Stephen Colbert Wins Peabody Award for SuperPAC Satire

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Stephen Colbert wins Peabody Award for SuperPAC satire
Wed Apr 4, 2012 3:11pm EDT

(Reuters) - Comedy show "The Colbert Report" won a prestigious Peabody Award on Wednesday for its segments on SuperPACs, in which host Stephen Colbert launched his own SuperPAC as a satirical protest against political spending.

The Peabodys, the oldest in broadcasting, recognize excellence in television and radio broadcasting, as well as by webcasters, producing organizations and individuals.

It was the second Peabody for "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central's satirical look at current events and the news.

"Launching his own SuperPAC as a satirical protest against megabucks politics, Colbert mixed cerebral comedy with inspired sight gags, interviews and preposterously funny monologues," the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, which administers the awards, said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE83314Y20120404?irpc=932

[Ian David]

1. Bill O'Reilly doesn't have ANY Peabody awards. n/t

[davidwparker]

18. +1

Clicked the OP to add a similar comment.

[DFW]

2. There are STILL people out there who don't realize that Colbert is mocking the radical right

They think he's serious and agree with his character.

And THAT is the scary part!!

[unblock]

4. some people simply lack the satire gene.

pity.

[TheMadMonk]

22. IIRC, pathological literalness is one of the 12 criteria for diagnosing...

...Autism Spectrum Disorders. Inability to recognise satire, similie, hyperbole, other methods of illustrative speech.

[immoderate]

5. Unbelievable! But true!

Some libertarian friends sent me Colbert's interview with representatives of OWS, saying, "he really puts them in their place."

I had to walk them through it, practically frame by frame, and point out the jokes. Then I told them about Poe's Law. (When right wing rhetoric gets radical enough, it's indistinguishable from satire.)

They now know that Colbert is satire, but they are confused by it.


--imm

[sakabatou]

8. ...

[colsohlibgal]

3. The Writing Is Beyond Brilliant On This Show

It's brilliant on Jon Stewart's show as well. If only the MSN did 1/20th of the hypocrisy calling out that these two shows do.

It is amazing that such a huge pct of wingnuts think Colbert is one of them. The reason is of course that most wingnuts are irony deficient.

[Kolesar]

17. Colbert brought his writers onto the stage on the last time The Colbert Report won an award

It was very graceful, even though he kept referring to "my award".

[DearAbby]

6. Congrats and well deserved.

The man is brilliant, as well as his writing staff. Well deserved and applauded

[KT2000]

7. I hope he recognized

the contribution of the lawyer who helped out. That guy was having so much fun with it too.
Congrats Stephen and crew!

[sgmcenroe]

19. Credit where credit is due

He made special mention of him - as well as Ham Rove. He also credited the Supreme Court for making it all possible!

[KT2000]

20. Stephen is a class act! n/t

[randome]

9. And now you can get your very own SuperPAC Fun Pak!

[jade3000]

10. so what's happening with that Super PAC these days?

Is Colbert still doing anything with it?

[bluedigger]

11. The Colbert Super PAC Fun Pack!

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411672/april-03-2012/colbert-super-pac---super-fun-pack-not-legal-advice---certificate-of-presidenthood?xrs=share_copy

[cbayer]

13. I am pretty sure he's got a big stack of money ready for the GE.

And on Monday, he announced a campaign for others to start their own super-pacs.

[otohara]

12. Who's Celebrating Him Now?

Well done, congrats to SC and his staff

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. well deserved

[annabanana]

15. What? Not a SUPERpeabody?

tut tut

[tanyev]

16. Yes, that was a brilliant and hilarious tutorial on how effed up our system is.

[IMOTM2012]

21. Congrats Colbert!