A Night of Truthiness

Wednesday night we headed to 54th (between 10th and 11th) for a taping of one of my favorite programs, The Colbert Report.

It was a somewhat surprisingly small studio - there were approximately 100 of us there. After a pretty lame warm-up comedian, Stephen came out to greet the crowd and offered us the opportunity to ask him questions that would "humanize" him before he went into character. The questions ranged from corny ("Did Daily Show jump the shark now that it has a spin-off?") to bizarre ("Which White House character would be the best dominatrix?"). Colbert handled it all with wit and aplomb.

The taping moved briskly - going from the signature opening segment "The Word" to the premiere of his new 43-part Series "Better Know a President" featuring someone playing Teddy Roosevelt and ended with his sit-down interview of Jonathan Alter of Newsweek. Colbert only made one mistake during the opening segment prior to the show's theme song beginning, where he flubbed a line and said "Fuck it, I'm starting over" but all in all, it was a great look at a very funny show and a comedian who is arguably at the top of his game.