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Julie Klausner Makes Her 'Today Show' Debut

by | November 30th, 2012

Here's comedian, writer, and podcaster Julie Klausner making what we hope is the first of many appearances on The Today Show this morning, sitting down with Today's Willie Geist, who gets in a nice Keith Richards slam. Klausner is on the show as an emissary for New York magazine's entertainment blog Vulture, introducing the Today Show audience to Vulture's Approval Matrix. It's part of a new gig Klausner has with Vulture that involves her making weekly original videos for the site and also appearing as the public face of Vulture on TV as needed. Comedians and morning TV haven't always gone together well (Letterman's 1980 morning show [...]

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The Real Stephen Colbert Is Just as Cool as Fake Colbert on 'Meet the Press'

by | October 15th, 2012

Continuing the promotional tour for his new book America Again, "The Real Stephen Colbert" dropped by Meet the Press yesterday to sit down for a chat with David Gregory. It's another in a series of rare out-of-character interviews Colbert has given the past couple weeks, including one with Oprah and one with Good Morning America, but this interview goes a little bit deeper into Colbert's comedy and what drives it. Colbert discusses his feelings about the election, the difference between his approach to comedy and Jon Stewart's, and how comedy can sometimes be a better means for getting at the truth, proving to be much, much [...]

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On 'Good Morning America', Stephen Colbert Tricks George Stephanopoulos into Eating Plastic

by | October 2nd, 2012

Stephen Colbert dropped by Good Morning America this, um, morning to promote his new book America Again. Colbert discussed the effect 3D movies are having on books, his dream of reducing the amount of states in the country ("Do we need two Dakotas?"), and shared his thoughts on the debates (tomorrow's Presidential one and Saturday's between Jon Stewart and New Gingrich), but his real motive was to trick host George Stephanopoulos into eating plastic by feeding him an "Oreo Ho" – a combination of an Oreo and a Ho Ho that he invented.

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