TCR | 2014.12.01 | “In 1977, when I was in 8th grade, I won two tickets from a local radio station to see this new movie Star Wars, two weeks before it came out nationally. I loved it. But at school on Monday I couldn’t explain how everything was different now because nobody had seen it. They thought my Darth Vader impression was just asthma. Then the movie comes out and everybody’s saying it’s the greatest thing ever but I saw it first. I have been a Star Wars fan two weeks longer than any of you.”
Wow I… I cant believe Stephen Colbert made such a good argument on how that would work. Bravo.
He’s an unabashedly overeducated nerd. He showed up the lore expert that Peter Jackson deferred to for the Lord of the Rings movies, I’m not surprised to see him laying down the law on Star Wars too.
Report Rewatch | And so the final four episode countdown begins. When I’d watch The Report I’d take note of some of my favourite recurring things Stephen did to (eventually) mash together. Here’s one of the compilations—though I’m sure it’s missing so many more instances—Stephen imitating the graphics.
Choosing an unpopular character as your favorite like
okay the video that this GIF is from - when Stephen Colbert danced to Daft Punk with a bunch of different celebrities and stuff - WHY DOES THAT VIDEO NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ONLINE ANYMORE? i need it
LSSC | 2016.09.01 | “And you gotta hang around afterwards. You can’t leave the room, it’s not like there’s a limo waiting for you to dive through the window and get away—as much as you want to.”
LSSC | 2016.09.01 | An important piece of advice Stephen received from Harry J. Lennix after nobody would make eye contact with him after he finished his roast of George W. Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondent’s Dinner.