TV's most giggly late night host and its least giggly late night host went head-to-head last night, and they ended up agreeing to be "potential good friends" after a fun parody song, which is how all potential good friendships start.
Hit the jump for the rest of Stephen Colbert's Jimmy Fallon appearance, which unfortunately doesn't include anymore songs:
Man, it's great to watch Jon just be an idiot comedian for a few minutes. Denis Leary and he have been friends for a while, so instead of an interview, they just shit on each other. Jon asks two questions over the two-part interview (part two is below): 1) "Why are you in the Amazing Spider-Man; you were already Green Goblin in the first Spider-Man?" 2) "You don't polish your scrotum?" Though, to be fair, those are the only two questions he asked Colin Powell as well?
A visit home means a visit with old friends. A time to catch up, see how they're doing, tell them how you're doing. What's going on with the kids? How's work? It's a time to enjoy their company, and pray fervently that they don't rip off their clothes and start masturbating in the sky to clown music. Ugh, they do this every time! But to be completely honest, isn't that why you guys are friends in the first place? Oh, you two.
It's time once again for another episode of Bestie by Bestie, which finds lifelong buddies Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate probing each other's most sensitive areas to discover their deepest regrets. For Jenny, that would have to be losing her virginity on Sept. 10, 2001. Which incident was more emotional traumatic in the long run? 9/11, definitely. Ah, but which one was the most socially devastating? Gabe's high school sandal addiction, definitely.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler auctioned off a night of friendship, making $46,000 a piece, at Comedy Central's annual Night of Too Many Stars autism fundraiser in L.A. This is just a one-time thing, so don't go chasing down Fey and Poehler on the street, clutching wads of cash even, no matter how badly you want to be friends with them.
We've been posting a good amount about Comedy Bang! Bang! but it's hard not to when the clips are as lovely as this. This is the perfectly friendly friend song to get you in the mood to leave work and eat pie. I can't wait for the inevitable Reggie Makes Music spin-off!
To honor his winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Will Ferrell's celebrity buddies put together a heartwarming video about how the man has touched their lives. If you don't want to watch the entire video, the short answer is: by manipulating them with cold, calculating, empty flattery. And effective. Effective, cold, calculating, empty flattery. I mean, who wouldn't want to be told that they were the inspiration for Anchorman? No wonder the man gets so much work.
The No Fact Zone has an excellent, lengthy interview with Stephen Colbert up today, and it's well worth reading for any fans of him and The Colbert Report. Here's a section that I found particularly engaging, in which he talks about his relationship with Jon Stewart:
Jon is a real inspiration to me. I’m very lucky to have him as the guy I learned how to produce and write and run a show like this from. He’s also an inspiration for the dedication he puts into the show every day, holding on to a high standard of distilling the jokes down into satire. Or at least distilling the [...]
This interview mostly focuses on Celeste and Jesse Forever but fast-forward to the 3:11 point… FUN! Imagine you had a friend and you were friends with said friend since you were 12 and then you heard your friend say: "I want you to know, the first time I fuck you, I might scare you a little, because I’m a man, and I know how to do things," how would you react? Yes, exactly like Andy did. There are probably people out there that talk that way to people that look like Allison Williams but those people don't also make songs called "Jizz In My Pants."
Seriously, how great are they? Do you guys act like this with your best friends? Because I think I need new best friends. We aren't 1/6th this charming together and we never have perfect call backs that we high five, no matter what the other is saying. (Friends, if you are reading this, I'm just kidding, you're great. If you're not reading this, then screw you, be funnier and have better hair and cooler names, like Lennon. Why are you not named Lennon, "best" friends?) Maybe, Carson will be my best friend. He does do a great job interviewing Lennon and Jessica about cleaning the UCB bathrooms, having perfect [...]
As a red-blooded American heterosexual man, I am only excited by Megan Fox and cheeseburgers, but I've gotta be honest: I'd hang out with Adam Scott and Paul Rudd and happily do a playful photoshoot involving pressing our butts together. But then, it would be weird, as they have been best friends for a couple of decades and I don't know either of them, and touching butts is one of those things that you've gotta ease into over the course of many years. They'd be like "who are you and what are you doing here?", and that would really kill the fun vibes necessary for a goofy shoot. [...]
Dear [Friend Name],
Hey, [Buddy/Dude/You]. I know we haven’t seen much of each other since you began working on [Show Name], and [Bar Show Formerly Produced Together] hasn’t been doing too great, but I wanted to let you know how proud I am of you.
When you and I both auditioned for [Show Name], who could have known who they would have picked? Maybe you? Maybe me? It was up in the air, and the choice must have been very difficult for [Casting Director Name] who called up both of our managers and asked to see us both on the same showcase because of our comparable talent. We both [...]
