☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのStephen Colbert on "White House Correspondents' Dinner"

Have you already watched Stephen Colbert on "White House Correspondents' Dinner"?

His performance has been ignored by mainstream media, but it became so popular on the Internet.

Here are the links (in three parts) of his performance on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRXur61II&search=colbert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0INDOkFuo&search=colbert
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rJvar7BKwvQ&search=colbert%20bush

Please note that Stephen did it right next to Bush himself.

My favorite lines are:

"I don't believe polls. Polls are reflecting reality, and reality is well-known liberal bias."
"He (Bush) believes the same things in Wednesday that he believed on Monday no matter what happened on Tuesday."

Thank you Stephen Colbert!

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[1] mixiユーザー 05月04日 08:40

yeah, hes got his own show on the comedy central. pretty funny.

[2] mixiユーザー 05月04日 09:54

Huh, I didn't know mainstream TV was brushing it aside... But then again I don't watch TV that much at all.

[3] mixiユーザー 05月04日 13:04

Aww, man. When I saw this I cheered out loud. The man has giant brass balls.

This Generation's Edgar R. Murrow is a comedian.

P.S. to Japanese people studing english- this is a perfect example of the American sence of humor. Biting sarcasm and Irony.

[4] mixiユーザー 05月04日 15:20

Funny stuff. He's got some balls to do a whole sketch about the president right at the White House Correspondent's Dinner!

[5] mixiユーザー 05月05日 02:27

It was in the mainstream media (Washington Post)...

enjoy!

[6] mixiユーザー 05月05日 02:44

it wasnt a big deal because the whole point of the White House Correspondent's Dinner is to poke fun at the politicians. Even Bush was making fun of himself.

And, all major newspapers cover the event as an annual funny story.

[7] mixiユーザー 05月06日 01:34

it was on the news in australia too!

[8] mixiユーザー 05月06日 01:45

Sameer> it wasnt a big deal because the whole point of the White House Correspondent's Dinner is to poke fun at the politicians. Even Bush was making fun of himself.

I disagree. The impersonator did a good job, but he did not criticize Bush using his jokes (and of course, he did not intend to do so). On the other hand, Stephen's performance clearly criticized whole Bush policies and media reporters using marvelous jokes. This was a big deal and unusual even in the Whitehouse Correspondents' Dinner, I think.

[9] mixiユーザー 05月06日 02:12

Sameer> And, all major newspapers cover the event as an annual funny story.

NY times did not.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/arts/03colb.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Washington Post did not.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050101558.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302202.html

LA Times did not.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-channel2may02,1,2282466.story

And not only the media but also people did not take "the event as an annual funny story" either. Bush apologists are attacking Stephen saying that he was not *funny* but also he ignored the Washington rules. Liberals are complaining that mainstream media (in particular TV media) ignored his performance.

So Stephen's performance is not considered "as an annual funny story" regardless of your political position.

[10] mixiユーザー 05月06日 05:19

Colbert just repeated what he says on his tv show nightly. It's not all that newsworthy. But, when the president is poking fun at himself in a sketch, now thats something to write about.

My point about all newspapers cover the event is that they all do have an article about it. Some people thought Colbert went too far, but if you look back at previous year's events, the lead speaker does make fun of the president every year.

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