Colbert New Comic-in-Chief 939
scottzak writes "Hail to the Chief! Stephen Colbert addressed the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday (attended by the President, the elite of Washington politics, and the White House Press Corps) and told the truth. Jaws dropped. Eyes popped. The live audience gasped. Scalia laughed his ass off. You want to see a brilliant comic display some real courage? Look no further. Enjoy the reaction shots, and Colbert's audition for Press Secretary job." The BBC covers the act just prior to Mr. Colbert's, where the President and a look-alike took turns making fun of his speaking skills.
Cajones (Score:5, Funny)
Big, brassy, get-put-on-a-no-fly-list, cajones.
And kudos for being kinda funny too.
Stephen was bang on... (Score:5, Funny)
"Wow, what an honor...to sit here, at the same table as my hero, George W Bush. To be this close to the man. I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You know what? I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough. Somebody shoot me in the face...is he really not here tonight?" (in reference to the Vice President) "The one guy that could have helped."
That killed me. Later:
"I believe in democracy. I believe that democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit. As a matter of fact, Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, uh welcome. You're great country makes our Happy Meals possible."
Huge groan from the crowd on that one.
He got some huge laughs, but some got no reaction and I can only assume that either those in attendance were brain dead and didn't get it or offended by his frankness. Either way, he was dead on and hilarious.
Wow (Score:1, Funny)
What's next, the NY Times not agreeing with the president on Iraq?
Dog bites man
Re:Torrent link (Score:5, Funny)
25,000 people using bittorrent to download an hour-long C-SPAN special
That should go down in the history books as "the day that the anti-filesharing lobbies collectively went: WTF??"
Re:Isn't it funny? (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.drudgereport.com/ [drudgereport.com]
Re:The best part about this (Score:5, Funny)
You know, it scares the hell out of me that we've reached the point that we're glad only 1/3 of the population is composed of these fuckwits...
Re:Liberal Bunk (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cajones (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Worth a watch (Score:5, Funny)
Only when market forces allow it, not all the time.
Re:Bzzzzzt history says you are wrong (Score:3, Funny)
I have to agree with you on this, however, on a lighter note, I really do like the trend we've seen, started by Fox News of hot looking 'news chicks'....
The networks may be spewing drivel, but, at least there is something pleasant to look at while they're doing it now.
Re:Poor Colbert? (Score:5, Funny)
What are you doing on Slashdot? I cast thee out!
Re:Poor Colbert? (Score:2, Funny)
He needs as much protection today to walk the streets of America as he does to walk the streets of Pakistan (an outer ring of military protection and an inner ring of those draft dodgers from the US Secret Service protecting him).