The J.D. Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock Music

RUSH was on the Colbert Report tonight. They had not been on U.S. television for over 30 years! My favorite band, on one of my favorite shows, so that was a nice thing to see. My favorite part was when Colbert was asking questions to the band that were written by his director Jimmy, and one of the questions was "Will you sign my host?" All three members signed Colbert's hand, and then Neil Peart said "I better not see that on EBAY." Classic.  

Another question was "Have you ever written a song so epic, that by the end of the song, you were actually being influenced by yourself in the beginning of the song?"

After the interview, they played Tom Sawyer, but Comedy Central went to commercial part way through.  When they came back from the break, Rush was finishing the song, and Colbert put on a night cap, fluffed his pillow and fell asleep at his desk.  UPDATE:  When the Thursday night show began, Colbert was still asleep at his desk as Rush finished playing.  He then woke up, and thanked the band.  After the opening credits, he was shaving and reading the paper.  Colbert rules.

Stephen Colbert visits Philadelphia

Stephen tours Independence Park in hopes of tonguing the crack of Liberty.


Stephen visits the National Constitution Center (One of the funniest things I have seen in a while)

Conan O'Brien Vs. Stephen Colbert Vs. Jon Stewart

The Daily Show and Colbert Report writers debate before Congress

In a mock debate before members of the United States Congress, a few writers from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report decided to get their message across, brilliantly as usual.

"On one side, in shirts, was the striking Writers Guild of America, played by "Daily Show" writers Rob Kutner, Tim Carvell and Jason Ross. On the other side, in suits, was the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, played by "The Colbert Report" writers Michael Brumm, Peter Grosz and Tom Purcell.

Crashing out of the starting gates, the shirts argued it would cost the suits less than 1% of their total revenue to give the writers everything they wanted. For Paramount Pictures, that comes to $4.6 million, or "half the amount it takes to get Reese Witherspoon into a movie."

"I ask you," one writer noted, "which is more important to a movie -- a script, or half of Reese Witherspoon?"

The studio suits thought for a second.

"Which half?"