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Memory Lane

by John Cole|  February 4, 20121:34 pm| 62 Comments

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I’d forgotten how funny this episode was:

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Pap Smears at Walgreens
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

Hilarious.

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  1. 1.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Here’s a quite elegant takedown of Brooks’ recent nonsense. By real economists with, like, charts and stuff.

    http://www.epi.org/blog/david-brooks-defense-of-top-1-percent/

  2. 2.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    WTH is up with WVU paying a $350k bustup fee to get out of the away leg of its series with Florida State?

  3. 3.

    Alison

    February 4, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    I love how the segments are immediately 10 times funnier when Colbert starts to lose it :P Sometimes I’ll just be sort of grinning at the jokes, then he starts to crack up and I just bust out laughing.

  4. 4.

    Jager

    February 4, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    I’m not looking forward to the day when guys are curled up on the counters at Walgreens getting prostate exams from Yolanda, the ‘check-out” clerk

  5. 5.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    February 4, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Hey John, just read all the posts about your dad. Glad to hear things are looking better. It’s never easy to think about losing someone you love. All the best to you and your family.

  6. 6.

    gogol's wife

    February 4, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    That really is funny. I have tears in my eyes now.

    Hey, how about those Russians, protesting in 0 degree (Fahrenheit) weather?

  7. 7.

    cathyx

    February 4, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    John-
    I’m glad to see that your dad is going to be fine. Wake up calls are always scary.

  8. 8.

    WereBear

    February 4, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Mr WereBear has created a graphic, feel free to share:

    Renegade to Congress: Theme from Shaft

    Hope you enjoy it and spread it around!

  9. 9.

    MikeJ

    February 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Anybody watching the snow in the Man City match? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen them shovel the lines.

  10. 10.

    Hill Dweller

    February 4, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    @Alison:

    I love how the segments are immediately 10 times funnier when Colbert starts to lose it :P Sometimes I’ll just be sort of grinning at the jokes, then he starts to crack up and I just bust out laughing.

    The best Colbert crackup happened when he was still a correspondent at The Daily Show, and talking about the Prince Charles being gay rumors. I think it is still available on their website.

  11. 11.

    trollhattan

    February 4, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    @Alison:
    “Ladies, just look for the stirrups.”

    He was cracking up as much as he usually does during “Cheating Death” while listing side effects of the latest Vaxa-whatever from Prescott. Takes a lot for Steven to break character, and it’s always worth it.

  12. 12.

    JGabriel

    February 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    I love it when something is so funny that the performers themselves crack up.

    Anyone else remember how Gilda Radner used to repeatedly send her co-performers into paroxysms of laughter on live TV?

    .

  13. 13.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    @MikeJ:

    They have snow shovels in England? I thought it was like North Carolina, where one inch of snow shuts everything down for two days.

  14. 14.

    cathyx

    February 4, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    How could they think that Walgreens provides those services?

  15. 15.

    trollhattan

    February 4, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Oh yes, the Lubner sketches were especially memorable for this.

  16. 16.

    Brian R.

    February 4, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    Genius.

    @cathyx:

    How could they think that Walgreens provides those services?

    I’m pretty sure Not Steve Doocy was replying to Steve Doocy’s first comment about how PP checks blood pressure — which most drug stores do too, with those automated things — but it sounded like he was agreeing with Doocy’s later comment that PP provides pap smears and breast exams. Technically, it’s Doocy’s fault for saying “exactly” at the end.

  17. 17.

    handsmile

    February 4, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    As this thread’s category is “Excellent Links,” here is Dahlia Lithwick’s most recent Slate column, “Colbert and the Court.” It addresses how Colbert’s SuperPAC, “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” mocks the notorious Citizens United decision.

    http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/02/stephen_colbert_is_winning_the_war_against_the_supreme_court_and_citizens_united_.single.html

    Stephen Colbert is the finest, most fearless political satirist of my 50+ year lifetime. For seven years, he has sustained and refined his on-air persona of a conservative blowhard. His recent forays into the political arena (e..g, his Congressional testimony on immigrant labor) suggest to me that mere “satirist” may not be sufficient praise.

