical pirate tactics. With the ships loaded with stacks of cargo containers, it is very difficult to get on board. But the pirates in the movie went to Home Depot and bought a ladder. So, apparently, one of the first times that ladder technology was used. Stephen had to resort to 20 questions to get more answers from Tom Hanks, but still a great interview.
So, if you are looking for a movie to go to this weekend, how about "Captain Phillips?"
Thursday, October 10, 2013
How to Draw A Menorah
The Shutdown continues, so nothing new there.
What is new is an attack on yet another holiday - Thanksgiving. In a rare occurrence, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day. It had Stephen concerned because now kids won't know whether to draw around one hand for a turkey or two hands for a menorah. So of course he demonstrated and of course it did not go well. Did not go well to the point of defacing his own face. It's worth a look over at Colbert Nation.
Stephen's guest on Tuesday was Paul Giamatti. He stars as Abraham Zapruder in the movie Parkland, about the assasination of John F. Kennedy. Paul Giamatti is, I think, one of those actors that is in so many movies and he just blends in to the part so well, that you don't even realize he's an actor. You almost don't notice or recognize him. I mean that as a compliment, so I hope he takes no offense. He is quite good. In fact, even though it is 2013, he has already been in movies that don't even happen until 2014! Incredible. Does he have a time machine?
Anyway, you can watch the trailer for the movie Parkland here.
What is new is an attack on yet another holiday - Thanksgiving. In a rare occurrence, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day. It had Stephen concerned because now kids won't know whether to draw around one hand for a turkey or two hands for a menorah. So of course he demonstrated and of course it did not go well. Did not go well to the point of defacing his own face. It's worth a look over at Colbert Nation.
Stephen's guest on Tuesday was Paul Giamatti. He stars as Abraham Zapruder in the movie Parkland, about the assasination of John F. Kennedy. Paul Giamatti is, I think, one of those actors that is in so many movies and he just blends in to the part so well, that you don't even realize he's an actor. You almost don't notice or recognize him. I mean that as a compliment, so I hope he takes no offense. He is quite good. In fact, even though it is 2013, he has already been in movies that don't even happen until 2014! Incredible. Does he have a time machine?
Anyway, you can watch the trailer for the movie Parkland here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Banksy Stay Away
We are in shutdown mode still and Stephen detailed all the compromises offered up by the Republicans, including the one where Mitt Romney would be the president. In the words of John Boehner, "This isn't some 'blah blah' game." (Words substituted for real words that he used.)
On the show was the actual "Not a Game - The Government Shutdown Home Game." It's great when Stephen can showcase some good old fun board games. The Democrats, Republicans and Tea Party were all represented by game pieces, there was a timer to be ignored, and cards to show what public opinion was so that you could gauge how well you were doing. Brendon, a nice enough kid, was there to try to play with Stephen. It did not go well. Not for Brendon who never even got a turn. Not for Stephen who was almost immediately shut down (pun intended) by public opinion.
Stephen talked briefly about the Supreme Court and even had friend of the show, Emily Bazelon on to discuss the mysterious workings of SCOTUS. You don't want to know.
Stephen also got into a fine arts session, highlighting the work of, or should I say, downgrading the work of, Banksy. Some of you may be familiar with Banksy and some of you may not have heard of him until Stephen talked about him. He is from the UK but is coming to the streets of New York for some kind of artist-in-residency I guess. Here's his website. You can go take a look. I did and realized that he is not so much of an artist as a Graffiti-ist. I don't encourage that. In fact, I discourage that. In fact, to show him what I think of his tactics, I got my own can of spray paint and wrote "You should not be doing this!" on his website. That was a mistake. All I accomplished was to wreck one of my monitor screens. I am so glad I have two monitors. I guess I don't know much about hacking someone's website.
