EPISODE NUMBER: 8123 (July 18, 2012)
GUESTS: Mayor Annise D. Parker
STAFF CAMEO: Jay Katsir (as Jay the Intern)
SEGMENTS: “Struggling” Waiters & Waitresses at Mitt Romney’s Fundraiser | Tip/Wag - Edifi Tablet & Rock-Paper-Scissors Robot | Stephen Colbert’s meTunes - Def Leppard’s “Forgeries” of Old Hits
SUIT REPORT: Dark suit | White shirt | Light blue stripped tie
VIDEOS: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Somehow Mitt Romney has gotten this reputation as a guy who cannot identify with the common man. No matter how hard he fires them.
Yes, strange things are happening to him. Thanks to the blue fairy he’s becoming a real boy.
Well on Monday, Mitt once and for all dispelled his image as a detached, tone deaf body snatching pod creature.
I’m guessing their year felt worse and worse as the night went on. Nation, that is how a candidate connects with the average people. Cause there’s nothing Blue Collar Joes like more than having their struggles pointed out in front of a room of rich people they are serving.
SC: Jay, I just want you to know that I know what a crap pile your life is.
Jay: I’m doing okay.
SC: So brave. Come on, look at you, you dress like you drum on buckets for a living. I know how hard it must be to get by on what you make as an intern. I’m the one who signs your check for zero dollars every week. Then writes in the memo line ‘Because Obama’.
Jay: Really, I’m fine.
SC: We’re all friends here Jay. I just want you to drink in the sympathy. Jimmy, ah can we get a spotlight on Jay please. Look at that loser. That is just sad. Can I, can I get an ‘Awww’ please.
Audience: Awwwwwwwwww
SC: You feel that pity? Let it nourish you. This is great, this feels good. Me sympathising with your unimaginable squalor. It’s like we’re equals.
Jay: Really? Well, you wanna eat lunch together sometime?
SC: I’d love that, but I don’t give you lunch breaks, sooo you can see what kind of inch I’m in. Can I get an ‘Aw’?
Audience: Awwwwwww
SC: Thank you.
Jay: So, no lunch?
SC: Oh no, I definitely want you to get me lunch *chop chop* get going, get going!!
More caps tomorrow folks!!
I definitely loved the interaction with Jay the intern. No one does “condescending” better than Stephen. My favorite part of the episode.
Tip of the Hat!
+1
Smashing putdown of Romney. I’m hoping that if Stephen and Jon keep hammering hard, it will help assure his loss in November. Please, please, please….
The Def Leppard bit was pretty hysterical, too, aided and abetted by Stephen’s inability to keep a straight face.
Tip of the Hat!
+1