    For example, there’s this link to a conversation he held last year with Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of NYC’s Hayden Planetarium, on science education and science literacy. (N.B. 84-minute clip; skip ahead to the 6:00 minute or so mark.)

    http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/2011/11/28/stephen-colbert-interviews-neil-degrasse-tyson/

  18. 18.

    Brian R.

    February 4, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    @JGabriel:

    I love it when something is so funny that the performers themselves crack up.

    As long as it’s rare. People who consistently do it every time (like Jimmy Fallon on SNL) are annoying as hell.

  19. 19.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 4, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    @Jager:

    Yolanda: “This is going to feel like I’m sticking my finger up your ass.”

  20. 20.

    Ruckus

    February 4, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    @cathyx:
    Because they have never actually been to a Walgreens?

    Because they are callused assholes?

    That’s all I’ve got.

  21. 21.

    MikeJ

    February 4, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    @Ruckus:

    Because they are callused assholes?

    Yolanda can check that for them.

  22. 22.

    Ruckus

    February 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:
    LOLZ

  23. 23.

    JGabriel

    February 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    @trollhattan: Or this classic, where Candice Bergen flubs a line and completely loses it while Radner delivers a message on behalf of The Right To Extreme Stupidity League.

    .

  24. 24.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Takes a lot for Steven to break character, and it’s always worth it.

    The supreme, most memorable, and most touching moment where this happened was on election night 2008, right after 8PM PST. The networks called the election, and Colbert teared up.

    Priceless.

  25. 25.

    Ruckus

    February 4, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Thanks. LOLZ again.

    Keep it coming folks, I need the perspective.

  26. 26.

    JGabriel

    February 4, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    @Brian R.:

    People who consistently do it every time (like Jimmy Fallon on SNL) are annoying as hell.

    Well, yeah. It’s funny because people are trying to hold it in, and then just give up. Fallon never even tries.

    .

  27. 27.

    Ruckus

    February 4, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Again. Thanks man. I’m laughing so hard that my dog is looking at me like I’ve gone round the bend.

  28. 28.

    JordanRules

    February 4, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I remember that so well. I watched it several times that week and teared up every time.

  29. 29.

    gene108

    February 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    Just saw an Axe body wash commercial. They now have an Axe body wash for her, as well as for the guys.

    Now men under 25 won’t be able to contain their attraction to women in their age group…

    …which might not be such a good thing…

  30. 30.

    pseudonymous in nc

    February 4, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    @MikeJ:

    I don’t know that I’ve ever seen them shovel the lines.

    Standard practice on a snowy pitch: orange ball (though now it’s the Nike yellow/purple winter ball) and clear the lines. Here’s a bit of 1980s footage from teh youtubes.

  31. 31.

    AA+ Bonds

    February 4, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    It was nice to watch everyone go for blood, and sink their teeth in and get some. That’s what we need in the Democratic party. We need a killer instinct. We need to stop putting up with this bullshit from these crazy people.

    TRUTH

  32. 32.

    AA+ Bonds

    February 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    They have snow shovels in England? I thought it was like North Carolina, where one inch of snow shuts everything down for two days.

    It’s actually an interesting history:

    http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=winter-history

  33. 33.

    gogol's wife

    February 4, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    There was a profile of Colbert in a recent Sunday New York Times magazine by Charles McGrath, in which Colbert made it clear, in talking about how he dealt with the deaths of his father and brothers in a plane crash, that he is a pretty serious Christian believer. I know that a lot of people here won’t believe it, but to my mind that is what underpins his courage and his absolutely devastating satire. That’s how he was able to stand a foot from George W. Bush and skewer him with complete sang-froid despite the obvious hostility in the room. He was living his faith. Too bad that’s not the image of Christianity that prevails in this country.

