So the gods of comedy flashed us a blindingly bright smile last week as we scored tickets not just to the Daily Show, but Colbert as well! Above, a shot of the wall outside Colbert’s studio, where they’ve left the loving graffiti unpainted – and while both shows were fun to attend, it epitomized why I’d put up with waiting in line all over again for Colbert. The Colbert Report has been extremely fan-centric from the get-go, letting the audience drive a lot of the content. And while Jon Stewart tended to disappear within his entourage when the cameras took a commercial break, Stephen gave us literally every second of his presence while he was onstage. He flung bracelets into the crowd, he flirted with the makeup girl, he did a little dance before filming Formidable Opponent, it was like he knew how happy we were to be there seeing him live, and for all his frothing persona, there’s a vibe of gratitude underneath it all. Here’s The Colbert Report’s Yelp listing which has all the dirt on going to the show, and here’s the one for The Daily Show.
We also spent Super Bowl Sunday ordering pizza, giving each other spa treatments, and watching the second season of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. And while Tim is excellent at fit and proportion and fashion problem-solving, there wasn’t a whole lot of spice in the “after” outfits. Which got us thinking, we would LOVE to see a makeover show hosted by Simon Doonan. And Cintra Wilson! But for now, we’ll take RuPaul’s Drag Races. Speaking of which, if you’ve been wondering what Nina Flowers has been up to: recording a new single, “Loca,” which really should be experienced in the context of the full YouTube performance, lace bellbottoms and flirting with the delirious crowd and fistfuls of cash and all.
Weird Al Yankovic is taking over a TV channel for real this time – he’s signed a production deal with Cartoon Network to broadcast anything he wants on the channel. Hopefully more of the “news” schtick he did in the 80’s, because intercutting himself into an interview with George Harrison and then VJing They Might Be Giants is one of my most-missed VHS tapes. (Screen Junkies, via Pajiba)
NOOOOOOOO! Sarah Haskins is no longer doing Target: Women. Yay for new horizons (one of which is working on a screenplay for Amy Poehler), but I will miss the fearless navigation of bridal diets, romancing one’s cleaning products, and the strange phenomenon of having to wear a gray hoodie while eating yogurt. Here’s the archive. (Jezebel)
Kristen Stewart got some very interesting advice from Joan Jett on how to play guitar in the upcoming Runaways movie. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Patti Smith. (Agent Bedhead, via Pajiba)
Mainstreaming feminist punk didn’t really do us any favors, and I concur. Alanis Morrisette is one such “girl-power” figment of the 90’s that hopefully will NOT make a comeback this decade. (Pandagon)
The makers of Paradise Lost are filming a third documentary on the West Memphis Three, which should be verrrrrry interesting in light of recent DNA testing and John Mark Byers now thinking they’re innocent. It’s insane that this is still going on nearly 20 years later. (wm3 blog)
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