Stephen Colbert 'Feuds' With AP Over Word "TRUTHINESS"

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/ap_on_en_tv/tv_colbert_vs_ap_2

NEW YORK - Stung by a recent Associated Press article that didn't credit him for coining the word "truthiness," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert has struck back.

The world's oldest news organization, Colbert says, is the "No. 1 threat facing America."

On Wednesday evening, Colbert placed the AP atop the Threat Down segment of "The Colbert Report" show. What was No. 2?

Bears.



In October, on Colbert's debut episode of the "Daily Show" spinoff, the comedian defined "truthiness" as truth that wouldn't stand to be held back by facts. The word caught on, and last week the American Dialect Society named "truthiness" the word of the year.

"The fact that they looked it up in a book just shows that they don't get the idea of truthiness at all," Colbert said Thursday. "You don't look up truthiness in a book, you look it up in your gut."

Colbert, who referred on his program to the AP omission as a "journalistic travesty," said Thursday that it was similar to the much-criticized weapons of mass destruction reporting leading up to the Iraq War.

"Except," he said, "people got hurt this time."

[Libby2]

1. The man cracks me up.

I didn't think I was going to care for his show in the beginning.
But now I like it as well, if not better, than Jon Stewart.
It's great to have an hour long comedy show worth watching !!(Stewart and Colbert)

[underpants]

3. I completely agree

It's only taken him a few months but every word is directly on, seemless hilarious comedy.

I tape both-it boils down to about 40 minutes in total without the commercials.

[AlCzervik]

20. i love him and i think "Truthiness" was the first ever word Segment he

did. I also love the boards---you're dead to me, you got nailed.

[WernhamHogg]

22. I agree

I was really looking forward to his show and after the first episode, I liked what I saw, but I wasn't sure if he could keep it up. Now, I think I *MIGHT* just like The Colbert Report slightly more than The Daily Show (I still love The Daily Show, but I tend to zone out during some of the Daily Show interviews).

[Ready4Change]

2. His RW impersonation is uncanny. n/t

[rkc3]

4. Anyone can do that - just give up intellect and irony and you've got it.

[YOY]

5. The fact that in the beginning some of the RWers thought him to be serious

is what makes him the (self-crowned) king in my eyes!

[NYC Liberal]

8. Remember those Freeper threads saying how great he was

and how it was great to have a comedian on THEIR side? :rofl::rofl:

[YOY]

11. Couldn't they just have been happy with Dennis Miller

and his cocky-still-might-have-a-coke-problem-"hey-I'm-a genious-by-marketing-to-the-other-side"-one-trick-pony-comedic-tool ego?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[underpants]

12. It's what Lincoln would have watched

Tag line at the bottom of this page
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/host/stephen_colbert.jhtml

I must have missed that. Did they really think he was for real??? Oh that is too damned funny.

Conservative brains just don't get irony and satire I don't know why but they just don't.

[deutsey]

17. Are they disabused of this notion now?

They can't be THAT stupid, can they?

Oh, wait a minute...

[Beelzebud]

33. ROFL. More reason for me to totally love him! :D

LOL The fact that they didn't get it, at first, is icing on the cake!

[fujiyama]

34. Are you serious?

Wow.

They really are dumb.

[FreedomAngel82]

37. Oh that was hilarious!

Than someone over there had to go and ruin it! LOL!

[linazelle]

6. I howled when he declared Heather Clark, the AP writer, "dead to me." nt

[deutsey]

7. I loved how he interviewed John Stossel

Made it seem as though he agreed with him then asked backhanded questions about the "invisible hand of the market" replacing FAA regulations.

[wicket]

9. He made a total fool out of Stossel

And Stossel is too stupid to realize it.

[deutsey]

16. I think Stossel was like Dylan's Mr. Jones

He knew something was happening, but he didn't what it was.

:evilgrin:

[lectrobyte]

21. That was one of the best guest segments ever. Although I kind of

wonder what people are thinking when they go on the show. I guess they just aren't it-getters.

[nicknameless]

43. "It-getters" -- Great term!

I had never heard it before.

:D

[FatDave]

28. deutsey, not only are you 100% correct...

...but you get big bonus points for referencing one of my very favorite Dylan songs.

[FreedomAngel82]

38. That's the genius of Colbert

He can do them so well to where they think he's on their side but when you watch it you can clearly tell he's making fun of them. It's so hilarious.

[XOKCowboy]

10. Number 2 - Bears

:rofl:

Thank goodness we have SOMEONE with the courage to speak out about the danger of bears.

[underpants]

15. Yeah

That is pure quick genius writing right there.

[deutsey]

19. I loved his Christmas rant about bears

and about being an "originalist" when it comes to celebrating Christmas.

The best stuff on TV.

[FreedomAngel82]

39. Yep

You gotta protect the people from the bears. It's not Al-Quaida! LOL!

[Ioo]

13. My Right Wing Friend thinks that his act is for real...

He said to me, "At least there is something truthful on CC, the Daily Show is a Bush bashing haven, my side is has a voice now"

I replayed, "First off, this is what is wrong with America, your side vs my side, I hope you are happy, and second, you know that is all a joke, it is a very bush bashing show"

He walked away as he told me, "No, it is a show for us real Americans..." or something to that effect.

[YOY]

18. Then the laugh truly is on him...

It's doesn't take a great mind to get Colbert's sarcasm and irony.

[The White Tree]

23. That's pretty funny considerring he is a registerred Democrat

I guess that's the definition of Truthiness right there.

[otohara]

27. How Funny - Yet Sad

it's no wonder those millions of "real American's" are duped by the GOP. They are so easily fooled and manipulated.

[FreedomAngel82]

40. Oh brother!

"Real Americans"? WTF do you think a person born in America is?! Stupid ass.

[Mutley]

14. "Except," he said, "people got hurt this time."

:rofl:

That man brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea how he can do his show with a straight face.

[mattomjoe]

24. straight face -- no kidding

I have a clip from TDS of Colbert's interview with Mary Carey (Carey: "I've never farted for any other interview ever before. You're my first fart." Colbert: "Well, that's what we in the news biz call an exclusive."). Cracks me up every time!

[Mutley]

25. Funny!

:rofl:

[CabalPowered]

29. Oh that clip is classic!

The look on Colbert's face as he asks "What was that? ... LOL :rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

41. I loved that!

Oh gosh. It was so hilarious! LOL!

[Z_I_Peevey]

26. I've been in love with Colbert

since his "So You're Living in a Police State" piece on the Daily Show. Whatta dude.

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

31. Just Pour Vu! Video link!

"Oh Hi, I didn't see you there in the sprinkler head!"

Here's the video

And more links:

Colbert's segment "So You're Living In A Police State," a lampoon on the Patriot Act, opens with a slightly bird's-eye-view of Colbert entering his bathroom, as he whistles nonchalantly and urinates. He then turns to the camera in surprise.
Oh, hi! I didn't see you there in the sprinkler head!

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show#Stephen_Colbert

the page with SYLIAPS:
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/stephen_colbert/index.jhtml?start=65

The rest of the videos:
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/stephen_colbert/index.jhtml


Big Brother = Big Fun!

[Z_I_Peevey]

35. Why, thank you very much. n/t

[Chimichurri]

30. his "Dead to Me" poster had bow tie pasta on it LOL

He's a riot.

[Initech]

32. I saw that last night and I was laughing my ass off!

Colbert is the man!

[FreedomAngel82]

36. I just love the show

My dad and I love the show. I video tape it during the week (and the "Daily Show" of course!) and we watch it together on the weekend. :D

[The2ndWheel]

42. Funniest man on the planet, nt