Stephen
Colbert
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) launched on the scene big time last year with his brilliant and scathing performance at the White House correspondents dinner, and the Colbert-coined "truthiness" was chosen Word of the Year by the American Dialetic Society and Meriam-Webster. Colbert unveiled his new word, "factiness" on his 2007 debut, featuring guest Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance. During the (mock) interview, Colbert demonstrated he knew what "shake" is and Nadelmann commented that while viewers surely must get drunk to watch O'Reilly, probably half of Colbert's audience got stoned before watching.
In a January 2006 City Arts and Lectures interview with SF Chronicle TV critic Tim Goodman at the Herbst theatre in San Francisco, Colbert said he smoked "a lot" of pot for a period of time in high school, while honing his devil-may-care comedy style. Fans of the VIP site have written in to nominate Colbert, who makes reference to medical marijuana while interviewing Congressmen, and recently interviewed psychedelic author Daniel Pinchbeck in a segment that began with some trippy camerawork. After Pinchbeck's description of a Yage trip, Colbert commented it was like the opposite of a hangover--you feel sick first and good the next day. Words to remember at hangover season, and the rest of the year as well.
Colbert has continued his pot jokes, launching a battle with VIP Willie Nelson over their Ben and Jerry's flavors. "What's his made of, shredded tax forms and hash?" he asked B&J. On his January 18, 2007 show while introducing "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilley, Colbert announced, "You're not high, Bill O'Reilly is really here. You might also be high." O'Reilly interviewed Colbert on his show that day, he also had Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Executive Director Steph Sherer discussing federal raids on cannabis clubs in Los Angeles and West Hollywood.
The White House Correspondents have chosen (or exhimed exhumed) Rich Little to regale this year's crowd with imitations (we suppose) of Richard Nixon, Johnny Carson and Paul Lynde.
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