Stephen Colbert

Doctor Who crossover: Underappreciated Tea-Boys Unite!

source: Fake News Fanfiction

Rating: PG (violence, one dead President) Series: Doctor Who/Torchwood, The Colbert Report, Tek Jansen Characters/Pairings: Ianto(/Jack), Gwen, Owen, Tosh, Bobby, Stephen, Meangarr Spoilers: New Who S3; Torchwood S1; Tek Jansen #1 Disclaimer: Work of parody; not real; not mine.

Published Thu, Nov 19

Television Review | 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All': Unwrap the Presents, Unleash the Parody

source: NYT > Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert is delightful, a few of the song parodies are clever, but over all, the show is too long and more than a little strained, much like the holiday specials it mocks.

Published Thu, Nov 20

Pew: Limbaugh and Hannity Fans Politically Smarter Than Colbert's, CNN's and Stewart's

source: NewsBusters.org

Nearly 40 percent of the regular audience of the news parody "The Colbert Report" are college graduates, compared with 30 percent of "The Daily Show" viewers. Both shows have younger audiences than other TV news sources, with less than a quarter of Colbert and Daily Show viewers over the a...

Published Sat, Oct 18

Political Parodies Pay in Election Year

source: Television Week

This election season, there’s money to be made in making fun of politicians. Tina Fey’s brilliant mimicry of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has helped boost “Saturday Night Live” ratings 46% over last year. And Comedy Central’s late-night news parody shows, “The Da...

Published Sun, Oct 5

'Rain' and Stephen Colbert

source: Asia Pacific Media Network

Robert Allen hopes the Korean public understands that Stephen Colbert's parody is good publicity for 'Rain' in America

Published Wed, May 23

EFF drops suit against Viacom over YouTube parody removal

source: Download Squad

The EFF had filed its lawsuit on behalf of MoveOn.org, Civic Action, and Brave New Films. The video, called "Stop the Falsiness," was created using clips from The Colbert Report, but it was a parody of both Colbert's right-wing schtick and MoveOn.org.

Published Tue, Apr 24

Daily Show covers Viacom suit against Google/YouTube

source: Boing Boing

Previously on BoingBoing: Viacom censors Colbert Report machinima off YouTube EFF sues Viacom over YouTube takedown of Colbert parody YouTube/Google sued by Viacom for a billion bucks Viacom: privacy-hating hypocrites Viacom terrorizes YouTube with bullshit DMCA notices Viacom...

Published Fri, Mar 23

Viacom sued over 'Colbert Report' parody

source: The Herald

NEW YORK - Activist groups sued Viacom Inc. on Thursday, claiming the parent of Comedy Central improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the cable network's "The Colbert Report."

Published Fri, Mar 23