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By: GeoWonk.com » Blog Archive » Sean Carroll on Colbert

GeoWonk.com » Blog Archive » Sean Carroll on Colbert — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:27 +0000

[...] explaining it under what must be the high-pressure gaze of Colbert. My congrats to Sean for joining the long list of my friends who have been on that TV show, and of course I’m not jealous at all. Really. Not even a [...]

By: Sili

Sili — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:06:39 +0000

He did a damn good pronunciation of “Holger Bech Nielsen” (a bit too tense on the “ie”).

That certainly put a bit goofy grin on my face.

By: gss_000

gss_000 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:49:44 +0000

Again, let’s not judge all main stream media by poor examples. I’ve seen just as many non-traditional sites do absolutely horrible reporting. Or not cover launches at all.

And before mocking MSNBC too much, check out the Rachel Maddow Show’s “Moment of Geek” segment. It has had Bill Nye, Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts, and Caroline Moore, the youngest person ever to discover a supernova, a topic which I don’t think was covered here.

Plus, you’re doing a disservice to Alan Boyle, a space reporter on msnbc.com and the author of the Cosmic Log blog there. He covers many of the same events as here, sometimes days before, as well as many other space related topics that you don’t find here (like the Lunar Lander Challenge). Sometimes I find that when we complain there isn’t good coverage, it’s because we are basing that on preconceived notions and not on evidence.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:32:21 +0000

Oh, for the canuck crowd:

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/the-colbert-report—october-28-2009/

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:29:22 +0000

One of the best Colbert episodes, and it included an awesome “tonight’s word” to boot! And I’m going to buy Cox’s book as a result.

By: The Yorkshire Sceptic

The Yorkshire Sceptic — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:13:11 +0000

So how about a transcript for those outside the pale? Pretty please.

By: Aerimus

Aerimus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:44:55 +0000

I finally watched that episode on the ol’ TiVo last night and it was awesome. That one segment along was loaded with brilliant gems. I loved the future returning Bobby, the stage manager.

By: Nomen Publicus

Nomen Publicus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:39:40 +0000

Anyone else noticed how, as the news media drifts further and further into pure entertainment, the comics are becoming more and more the only intelligent commentators on TV? While Dara Ó Briain may be an extreme example (being a mathematical physicist) there are many more one could list and they all get large audiences.

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:43:56 +0000

7 Trillion ELECTRON VOLTS, M. Colbert. NOT plain VOLTS. Totally different things.

By: MichaelL

MichaelL — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:31:12 +0000

I’ll have to weed through Canada’s Comedy Channel to get the highlights. *Sadly*, I was enjoying U2 in Vancouver last night. If only I had known Brian was going to be on beforehand…

By: jetdriver

jetdriver — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:58:35 +0000

Love Colbert. Great job as usual
Hulu.com (http://www.hulu.com/watch/105219/the-colbert-report-wed-oct-28-2009) also has the latest Colbert episodes. Might also be blocked in Canada too though if the problem stems from Comedy Central’s distribution rights….

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:22:28 +0000

No problem watching the embedded content over here in Japan. Lucky me.

By: Yakov

Yakov — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:54:33 +0000

How is relativity behind transistors?

By: ND

ND — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:11:57 +0000

That was a good solid Colbert episode. Yeah those unscripted interviews show how much this guys think on his feet. I supposed the interviews are somewhat predictable given the guest and the topic of the interview.

By: dusty59

dusty59 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:07:02 +0000

I love how Brian catches Colbert off guard… “You’re asking sensible questions– somethings gone horribly wrong!” …or to that effect.

Colbert’s pompous character satire can be a bit much at times, but he won me over at the ’06 White House Correspondent Dinner performance!

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:54 +0000

I loved the reference to “The future ate my homework.” His comment that physics was “too short on experiments gone horribly,,,” Wrong(I can’t spell the other). Like, the LHC hasn’t, won’t, will never blow up the universe(or CERN, for that matter). But, if it did, just think of the fireworks.

He is one of the two smartest pundits on the tube.

Gary 7

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:19:46 +0000

Thanks serenity, that worked perfectly!

By: Colbert on the nature of time and space | Good, Bad, and Bogus

Colbert on the nature of time and space | Good, Bad, and Bogus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:31 +0000

[...] Plait over at Bad Astronomy mentioned the above interview Colbert did with physicist Brian Cox. I can’t agree more with the praise [...]

By: Steve in Dublin

Steve in Dublin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:40:37 +0000

@serenity #6

Thank you kindly for the tip. That Firefox extension does the job for us ‘ferners’

By: jest

jest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:10:08 +0000

For those in Canuck land (Canada), thecomedynetwork.ca does stream Colbert’s show, though I think sometimes they are a week behind (possibly a contractual thing).

By: TexasOdysseyCoach (Gene)

TexasOdysseyCoach (Gene) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00:38 +0000

Thanx for the heads up on this yesterday, Phil. We usually don’t stay up that late but it was well worth it.

By: tacitus

tacitus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:49:55 +0000

In some countries, other networks have bought the rights to the show, so Comedy Central is contractually obligated to block the show from being watched on their web site. Also, Comedy Central doesn’t like people uploading their clips on YouTube — it’s a violation of their copyright, which they tend to enforce.

It was a good show, indeed.

By: DrFlimmer

DrFlimmer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:26:52 +0000

That’s absolutely hillarious!

By: jest

jest — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:16:01 +0000

AGN_fan: That was probably the first thing I noticed when CNN changed their website.

People ask me why I bother going there.. Mostly for a good laugh, really. I mean, they call themselves a trusted news source, and yet they were SO EASILY sucked in with the whole Balloon Boy hoax (did anyone else here NOT believe that balloon could fly with a 6 y/o child inside?! I for one couldn’t see it happening).

When I realized they had removed their Science section, if anything I was quietly relieved. It meant POSSIBLY having less false reports on Science, exposed on their site (but probably still carrying on in their live broadcasts, since they hire meat heads to read and write the news).

I don’t watch Colbert (I WAY prefer Jon Stewart’s stuff) but glad to see his character’s arrogance didn’t overwhelm the interview with Brian.

By: MHS

MHS — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:04:24 +0000

From the Netherlands I can see all Comedy Central content, embedded or not. Strange.