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Sacramento and the Colbert Bump

Many people in our newsroom were tickled when Stephen Colbert interviewed Sacramento Mayor-Elect Kevin Johnson. We had to cover Johnson’s Comedy Central debut. Local luvin’ from a national cable TV program equals good times for our market.

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And Colbert likes to ask the tough questions for the former NBA star:
“…does it hurt that you never [...]

 

All Things Mario

So, I’m addicted to playing anything with Mario on our Wii. My dad gave it to us and we love it.
My hubby loves it a lot. And Daisy wonders why she can’t have her own Mii. I haven’t figured out how to make the Cocker Spaniel ears.
We’re having fun with bowling, tennis and [...]

 

A Dog’s View on the RNC

The Race for the White House is on!
We are less than a month away from the first Presidential debate. In the control booth, I had fun working with all our live reports from the DNC in Denver and the RNC in St. Paul…Keeping up with all the juicy sound bites and timing out my morning [...]

 

The Most Sincerest Form of Flattery

I think I spending too much time on Hulu. However, I love stumbling on bite-size nuggets of comedy like this SNL clip on the Office. I’m so tickled they had the OG Office Dude, Ricky Gervais, and the American Office Dude, Steve Carrell.
Tickled!

I was slightly uncomfortable with the clip until Gervais pointed out the obvious [...]

 

Ron Burgundy Interviews Tom Brokaw!

I was tickled to watch Ron Burgundy interview the most distinguished anchorman of our time at Radio City Music Hall during the Funny or Die tour.
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Ron Burgundy Interviews Tom Brokaw!! An FOD Exclusive! on FunnyOrDie.com

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Two Bad Waiters

This week - I stumbled on this funny food video on Serious Eats: ‘Waiters Who Are Nauseated by Food’
The skit is from the Dana Carvey Show and it features my two favorite funny men on TV: Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell.

They’re outrageous without being ridiculous. I love checking out old school video with these [...]

 

The Dream Dies…

Poor Colbert.
I thought he had a chance at the White House. I was wrong. It was a crazy dream for democracy, comedy and thumbing it to political machines everywhere.

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New Tokyo Dance Trooper in Shibuya!

“Star Wars Trooper Dancing in Tokyo, that’s something you don’t see every day.”read more | digg story
Monday morning is here and I miss the weekend already. People are popping in and out of the newsroom - many trying to catching up on vacation before November sweeps.
This video put a smile on my face! Mark and [...]

 

Candidate Colbert

OK — let’s move away from the depressing football talk and move on to something way more dreamy. I’m currently watching Steven Colbert interview Kasparov. The dude totally didn’t want to take him in chess. Lucky Colbert.
Now my favorite Comedy Central personality has tossing his hat into the race for the White House! I ran [...]

 

Live from Baghdad (Sort of)

After the 10:00 News, I like to unwind from work day with the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. All the snarky comments and crass observations I keep pent up in my brain during my work shift often ends up being exploited in a comedic skit or two on these shows. It’s a relief to [...]