  34. 34.

    R-Jud

    February 4, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    @burnspbesq: Yes, it is like that. It took me two hours to get back to my house this afternoon on what should have been a 20-minute train journey.

    There was about 1/2″ of snow on the ground at that point. Now it’s about 4″. I’m glad we don’t have anywhere to go until Wednesday.

    ETA: @gogol’s wife: Fake Republican, actual Christian is certainly preferable to the other way round.

  35. 35.

    Jager

    February 4, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: But when young Tyler is assigned the breast exams he is going to be (and get) really excited about his job. Tyler’s line will be “this is going to feel like we’re dating”

  36. 36.

    AA+ Bonds

    February 4, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    @gogol’s wife:

    More than that – Stephen Colbert’s a Sunday school teacher. He was raised in exactly the sort of Roman Catholic family that shows why Democrats can and do win the Catholic vote:

    TONY: You created The Daily Show religious-satire segment, “This Week in God.” How do you square your Catholicism with comedy?
    __
    SC: I love my Church, and I’m a Catholic who was raised by intellectuals, who were very devout. I was raised to believe that you could question the Church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That’s totally different from the Word, the blood, the body and the Christ. His kingdom is not of this earth.

    I was raised in the same sort of family – and so were many, many, many Catholics.

  37. 37.

    wrb

    February 4, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    In addition to magic long-johns the BJ store should offer Tunch-brand pink combination beanie and cat-toy featuring a fluffy pink pom-pom should be offered by the BJ store.

    What is particularly great is that Just those two items make a complete outfit. If you see someone wearing long johns and a pink pom-pom beanie truckin’ in style along the avenue you’ll know it it is a Juicer.

    Then can duck into the nearest doorway.

    Dumdeedumdee doodley doo

  38. 38.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    A measure of the sad state of organized labor in this country: the NFL Players’ Association claims to be a “staunch opponent” of right-to-work laws, but theres still going to be a Super Bowl tomorrow.

  39. 39.

    AA+ Bonds

    February 4, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    A measure of the sad state of organized labor in this country

    Don’t say things like this, ok

  40. 40.

    gogol's wife

    February 4, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    @AA+ Bonds:

    Wouldn’t you love to have Colbert as your Sunday School teacher?

  41. 41.

    GregB

    February 4, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    I get my colon exam at the Applebees salad bar.

    As to Colbert, he is our very own Mark Twain. A national treasure with a heart and a hell of an ability to create and stay in character.

  42. 42.

    Bludger

    February 4, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    I’m going to start rounding stuff up to the nearest 90…

  43. 43.

    Yutsano

    February 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @R-Jud: We have too many of the opposite for my taste.

    OT: Went shopping the other day. My store has a British foods section. I know Microsoft imports talent from all over the world, but that was just stunningly amusing. THEY HAVE HEINZ BEANS!!

  44. 44.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @AA+ Bonds:

    Exactly. You can tell non-Catholics that the USCCB doesn’t speak for a majority of the faithful until you’re blue in the face, and you get one of two answers: “why don’t you get rid of them” or “why don’t you leave.” The first is impossible (except by the passage of time) and the second is unthinkable.

  45. 45.

    AA+ Bonds

    February 4, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    I’d go so far as to say that the second is unethical. Catholics have a responsibility to the potential of the Church for social justice, and abandoning it to the social Darwinists and culture Nazis causes harm to the world, not the opposite.

  46. 46.

    R-Jud

    February 4, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    @Yutsano: But do they have Hob-Nobs? And roast chicken dinner flavored crisps?

  47. 47.

    Amir Khalid

    February 4, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    @Yutsano:
    I guess this means that there’s a baked-beans-on-toast binge happening in your very near future.

  48. 48.

    Comrade Mary

    February 4, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    @Yutsano: But .. you have Heinz beans in the States, too, don’t you? FFS, you have Acid House Fries. You must have Heinz beans, too.