Anyway, Stephen shares my opinion of this Graffiti-ist and is trying to keep him from practicing his craft anywhere near his studio. He has blank walls on the studio that face the street, just perfect for someone to spray paint. Banksy won't be able to do anything to them though. Stephen has already put up a large frame with a note painted above it on the wall saying, "Banksy: DO NOT VANDALIZE." Problem solved. There's no way Banksy will be able to do anything to The Colbert Report studio exterior wall located at 513 W 54th Street. Stephen, as usual, is one step ahead of everyone else. Including Banksy. Hah!
It has taken me a while to write about Monday's show. I was out at the lake, wrapping tin foil around my row boat in order to turn it into a super fast water craft. It didn't work.
Stephen's guest on Monday had better luck. James Spithill was there to talk about winning the America's Cup. Funny thing is, he is from Australia which is really, really south. He definitely had a southern accent. Anyway, there was video of the race and it looked like a lot of fun. Probably most of the time they sit around sipping cocktails until the wind blows a bit. Actually, I don't know much about it, but how difficult could it be? Put the boat in the water, wait for the wind, win the race.
It kind of sounded like Stephen may be working some sort of deal to help out next time. I think he should go for it.
On the show was the actual "Not a Game - The Government Shutdown Home Game." It's great when Stephen can showcase some good old fun board games. The Democrats, Republicans and Tea Party were all represented by game pieces, there was a timer to be ignored, and cards to show what public opinion was so that you could gauge how well you were doing. Brendon, a nice enough kid, was there to try to play with Stephen. It did not go well. Not for Brendon who never even got a turn. Not for Stephen who was almost immediately shut down (pun intended) by public opinion.
Stephen talked briefly about the Supreme Court and even had friend of the show, Emily Bazelon on to discuss the mysterious workings of SCOTUS. You don't want to know.
Stephen also got into a fine arts session, highlighting the work of, or should I say, downgrading the work of, Banksy. Some of you may be familiar with Banksy and some of you may not have heard of him until Stephen talked about him. He is from the UK but is coming to the streets of New York for some kind of artist-in-residency I guess. Here's his website. You can go take a look. I did and realized that he is not so much of an artist as a Graffiti-ist. I don't encourage that. In fact, I discourage that. In fact, to show him what I think of his tactics, I got my own can of spray paint and wrote "You should not be doing this!" on his website. That was a mistake. All I accomplished was to wreck one of my monitor screens. I am so glad I have two monitors. I guess I don't know much about hacking someone's website.
Anyway, Stephen shares my opinion of this Graffiti-ist and is trying to keep him from practicing his craft anywhere near his studio. He has blank walls on the studio that face the street, just perfect for someone to spray paint. Banksy won't be able to do anything to them though. Stephen has already put up a large frame with a note painted above it on the wall saying, "Banksy: DO NOT VANDALIZE." Problem solved. There's no way Banksy will be able to do anything to The Colbert Report studio exterior wall located at 513 W 54th Street. Stephen, as usual, is one step ahead of everyone else. Including Banksy. Hah!
It has taken me a while to write about Monday's show. I was out at the lake, wrapping tin foil around my row boat in order to turn it into a super fast water craft. It didn't work.
Stephen's guest on Monday had better luck. James Spithill was there to talk about winning the America's Cup. Funny thing is, he is from Australia which is really, really south. He definitely had a southern accent. Anyway, there was video of the race and it looked like a lot of fun. Probably most of the time they sit around sipping cocktails until the wind blows a bit. Actually, I don't know much about it, but how difficult could it be? Put the boat in the water, wait for the wind, win the race.
It kind of sounded like Stephen may be working some sort of deal to help out next time. I think he should go for it.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le
The Shutdown is still here. It occasionally makes for some ruffled feathers. It also holds the allure of what could be in Stephen's Secret Mystery Box for the Republicans if they agree to end the impasse. Or they could get what's behind the "curtain."
As I've hinted at before, there will be ripple effects from the Shutdown, and now brides and grooms are finding out that their carefully planned ceremony for their special wedding day is in jeopardy. That includes the wedding of Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le which was scheduled for this coming Saturday at the Jefferson Memorial. This was a disaster in the making. But, did you know that Stephen Colbert is an Ordained Minister of the American Marriage Ministries? It's true. He showed his license which I am inclined to believe is legitimate.
