Goodnight Moon

The new Pope is so Popish that he goes out at night and helps people. Stephen (and I presume others) are calling him BatPope. For those of you who do not remember what the old TV Batman show was like, you can watch Hi Diddle Riddle here. While I don't see the resemblance between Batman and BatPope, it's true that both men help people.

Typically, I get hungry when watching the The Colbert Report. Maybe that's because he often has the Thought for Food segment. Last night was about Trans Fat and interestingly enough, it's not actually food, it's really just an ingredient. It's all in the media because the FDA wants to ban it in food. And with media exposure comes opinions and controversy. This prompted Stephen to stand up for another conservative newsman, Tucker Carlson who said it's probably delicious. Said Stephen in his defense, "Now that might sound like an idiotic thing to say, but let me be the only person standing up for Tucker Carlson. If he's so stupid, why is he on Fox News?"

Even Rand Paul has weighed in on Trans Fat by saying, "They're coming after your Donuts."

Actually, they can just go back to making donuts the old fashioned way, you know, like grandma did.

Also in the Thought for Food Segment, we got to see a photo of a McD's frozen rib. oohh.

Stephen demonstrated the Double Robotics Double, basically an iPad on a Segway. But I've seen it before on South Park, the episode about Blockbuster on Halloween, so I wasn't impressed. Plus, it made me quite sad when Jay the Intern was fired.

Stephen's guest last night was Dr. Ed Stone, creator of the Space Age. The two men talked about Voyager, the Interstellar Mission. We have great photos of the larger planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and tons of information, thanks to Voyager. We also got to see, at the end of the show, Stephen Tiberius Colbert (channeling Sandra Bullock) present a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal to Ed Stone.

Stephen signed off last night with a simple, "Goodnight, Moon."

People Chant My Name

On February 22, 2012, 2 people came to an agreement. If Stephen Colbert would support the DISCLOSE Act, then Nancy Pelosi would encourage Democrats to come on Stephens "Better Know A District" segment. Stephen has supported DISCLOSE and therefore Stephen was honored to do a segment with Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan. He currently represents the 3rd District of Missouri which will become the 1st District in next election. I'm assuming that it got moved up to 1st place as a result of getting The Colbert Bump.

The two men talked about St. Louis, beer, corn, marriage and other important issues. Congressman Carnahan was able to keep up with Stephen and not be outshone. Kudos to him. (There's a reason why some members of Congress are afraid to be interviewed by Stephen Colbert, but Russ Carnahan is one of the brave members.

Stephen had a short segment about food. He complained about the FDA sitting around inspecting his meat. He complained about Meatless Mondays. And then he complained about people eating carrots, potatoes and watermelon. Well, people have different opinions on all of this. Hopefully some good can come out of all of this and by that I mean, when is Stephen going to write a cookbook?

Stephen's guest was Chris Hayes and while he did get dressed up for the interview, he did not look as fabulous as Stephen. Chris Hayes is host for Up with Chris Hayes, Editor At Large for The Nation, and wrote the book, Twilight of the Elites, America After Meritocracy. Stephen said that the future is bright, he has an iPad and that people chant his name. Chris Hayes doesn't wear a tie. But, there is a great song just waiting to be written by Woody Guthrie inside the verbosity of the book. Stephen suggested we all go out and buy it and read it. He thinks there might be vampires in it.