  49. 49.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Speaking of binges, did you see what Arsenal did to Blackburn this morning (god, I hate lunchtime games, which start at 4:45 a.m. US Pacific time)? Young Mr. Oxlade-Chamberlain had himself quite the coming-out party.

  50. 50.

    Amir Khalid

    February 4, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    @burnspbesq:
    Oh yeah. It’s like the Gunners of old. Even Thierry Henry was back on the scoresheet today. The Blackburn fans have been wanting Steve Kean out for some time now, and today’s abject collapse won’t have helped save him.

  51. 51.

    R-Jud

    February 4, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I can’t be in the same room when my husband eats baked beans on toast. I can’t even clean the pan, or kiss him until after he’s brushed his teeth. I don’t know why this is.

  52. 52.

    Yutsano

    February 4, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    @R-Jud: I freely admit I did not inspect the section closely. I was just shocked that it was there. It did have some interesting tidbits though. I’ll check it out since I was planning on a quick trip tomorrow.

    @Comrade Mary: This is the first time I’ve ever seen them in the store. And it’s the traditional British black label too. Someone must be buying them, the shelf had a couple empty spaces. I’m kicking myself for not indulging!

  53. 53.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    There’s a story on espn.com to the effect that Arsenal may ask Red Bulls to extend Henry’s loan. I’m of two minds about this. I think Juan Agudelo can benefit tremendously from being exposed to Henry’s professionalism on a daily basis, but so can Oxlade-Chamberlain and the rest of Arsenal’s kiddie corps. An odd sort of club vs. country conflict.

    ETA: Of course, in order for Agudelo to really benefit from Henry’s tutelage, Hans Backe has to actually play him once in a while. A polite phone call from Klinsmann is in order, I think.

  54. 54.

    burnspbesq

    February 4, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Also too, I don’t buy the idea that Blackburn’s problems can all be laid at Kean’s feet. He didn’t screw up the Samba situation, or let Ryan Nelsen go on a free transfer.

  55. 55.

    patrick II

    February 4, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    @gene108:
    Or such an unusual thing.

  56. 56.

    kdaug

    February 4, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    @handsmile:

    Stephen Colbert is the finest, most fearless political satirist of my 50+ year lifetime.

    “I teach Sunday School, motherfucker.”

  57. 57.

    Royston Vasey

    February 4, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Great clip, John. Thanks for re-posting, especially after all the sheenanigans that have been going on this week.

    RV in NZ

  58. 58.

    Amir Khalid

    February 4, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    @burnspbesq:
    True, but sacking the manager is the time-honored panic move in club football. And traditionally signaled a fortnight in advance, by the club chairman/owner declaring: “Manager X has my vote of confidence.”

  59. 59.

    Royston Vasey

    February 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Over here in NZ we have NZBCF (New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation). From their website:-

    The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is the country’s foremost breast cancer education and awareness organisation. It is a non-government funded charitable trust promoting awareness of breast cancer, providing information and education, and raising funds to support breast cancer related initiatives including research, scholarships, medical grants, community education and a breast cancer patient register.
    The Foundation was specifically established to educate all New Zealanders on the life-saving benefits of early detection and the importance of mammograms.

    Where does your money go?

    RV in NZ

  60. 60.

    Ben Cisco (mobile)

    February 4, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    @GregB. 41:

    I get my colon exam at the Applebees salad bar.

    Check please. Tag also too?

  61. 61.

    delphi_ote

    February 4, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    @Brian R.: Colbert wasn’t cracking himself up. If you watch the video again, you can tell the writers actually got him. He starts laughing BEFORE he says the line. He reads it off the teleprompter, and it just kicks his ass.

    The writers on that show are damn good.

  62. 62.

    ruemara

    February 4, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    @gogol’s wife: If you are a real Christian, the false kind make you smiting bad and you have already figured out that everything you have on this earth is worthless, if you won’t do what is right.

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