So, why would Stephen talk about this part-time job of his? To save the day, that's why. You might not believe this, but Stephen Colbert married the happy couple, Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le on his TV show. It was:
The 2013 Government Shutdown Wedding of the Century!
Mandy Patinkin showed up to give a non-denominational Jewish blessing for the bride and groom. He also put in a plug for the new season of Homeland starting this fall on Showtime. Audra McDonald sang for the first dance. Stephen conducted himself and the wedding perfectly. It was a match made in the studio.
Stephen's guest last night, and I don't know if he was invited to the wedding or not, was David Finkel. The latest book by David Finkel is "Thank You For Your Service." It is about the trauma that our soldiers have gone through and continue to go through even after they are home. He encouraged Stephen and any of us to start a serious conversation with these Veterans. It's the least we can do.
As I've hinted at before, there will be ripple effects from the Shutdown, and now brides and grooms are finding out that their carefully planned ceremony for their special wedding day is in jeopardy. That includes the wedding of Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le which was scheduled for this coming Saturday at the Jefferson Memorial. This was a disaster in the making. But, did you know that Stephen Colbert is an Ordained Minister of the American Marriage Ministries? It's true. He showed his license which I am inclined to believe is legitimate.
So, why would Stephen talk about this part-time job of his? To save the day, that's why. You might not believe this, but Stephen Colbert married the happy couple, Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le on his TV show. It was:
The 2013 Government Shutdown Wedding of the Century!
Mandy Patinkin showed up to give a non-denominational Jewish blessing for the bride and groom. He also put in a plug for the new season of Homeland starting this fall on Showtime. Audra McDonald sang for the first dance. Stephen conducted himself and the wedding perfectly. It was a match made in the studio.
Stephen's guest last night, and I don't know if he was invited to the wedding or not, was David Finkel. The latest book by David Finkel is "Thank You For Your Service." It is about the trauma that our soldiers have gone through and continue to go through even after they are home. He encouraged Stephen and any of us to start a serious conversation with these Veterans. It's the least we can do.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Midvale School For the Gifted
I decided a while back on a neat strategy to make myself exercise when I really didn't feel like doing so. I walked a mile after the first time the House voted to repeal ObamaCare. It went quite well. A mile is not that far to walk on a nice sunny day with a little bit of a breeze. Then they voted to repeal it a second time and I made myself walk two miles a day when they announced their vote to repeal ObamaCare. I figured that even if they should, for some strange reason, vote to repeal ObamaCare a third time, it would still be okay. The exercise was good for me and the weather has been great.
However, this plan of mine is not working out as well as I had anticipated. Who knew they would take it this far? Voting 42 times to try to get rid of some or all of ObamaCare?
You know what it reminds me of? That Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson, the one about Midvale School For the Gifted. It's the one with the kid pushing on the door to Midvale School For the Gifted even though the door handle says "Pull." No matter how many times he pushes on the door, he will not succeed in getting in to the building.
There must be a word for that. Something about doing the same thing over and over again.
However, this plan of mine is not working out as well as I had anticipated. Who knew they would take it this far? Voting 42 times to try to get rid of some or all of ObamaCare?
You know what it reminds me of? That Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson, the one about Midvale School For the Gifted. It's the one with the kid pushing on the door to Midvale School For the Gifted even though the door handle says "Pull." No matter how many times he pushes on the door, he will not succeed in getting in to the building.
There must be a word for that. Something about doing the same thing over and over again.
Tip and Gip
Day Two of the Government Shutdown and some folks (friends) are saying it's not that big of a deal. In fact, they are calling it a slimdown. Who could argue with slimming down? Well, about 9 million Women, Infants and Children who will soon run out of supplemental food. I thought about going over to the website for WIC, and wouldn't you know it? I fell for it again. The government is shut down and so the website for WIC is not there. So I couldn't get the information I was looking for. Something should be done about this shutdown.
