Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert to Tape Bill Clinton in St. Louis: "I Assume He is Aware This is Happening"

Would you rather see Stephen Colbert or Bill Clinton speak in St. Louis? Trick question! You can see both at Washington University this month -- which the "Colbert Report" has announced is the official site of the high-profile interview. "I am thrilled and honored to be interviewing President Clin ... More >>

There's Always a Cardinal on the St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending January 6, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books and Subterranean Books. There are some changes to the local bestseller list this week. For one thing, fo ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending December 23, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. You have seen almost all these books on the bestseller list ... More >>

The Tedium of Rock & Roll: Bo and the Locomotive Finish Work at Native Sound

It's Saturday and Bo Bulawsky and Steven Colbert thumb their Hill Climb Racing cars ahead on a smartphone and iPad, respectively. They lounge on a boxy, plaid couch in the rear nook of the Native Sound recording studio while Andy Arato stands in the center of the room overdubbing a bass line to a so ... More >>

7 Presidential Election Watch Parties, Freebies and Food Specials [Updated]

Gut Check is ready for the 2012 presidential election. Months of punditry, the presidential and vice-presidential debates and our Facebook newsfeed have prepared us ad nauseam, all leading up to tomorrow's presidential election. Naturally, watching the returns is a lot more exciting for Gut Check w ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 21, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. In an exciting new development in the local book world, reade ... More >>

Gut Check's Ten Snacks to Pair With Republican Convention Coverage

The 2012 Republican National Convention, or RNC, wraps up its four-day festivities tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida with a speech by GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Over the course of the convention, speeches have been made by former governors (and presidential hopefuls) Tim Pawlent ... More >>

Rep. Russ Carnahan Holds His Own on The Colbert Report

Rep. Russ Carnahan was in the hot seat last night on Stephen Colbert's Better Know A District series on the Colbert Report.

2012 RFT Music Showcase Recap: Part Two

Some clubs on Washington Avenue who participated in the RFT Music Showcase are set up properly for live music. Others cleared off some floor space, hooked up a P.A., and became temporary venues for a day. The interaction of the sets with their settings was sometimes perfect and often fascinating. Ba ... More >>

The Colbert Report on Purell-Chugging Teens: Drunk, Disorderly and Disinfected

Gut Check told you last week about the latest non-scourge not sweeping the nation's buzz-craving youth: drinking the alcohol distilled from hand sanitizer. The story is too ridiculous for the country's satirist in chief to consider, so page through to watch Stephen Colbert on the Purell-chugging cri ... More >>

Comedy Central Returns to Missouri Legislature, Finds More to Ridicule

Hot on the heels of Stephen Colbert's Tuesday night bit on Missouri's destined-to-fail "Don't Say Gay" bill, Jon Stewart sent Aasif Mandvi to the Missouri House to speak with Rep. Wanda Brown (R) for a bit that ran last night. The topic? Civil rights, namely Brown's law protecting gun owners from ev ... More >>

Laugh Out Loud

Pretty Little Empire Plays "The One" at the World's Fair Pavilion for Show Me Shows

This, right now, is your opportune moment to hop on the Pretty Little Empire bandwagon. Not that you'll be alone, but the next several months are shaping up to be big ones for the emerging band -- a professionally done music video is slated for next month and a third album is working its way through ... More >>

Tampons Soaked in Vodka: Quick Drunk or Urban Myth? [Updated]

Update: (Tuesday, November 22, 11:30 a.m.) Inevitably, perhaps, an intrepid blogger has tried the vodka-soaked tampon and reported on her efforts. Details follow the original post after the jump! ​Taking shots of booze through the eyeball. Soaking gummi bears in booze. What adult-defying method o ... More >>

Stephen Colbert's Ode to Tater Tots, "Food"

​On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert presented another in his always entertaining "Thought for Food" series.This time, he begins with the news that the USDA is looking to restrict the amount of potatoes served in school lunches, which prompts an inspiring ode to ... More >>

The Ten Best Stephen Colbert Musical Moments

Image via​If there's one thing Stephen Colbert's good at, it's taking huge stories and events and finding a connection to his very favorite thing: Himself. Whether it's a pseudo political campaign, a feigned interest in art, an obsession with his visage on an ice cream pint or a birthday celeb ... More >>

Home to conduct for Opera Theatre, Kirkwood High alum John McDaniel keeps Company with RFT

Real to Reel: See The Importance of Being Earnest onstage, onscreen

Illinois No Longer Home to "Retards"

Image viaIllinois got with the program...but will you?​Jumping on the national bandwagon, the Illinois House and Senate just approved bills to ban the term "mentally retarded" in state statutes and replace it with "intellectually disabled." The federal government did the same thing last October wh ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl. Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: Stuff This, Burger King: A Visit to the Wicked Lady Pub http://bit.ly/iibZzz Jimmy Fallon vs. Stephen Colbert: Battle of Ben & Jerry's Late Night I ... More >>

