Rotophonic » Stephen Colbert

Viacom thinks my blog is crappy

rotophonic — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:31:11 +0000

I’m not sure I can go on…

Colbert is a Corporate Tool and He’s On Notice

rotophonic — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:20:53 +0000

So we should probably assume that the negotiations aren’t going well between Viacom and YouTube.

After first pissing people off by directing YouTube to remove all videos from Comedy Central (among other shows), Viacom backpedaled and said they just wanted the whole episodes removed, but they’d leave little highlight clips up (like the ones that I featured here in a whole section dedicated to Stephen Colbert). Now it appears that YouTube has gone ahead and removed ~~ALL~~ ALL THE GOOD Colbert clips.

Why not just grant YouTube a license for your content? Colbert, don’t even try to say that YouTube sharing of clips from your show cost you billions. I’m pretty sure that the YouTube generation made you billions…or at least a million or two. And now for some you’re a hero (and in some cases WERE a hero).

Now, you and your little friend Stewart are trying to make us feel sorry for the advertisers who pay for your show? Um… we watch the show, see the ads and thus get them their money’s worth. You wouldn’t have advertisers without US. You have the advertisers and popularity because the viral distribution of highlights of your show reached far more people than your puny Comedy Central network ever could.

And just for your foolish antics, Stephen Colbert, you’re on notice!

[UPDATE] So in reviewing the YouTube site, it appears that Viacom/Comedy Central has left over 2,000 clips on the YouTube site…many of them much, much longer than any of the clips I featured here. So what’s up with that? You remove the funny clips and leave us with the dregs?

[UPDATE 2] I’m not the only one who sees the Viacom/Colbert scam. And here, too.

[UPDATE 3] Total truthiness [via Idealog.us]

Spurlock’s 30 Days with Stephen Colbert

rotophonic — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:14:45 +0000

Video of Morgan Spurlock playing on the Actual Reality Pictures / FX show 30 Days. What happens to an apolitical slacker when he spends 30 days with Stephen Colbert? Classic work! A perfect bunch of Friday Laughs.

Don’t forget next Wednesday’s finale of 30 Days when Spurlock goes to jail for 30 days. It’s on FX, Wednesday, August 30th at 10PM E/P.

[UPDATE] So that whiny bitch, Stephen Colbert got his corporate cronies at Viacom to boot this video off of YouTube. Now it no longer appears here. I guess we’ll just have to use mega-network Comedy Central’s lovely website to watch the clips they select for us. What a joke. Look, Comedy Central, your show The Colbert Report would not have achieved its current level of popularity without US.

Jon Stewart ‘on notice’: Colbert comes to Geraldo’s rescue

rotophonic — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:48:02 +0000

Colbert repudiates his Daily Show history, convinces Jon Stewart to apologize for The Daily Show and puts Stewart on notice. Classic.

Colbert vs. Congressman Robert Wexler

rotophonic — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:00:35 +0000

Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL 19th District) gets the Colbert treatment, reinforcing the belief that a Congressman will do anything to get on TV. “I enjoy cocaine because it’s a fun thing to do…I enjoy the company of prostitutes …because it’s a fun thing to do. If you combine the two together, it’s probably even more fun.” – Wexler

It’s rather sad that American Idol contestants get more media training than our elected representatives. Happy Friday, everyone!

Got screwed up kids? Colbert will set them straight

rotophonic — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:20:06 +0000

From the best show on TV, Stephen Colbert, of the Colbert Report, R.A.P.S. with the kids. Happy Friday Everyone!