And something is. President Obama has called for Congressional Leaders to come, sit down and talk this over. Republicans are doing their part by not blinking. Friend of the show, Michele Bachmann, is vowing to take No Doz. This should be a comfort to those hungry women, infants and children.
Killing people is bad, okay? Writing books about killing people can get you lots of money. And if God talks to you while you are sleeping and tells you to write these books, then you are Bill O'Reilly. Well, actually, it's the Holy Spirit that told Bill O'Reilly to write books about killing people.
Just as Stephen was explaining all this voices in your head in the middle of the night, God stopped by the studio, cast his golden glow upon Stephen, and let him know that Joan of Arc is a drama queen. We also found out that God talks to Stephen before he talks to Bill. In fact, God first told Stephen to write that book about Jesus and then Stephen whispered to Bill in the middle of the night that he should write it. Wow, and to think that I almost skipped watching tonight in order to made cookies.
Chris Matthews, champion talker and host of Hardball, was the guest last night on the show. He has one of the most distinctive laughs that I can think of. Hah! He has a new book on the shelves now, "Tip and The Gipper, When Politics Worked." The book is about Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the House, and Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. They were from opposite political parties, yet they could sit down in the evening and be friends.
Stephen was critical of the idea or ideal by Chris Matthews that politics should work. Think back, as Chris did, that our country was founded on the idea of talking, agreeing, compromising, coming to a decision and then moving forward. Heck of an idea, by the way. The two men argued more or should I say discussed more about politics and Reagan. They also came up with another book idea, well actually it was Chris Matthews who coined the title. Stephen did not discount the possibility of the make-believe future book being a best seller, but I wonder if other people will weigh in on this potential book. (Before they do, remember what you all say about Free Speech...)
I thought Chris Matthews did a fine job of explaining his thoughts and opinions. Just in case Stephen didn't get it, he asked Stephen at the end of the interview, "Am I clear?"
Now for something completely different. I really thought Stephen's tie last night was nice. It was subtle, it was stylish, it went quite well with his choice of a shirt. I also liked his tie from the night before. So Monday and Tuesday he wore nice ties. Only problem is, I think it was the same tie. Who does that? Who wears the same tie two nights in a row? Was it just my imagination? I don't think so. What happened? Did Stephen stay at the studio all night long on Monday preparing for Tuesday's show? That is one explanation, but there are so many more possibilities.
Stephen, if you're reading this, please give me a call and let me know what's up with that. Thanks.
And something is. President Obama has called for Congressional Leaders to come, sit down and talk this over. Republicans are doing their part by not blinking. Friend of the show, Michele Bachmann, is vowing to take No Doz. This should be a comfort to those hungry women, infants and children.
Killing people is bad, okay? Writing books about killing people can get you lots of money. And if God talks to you while you are sleeping and tells you to write these books, then you are Bill O'Reilly. Well, actually, it's the Holy Spirit that told Bill O'Reilly to write books about killing people.
Just as Stephen was explaining all this voices in your head in the middle of the night, God stopped by the studio, cast his golden glow upon Stephen, and let him know that Joan of Arc is a drama queen. We also found out that God talks to Stephen before he talks to Bill. In fact, God first told Stephen to write that book about Jesus and then Stephen whispered to Bill in the middle of the night that he should write it. Wow, and to think that I almost skipped watching tonight in order to made cookies.
Chris Matthews, champion talker and host of Hardball, was the guest last night on the show. He has one of the most distinctive laughs that I can think of. Hah! He has a new book on the shelves now, "Tip and The Gipper, When Politics Worked." The book is about Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the House, and Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. They were from opposite political parties, yet they could sit down in the evening and be friends.
Stephen was critical of the idea or ideal by Chris Matthews that politics should work. Think back, as Chris did, that our country was founded on the idea of talking, agreeing, compromising, coming to a decision and then moving forward. Heck of an idea, by the way. The two men argued more or should I say discussed more about politics and Reagan. They also came up with another book idea, well actually it was Chris Matthews who coined the title. Stephen did not discount the possibility of the make-believe future book being a best seller, but I wonder if other people will weigh in on this potential book. (Before they do, remember what you all say about Free Speech...)