Jimmy Fallon vs. Stephen Colbert: Battle of Ben & Jerry's Late Night Ice Cream Flavors

While the last battle of the late-night talk-show hosts has finally fizzled out, a new, tastier competition came to a head late last week on Comedy Central: The battle of the Ben & Jerry's late-night novelty ice cream flavors! On Wednesday night Ben & Jerry's got airtime on Late Night with Jimmy F ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Sarah Fenske Il Vicino in Clayton​Another week, another wave goodbye for some area eating establishments. Ian reported on the closing of Wang Gang Asian Eats in St. Charles, and he also shared George Mahe's news that Il Vicino has shut its doors for good after its September fire. What el ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on the Live Crab Vending Machine

A couple of weeks ago, Gut Check brought you video of a vending machine that dispenses live crabs. Here now with his own take on the phenomenon (via Eater) is Stephen Colbert. Contains mildly NSFW language.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cCraziest F#?king Thing I've Ever Heard - Crab Ve ... More >>

5 Hilarious Signs From the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Image via​Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on Saturday expecting to see...well, nobody was really quite sure what to expect. The the event's schedule was kept secret up until ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on the McRib and Election Day

On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert tackled the unlikely intersection of the two biggest news stories of next week: Election Day and the return of the McRib sandwich to every single McDonald's in America.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe McRib Is Backwww.co ... More >>

St. Louis to Hold Satellite 'Rally to Restore Sanity'

​Why should those jerks in Washington, D.C. get to have all the fun? How come they get to write all those witty signs--"putting the 'dumb' into 'freedom'"? How come we don't get to go to the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert-hosted Rally to Restore Sanity and March to Keep Fear Alive? Why don't ... More >>

John Legend

8 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Fair Saint Louis, Gateway Arch, 707 North First Street.

Street Talk 2.0 - Five Pedestrian Questions for Pedestrians in the Delmar Loop

When it comes to important issues, most media organizations turn to national experts and pundits. Here at Daily RFT, we instead like to hit the streets and ask everyday people what they think. The answers are not always pretty (or coherent), but everybody deserves their say.For this week, we asked f ... More >>

Last Night on the Colbert Report: Andy Schlafly, The Conservative Bible Project, and Alternate Reality

​Some things are just made for each other: peanut butter and jelly, rock and roll, Albert Pujols and the Cardinals, and now, Andy Schlafly and Stephen Colbert.Last night the world's finest faux-pundit hosted the St. Louis scion--son of Phyllis Schlafy, cousin of brewer Tom Schlafly-- and it was a ... More >>

Homespun: Cold Bear Scout

Let's Meet the Sun and the Moon EP
(Aim & Fire)

Selections from Bill Chott's Bag o' Tricks, #2

Bill Chott has collaborated with some of the biggest names in comedy these days -- Stephen Colbert, Adam McKay, Amy Poehler. Which you can read all about in this week's feature story, "Big Funny."Back in 2001, Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion, was getting into the film-making business and aske ... More >>

Big Funny: Founder Bill Chott and his fellow improv tricksters aim to bring back the glory days of St. Louis sketch comedy

America F*** Yeah: Chesterfield Hummer Dealership Also Sells Assault Rifles

Wikimedia Commons​While the rest of America's auto-dealers are crying about the end of "Cash for Clunkers," the guv-mint bail out of GM, and other forms of socialism in this once-prosperous capitalist society, one Chesterfield car salesman knows what a true American patriot needs to make it throug ... More >>

What Do Bess and Stephen Colbert Have in Common?

​RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure.Like every other food blogger in St. Louis and probably the country, I went to see Julie & Julia over the weekend. (It was mandatory. There was a memo and everything.) I enjoyed it. A cat played a minor but alm ... More >>

Colbert to Claire: You Are *Busted,* Baby!

Stephen Colbert had a little message for Sen. Claire McCaskill's mom, Betty, during the first segment of his show last night. "Now, Mama McCaskill, don't get mad at your daughter, everyone in Congress was twittering!"Apparently Betty McC. was a little peeved at the senator's poor etiquette during Pr ... More >>

Coming (at You) Soon: Jeffrey Katzenberg's cure-all for an ailing movie economy, in all three dimensions

Twitter This: The Riverfront Times Twitter Feed

If you're among the more than 3 million people with Twitter accounts, you can now start following the RFT. We promise not to Twitter any boy's funeral or sell you stuff you don't need using it. While you're contemplating, you can watch this video of Twitter getting (deservedly) knocked for its cut ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Colbert to Claire: 'You Are a Woman, Right?'

Jamie Foehner Benefit

12 p.m. Saturday, January 6. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois.

Daily Web Crawl

No news is good news.

The questions Steven Colbert didn't ask.

The "Touchiest" State...

When the Stars Came Out

Forbidden Planet

These Dogs Still Hunt

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Get Inside!

A round-up of summer's surefire hits (and definite duds)

They Built This City

Vote No

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter