Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Dinner

[OAKS]

Who else has seen this? Don't think he'll get invited back

Part 1
http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/AA ... 83E27F.htm

Part 2
http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/C9 ... 7DF696.htm

[monkeylax]

One word:


Cajones.



Big ones.

[bste_lax]

He really had some "guts".

[Gregg Pathiakis]

Who else has seen this? Don't think he'll get invited back

Part 1
http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/AA ... 83E27F.htm

Part 2
http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/C9 ... 7DF696.htm

It was wierd watching the Colbert Report and watching his Press Secretary audition tape on tv at the same time I am watching it online.

Now I may sound like a complete moron, but I watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report almost every night, and I still can't tell if Colbert is really conservative or really sarcastic. When I heard he was speaking at the dinner, I assumed he really was conservative, but now that I've seen it, I'm not so sure.

[OAKS]

An interview with the man, the myth, the living legend. This should answer some of the questions above.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/ ... 3506.shtml

[Gregg Pathiakis]

An interview with the man, the myth, the living legend. This should answer some of the questions above.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/ ... 3506.shtml

Thanks Will... two quotes seem to almost answer my questions:

Asked whether the character he plays is smart, proud or stupid, Colbert says, "I think of him as a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot."

Meantime, insincerity is paying big dividends and playing to more than a million people a night.

"Is there any possibility of the danger of you starting to believe yourself?" Safer asked.

"I hope so," Colbert replied. "I think that's the only hope that I'll actually do this job right — if I begin to believe my own line of crap."

One thing I am sure of, though, is that I was very happy at the way he ripped Bush at the dinner.

[Brandon Carlson]

Alright I had to watch it before I commented on it. At first I thought it was too good to be true, but I now realize that whatever idiot was in charge of the White House Corespondents Dinner was stupid enough to ask Stephen Colbert to speak. Pretty poor choice I must say, and I'm glad the Colbert seized the moment as he did. I thought he was funny. I'm still at a loss for words that this was directly to the president's face, but more power to him.

[Lax_Stats]

I cant get it to play and I have tried over and over and over and downloaded every download there is. What am I missing? What do I need to click on to be able to play videos from this site?

[laxative]

Big brass ones!! That was hilarious.

[Gregg Pathiakis]

I cant get it to play and I have tried over and over and over and downloaded every download there is. What am I missing? What do I need to click on to be able to play videos from this site?

I had a little trouble there too. Try these links:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 86F5420419

http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/04/colb ... dents.html

[DanGenck]

Honestly, who was the moron who invited him? That was like having Barbara Streisand speak.

[sohotrightnow]

Did anybody catch Frank Caliendo at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner? Hilarious! His impression of Bush is incredible!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zaq630D0 ... 20caliendo

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6p-RYJ ... 20caliendo

[horn17]

Honestly, who was the moron who invited him? That was like having Barbara Streisand speak.

This is one of our nations finest traditions, the night were the press sits down and shuts up for a couple of hours to be honored by the white house (personally I think its an excuse for another party....) I'm looking for the list of guest comedians from the past years currently and will add them unless someone beats me to it...

[Tim Whitehead]

1945 dinner
Performers included Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice and Danny Kaye.

1969 dinner
President Richard Nixon personally requested the Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Revue.

1985 dinner
Rich Little and President Ronald Reagan dual press conference skit

1993 dinner
Elayne Boosler

1994 dinner
Al Franken

1995 dinner
Conan O'Brien

1996 dinner
Al Franken

1997 dinner
Jon Stewart

1998 dinner
Ray Romano

1999 dinner
Aretha Franklin, entertainment (NBC's Brian Williams in skit)

2000 dinner
Outgoing President Bill Clinton mocked himself in the short film President Clinton: Final Days, which depicted him as a lonely man closing down a nearly-deserted White House, riding a bicycle, and learning about the internet with the help of actor Michael Maronna as his character "Stuart".

2001 dinner
Darrell Hammond and "Survivor" spoof

2002 dinner
Drew Carey (Ozzy Osbourne attended)

2003 dinner
Ray Charles, entertainment

2004 dinner
Jay Leno

2005 dinner
Cedric the Entertainer, plus some (off-color) jokes by First Lady Laura Bush.

[Wade]

That was awesome, too bad Scalia was the only one in the room willing to laugh at himself.

Still think the Hindenburg line was the best.