I thought Chris Matthews did a fine job of explaining his thoughts and opinions. Just in case Stephen didn't get it, he asked Stephen at the end of the interview, "Am I clear?"
Now for something completely different. I really thought Stephen's tie last night was nice. It was subtle, it was stylish, it went quite well with his choice of a shirt. I also liked his tie from the night before. So Monday and Tuesday he wore nice ties. Only problem is, I think it was the same tie. Who does that? Who wears the same tie two nights in a row? Was it just my imagination? I don't think so. What happened? Did Stephen stay at the studio all night long on Monday preparing for Tuesday's show? That is one explanation, but there are so many more possibilities.
Stephen, if you're reading this, please give me a call and let me know what's up with that. Thanks.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Jay the Intern Panda or is it Jay the Panda Intern - Whatever
Yep the Government has shut down and Stephen is willing to help by taking on the duties of many of the government agencies. First off, the FDA. Stephen is willing to do drug testing and has started by taking some tiny little pills from a round pill dispenser that reminds me of a makeup compact. It belongs to his stage manager, Brenda, and I sure hope she won't have any problems from missing just a few of those tiny pills.
Panda Cam is also shut down. Even though it is run by volunteers, they are not allowed on the zoo grounds during the Government Shutdown. Just when I was going to start watching a cute little panda on a web cam, it goes dark. Jay to the rescue! Jay volunteered, or perhaps Stephen volunteered him, to dress like a Panda and perform in front of a web cam. Jay is so cute. No way could this ever turn out bad.
ObamaCare is Here! So are the glitches, the overloaded websites, the long waits for your computer to finally get with the show, and the error messages. While some are complaining, Stephen did point out that "Too many people signing up is always the surest sign that nobody wants it."
Stephen highlighted a glitch that no one else has thought of other than Sustern van Greta. "If I don't have a computer, what about me?" Good point because how could you possibly connect with someone in another city and communicate with them without actually being in the same place as them? Wow, there's another idea to make that work - it's called a phone. There are also Navigators to help you navigate your way to health insurance. Sustern van Greta admitted that she was clueless.
Stephen likened the ObamaCare Act, which need I remind you is the law of the land, to a scheme just like insurance. And we all now how insurance turned out, right? The White House has taken to tweeting adorable photos of animals and is calling it the Adorable Care Act. That is so cute. Meanwhile, the Koch Bros have hilarious ads of young people in examining rooms with a large headed Uncle Sam preparing to do the doctor examination. Wait a minute. Is that Jay the Intern under that Uncle Sam giant head? No, I guess it's someone else. Jay wouldn't do that.
Stephen highlighted some highlights of Hispanic Heritage Month, including the friendly folks over at Fox talking about Mexico not being our friend, or crimes committed by illegal aliens, or even Children of the Corn. Oh, those friends. They just can't help themselves, can they?
The good news is that there is actually a website, HispanicHeritageMonth.gov that has all kinds of wonderful information, I assume, about various aspects of Hispanic Heritage. I assume because I can't be sure. You see, it's the government shutdown and so that is not working now. But in this case, there is an alternative. You can go over to HispanicHeritageMonth.org and find some info there. Hopefully calmer heads will prevail, the shutdown will end and everything will get back to normal soon.
Stephen's guest last night was Daniel Radcliffe. One of the first things they talked about is that Daniel Radcliffe is short. Thanks Stephen for pointing that out. Next Stephen talked a bit about the work Daniel Radcliffe has done so far, such as Harry Potter, Equus and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
"Are you afraid of being pigeon-holed as a young, attractive, successful actor who can also sing and dance?" asked Stephen. Wow. Ouch. Way to go right for the jugular after that comment about how tall he is.
