Stephen Colbert Profile
The Man in the Irony Mask
by Seth Mnookin
Vanity Fair
October 2007
Like Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Stephen Colbert so completely inhabits his creation””the arch-conservative blowhard host of The Colbert Report, his Daily Show spin-off hit””that he rarely breaks character. As Colbert’s new book, I Am America (And So Can You!)
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am? I [told an interviewer that] I’d been arrested for assaulting someone with a flashlight. And I said that I drove a Shelby Cobra, like the Road Warrior, like Mel Gibson. I said, “I’d like you to know I drive a Shelby Cobra.” They totally swallowed it, and I felt bad. Then I thought, It doesn’t matter. It’ll make a better story. “”Stephen Colbert in an interview in his office, June 19, 2007. Continue reading “Stephen Colbert Profile”
Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters Podcasts, Episodes 16 through 20
Here are Episodes 16 through 20 of the historic Coyle & Sharpe podcast series presented by Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America.
In Episode 16, Coyle & Sharpe practice vocal projection. In Episode 17, they try to convince a truck driver to run them over. In Episode 18, Mal tells the story of how they pranked Dizzie Gillespie. In Episode 19, they discuss turning your head into a human sugar bowl. And, in Episode 20, tires are food too.
You can listen to the earlier episodes here:
Episodes 1, 2 & 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episodes 7, 8 & 9
Episodes 10, 11, & 12
Episodes 13, 14, & 15
These recordings are from the Sharpe family archive, tended by Mal’s daughter, Jennifer Sharpe. More about Coyle & Sharpe is available on their Website or on MySpace.
You can also listen to these podcasts at The Sound of Young America.
Fly Right!
Decency debate rages after Southwest shuns flier in skimpy attire
by Reyhan Harmanci
SFGate.com
September 15, 2007
After a summer of record delays and customer complaints, one airline inadvertently flew into a roiling cultural debate by busting passengers for dressing too scantily.
Southwest Airlines has been on the defensive for a few weeks for demanding that two women its flight attendants deemed unsuitably dressed change their outfits or, in the case of one passenger, exit the plane.
Editor’s Note: This looks like a case for WALK RIGHT!, an ad hoc group of vigilante sidewalk etiquette enforcers who, in 1984, led by Joseph Virgil Skaggs (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), had had enough of the outrageous behavior exhibited by inconsiderate, unconscious, hostile pedestrians in New York City.
This Fascist group, dressed in all black with WALK RIGHT! sweat shirts published a petition that listed sixty six rules for pedestrians which they wanted to have enacted into law. Continue reading “Fly Right!”
Furniture Porn: The Movie
Hilarious short film written, directed and animated by PES, edited by Sam Welch/Homestead Editorial NYC, cinematography by Mai Iskander, produced by PES & Sarah Phelps. [Editor’s Note: at publication time, the PES website is not working. Hope that changes soon!]
via furnitureporn.com. Thanks Linda Ardego.