Congress Shall Make No Law

It's Monday and lots of people are talking about what they did this past weekend. Apparently lots of people went to the movies. We can't possibly see all the movies that are out there in the movie theaters, so it was helpful when Stephen compared two movies from this past weekend. One movie was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two" and the other was "The Undefeated" which is about Sarah Palin. He thought they were quite similar, and, in fact, they did have something in common with each other - numbers. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" made about $169,189,427 (a number) and "The Undefeated" got a perfect score of 0% (another number) from Rotten Tomatoes.

When Stephen does finally go to see the movie "The Undefeated" he's going to dress up as a Gotcha Question!

Would you like to be on The Colbert Report? You can. It is very easy. Just donate money to his Colbert Superpac, and you will see your name crawling across the bottom of the screen in what Stephen calls a Cash Crawl.

You are probably wondering about the title. Congress makes laws all the time. That's why all those guys and gals are elected. Well there's other reasons why they are elected, but it's usually so that they can make laws.

But Stephen had Sean Parnell of the Center for ....
(my free speech kicks in here wherein I don't speak about the rest of the name of the Center)... kind of stumped with the whole First Amendment. Mr. Parnell could only remember the first five words. But I have no problem with that because Sean (may I call you Sean) is all about free speech and so that should by definition involve saying as much or as little about the First Amendment as he wants to. If some people are confused, so be it. That's free speech, isn't it?

Although I can see how some people could possible be confused. For example, the following sentence could cause problems for Momma if you only say the first five words.

Throw Momma from the train a kiss.

Also interveiwed was Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics (Open Secrets.org). They talked about a lot of things, including puppies.

And finally, all fans of liberty and freedom, including free speech of course, were most likely glued to their TV sets when Stephen has as his guest tonight, John Prendergast, co-founder of Enough Project.

Some more numbers:

8,775 people like Enough Project.

32,124 people like Open Secrets.org

347 people like Center for Competitive Politics.

Daniel Radcliffe

I wasn't aware of this when I posted about Harry Potter, but Daniel Radcliffe is going to be the guest on The Daily Show this coming Monday, July 18. I just happened to look at the website for Jon Stewart and his The Daily Show and there it was - Daniel Radcliffe. I know it's a little bit off topic to be talking about Jon Stewart, but I figure it's a good idea to branch out occasionally and talk about something other than The Colbert Report.

I imagine for Daniel Radcliffe's visit to The Daily Show, the green room will be stocked with the usual snacks, plus also some Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Jelly Beans.

Harry Potter

I have often wondered why we can only see The Colbert Report four days a week and not five days like most shows that are on a "daily" schedule. That would basically make them a "Daily Show." I have finally determined why that is. Right from the very first time Stephen Colbert came into our homes and informed us of the national and international news, he had plans to stay up late on Thursday, July 14 so that he could go see the final Harry Potter movie at midnight on July 15. And thus he would be too tired on Friday to go to work. So rather than skip one show that week, the plan was just to always skip the Friday show. I can't really imagine any other reason to just have Monday through Thursday schedule.

So then we come to the movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". First of all, I haven't seen it yet, so don't worry, no plot spoilers here. But, alas, this is the last of Harry Potter movies and last book. Fans are excited to finally see the movie, but sad that it's all ending.

But, don't despair. You can read the books over and over and watch the movies time after time. Some young folks have grown up always having Harry Potter to read. I do have some sympathy for them, but there will be something else that will come along that will intrigue them in much the same way that Harry Potter did.

Now, I'm hoping that on Monday's show, Stephen will show pictures of himself dressed as his favorite character, eating popcorn as he watches the movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."