Colbert ‘freaking brilliant’ with web

Cory Bergman August 22nd, 2006

The crazy kids at the Colbert Report never cease to amaze us. Over the past few weeks, Colbert fans have posted fake stuff on Wikipedia and crashed an online vote to try to get a Hungarian bridge named after him. And now, Colbert has grabbed a lightsaber and pulled a Star-Wars-kid routine in front of a green screen with the idea that fans will create their own video remixes. And off they go. Take a look at all the clips on YouTube so far. Writes the HuffingtonReport, “While everyone else frets about YouTube, web TV, and platform integration, Stephen Colbert & Co are already galvanizing the online to action and integrating fan content into the show, to hilarious effect. It is, in a word, freaking brilliant.”

11 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Swift Loris  |  August 22nd, 2006 at 4:13 pm

    Boy, pretty lame attempts so far…

  • 2. Anonymous  |  August 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 am

    how retarded is it to post a picture of a video player interface? is this some sort of practical joke?

  • 3. paul  |  August 24th, 2006 at 4:09 am

    freaking pathetic

  • 4. Richard W  |  August 25th, 2006 at 11:12 am

    Please. Pathetic. Sad really. It would have been a good idea 4 years ago. Come on.

  • 5. Jenn  |  August 29th, 2006 at 4:08 pm

    I still love him, so awesome.

  • 6. Lost Remote TV Blog&hellip  |  August 29th, 2006 at 7:50 pm

    [...] A week or so ago, Stephen Colbert aired a segment of himself swinging a lightsaber in front of a green screen. The idea was to encourage fans to create their own video mash-ups. Well, despite some funny entries, I think we have a clear winner. Here’s the before video. And the after. [...]

  • 7. boobs  |  October 4th, 2006 at 9:15 am

    I lost my boobs

  • 8. 40  |  October 5th, 2006 at 12:31 am

    Nice day, cool!

  • 9. Lost Remote TV Blog&hellip  |  October 27th, 2006 at 5:08 pm

    [...] Click on many of the existing Comedy Central clips on YouTube and you’ll get the message, “This video has been removed by the user.” (Do a search and you’ll find a quite few still there, at least for now.) NewsCloud reports that YouTube says it’s been asked by a “third party” under terms of the DMCA to remove clips of the Colbert Report and the Daily Show. Both shows haven’t had an issue with YouTube, well, at least before the Google acquisition. In fact, the Colbert Report has used YouTube in its green screen challenge. And Stephen Colbert has mentioned the site so many times on the air, he recently joked that he was owed $700 million in licensing fees. (Via Fimoculous) [...]

  • 10. Rebecca  |  November 7th, 2006 at 5:23 pm

    i love this site :-)

  • 11. Sam  |  January 18th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

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