The film that Daniel Radcliffe has been working on is "Kill Your Darlings." In it he plays Allen Ginsberg. Stephen put up a photo of Allen Ginsberg and for a few seconds I thought it was a mistake. The resemblance between Daniel Radcliffe and Allen Ginsberg is astounding. Interesting trivia here. Daniel Radcliffe is bilingual. He can speak British and American! A fascinating discussion of the two languages took place with lots of examples of different accents. Blimey.
After the legal obligatory utterance, "You're a wizard, Harry," by Stephen, he asked Daniel Radcliffe if he could take on Elijah Wood in a fight. (They are both about the same height.) A little bit of hesitation, and hemming and hawing, and then Daniel Radcliffe exclaimed, "Yes! Yes, I could."
Panda Cam is also shut down. Even though it is run by volunteers, they are not allowed on the zoo grounds during the Government Shutdown. Just when I was going to start watching a cute little panda on a web cam, it goes dark. Jay to the rescue! Jay volunteered, or perhaps Stephen volunteered him, to dress like a Panda and perform in front of a web cam. Jay is so cute. No way could this ever turn out bad.
ObamaCare is Here! So are the glitches, the overloaded websites, the long waits for your computer to finally get with the show, and the error messages. While some are complaining, Stephen did point out that "Too many people signing up is always the surest sign that nobody wants it."
Stephen highlighted a glitch that no one else has thought of other than Sustern van Greta. "If I don't have a computer, what about me?" Good point because how could you possibly connect with someone in another city and communicate with them without actually being in the same place as them? Wow, there's another idea to make that work - it's called a phone. There are also Navigators to help you navigate your way to health insurance. Sustern van Greta admitted that she was clueless.
Stephen likened the ObamaCare Act, which need I remind you is the law of the land, to a scheme just like insurance. And we all now how insurance turned out, right? The White House has taken to tweeting adorable photos of animals and is calling it the Adorable Care Act. That is so cute. Meanwhile, the Koch Bros have hilarious ads of young people in examining rooms with a large headed Uncle Sam preparing to do the doctor examination. Wait a minute. Is that Jay the Intern under that Uncle Sam giant head? No, I guess it's someone else. Jay wouldn't do that.
Stephen highlighted some highlights of Hispanic Heritage Month, including the friendly folks over at Fox talking about Mexico not being our friend, or crimes committed by illegal aliens, or even Children of the Corn. Oh, those friends. They just can't help themselves, can they?
The good news is that there is actually a website, HispanicHeritageMonth.gov that has all kinds of wonderful information, I assume, about various aspects of Hispanic Heritage. I assume because I can't be sure. You see, it's the government shutdown and so that is not working now. But in this case, there is an alternative. You can go over to HispanicHeritageMonth.org and find some info there. Hopefully calmer heads will prevail, the shutdown will end and everything will get back to normal soon.
Stephen's guest last night was Daniel Radcliffe. One of the first things they talked about is that Daniel Radcliffe is short. Thanks Stephen for pointing that out. Next Stephen talked a bit about the work Daniel Radcliffe has done so far, such as Harry Potter, Equus and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
"Are you afraid of being pigeon-holed as a young, attractive, successful actor who can also sing and dance?" asked Stephen. Wow. Ouch. Way to go right for the jugular after that comment about how tall he is.
The film that Daniel Radcliffe has been working on is "Kill Your Darlings." In it he plays Allen Ginsberg. Stephen put up a photo of Allen Ginsberg and for a few seconds I thought it was a mistake. The resemblance between Daniel Radcliffe and Allen Ginsberg is astounding. Interesting trivia here. Daniel Radcliffe is bilingual. He can speak British and American! A fascinating discussion of the two languages took place with lots of examples of different accents. Blimey.
After the legal obligatory utterance, "You're a wizard, Harry," by Stephen, he asked Daniel Radcliffe if he could take on Elijah Wood in a fight. (They are both about the same height.) A little bit of hesitation, and hemming and hawing, and then Daniel Radcliffe exclaimed, "Yes! Yes, I could."
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