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Stephen Colbert

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    One of the Best Maurice Sendak Interviews of All Time

    Beloved author and costume designer Maurice Sendak passed away last night at the age of 83. Noted TV buffoon Stephen Colbert conducted a two part interview with Sendak this past January that revealed a man who was still whip-smart, irascible and willing to laugh at humanity -- his own, and that of o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2012

    Laugh Out Loud

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    St. Louis Earth Day Festival Food Preview

    With more live entertainment slated for the St. Louis Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 22, than ever before, this year's celebration is bound to knock St. Louis up to the second largest Earth Day festival in the country -- after all we are world champs, at things both big and small (but mostly bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Space Oddity: Amy E. Sklansky On The Super-Easy Art of Writing Picture Books

    Writing children's books appears simple enough, so simple that even a child can do it. Hell, even Stephen Colbert can do it. Just a few rhymes on a page, a few drawings (preferably by somebody else) -- voila! You have a book! "Lots of people think it's easy," says St. Louis author Amy E. Sklansky. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Bo And The Locomotive's Endlessly Entertaining New Music Video

    Image via.​And now, the most entertaining two minutes and 45 seconds of your day. Bo and the Locomotive, fresh off the release of its excellent full-length debut, On My Way, recently went on a tour that took the band to, among other places, Columbus, Ohio. There, they met with Thunder Down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Culture

    June 16, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    RFT Showcase Preview: Listen Before You Go

    ​The 2011 RFT Music Showcase is practically here: This Saturday from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Washington Avenue. In our continued attempt to prepare you for the madness of 78 music acts in one day, we will be compiling preview tracks from artists playing the showcase; you can listen below. This wil ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 2, 2011

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

    ​The 2011 RFT Music Showcase is practically here: This Saturday from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Washington Avenue. In our continued attempt to prepare you for the madness of 78 music acts in one day, we will be compiling preview tracks from artists playing the showcase; you can listen below. This wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Ozzy Osbourne's DNA Map is In: He's Anxious and A Planner

    Roadrunner Records​Over the summer, St. Louis-based Cofactor Genomics agreed to participate in a project to map and analyze Ozzy Osbourne's genes. Now the results are in -- and certain mutations found in Ozzy's DNA may explain why he say, bit the head off a bat all those years ago. According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    John Legend

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

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    Homespun: Cold Bear Scout

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

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    September 2, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2009

    Show Review: Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, The Blind Eyes, The Hibernauts and The Makeshift Gentlemen at Off Broadway, Friday, January 9

    I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the bartender-meets-Brit-prep of the Hibernauts and the shiny, neon synth-punk theatrics of the Makeshi ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

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

    I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the bartender-meets-Brit-prep of the Hibernauts and the shiny, neon synth-punk theatrics of the Makeshi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    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 >>

  • Culture

    October 29, 2008

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Last Night: Ben Lerman at the Way Out Club

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

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

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Music

    January 2, 2008

    Jamie Foehner Benefit

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

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Daily Web Crawl

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

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    No news is good news.

    The questions Steven Colbert didn't ask.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    The "Touchiest" State...

    The questions Steven Colbert didn't ask.

  • Home Entertainment

    November 15, 2006

    When the Stars Came Out

    Forbidden Planet

  • Home Entertainment

    October 25, 2006

    These Dogs Still Hunt

    Forbidden Planet

  • Film

    July 12, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Get Inside!

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

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2006

    They Built This City

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

  • Film

    June 22, 2005

    Cursed

    Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect. Absolutely nothing.

  • Film

    September 15, 2004

    Vote No

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

  • Culture

    January 2, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

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

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