Stephen Colbert has a new show!

Listening now. It's really really good.

Is there any other way to prove yourself a legit nerd in nerdy culture BESIDES dropping references?

Hardwick never seems to know anything about what he's referencing, just that he's learnt references from somewhere and has an idea of when to shout them

^^^ guy comes off like an idiot to me

Who doesn't though

You really don't think he's authentic? I never suspected it was an act.

I guess this kinda explains it all

I knew that I had two choices: I could continue living the way I was living and die pickled and unemployed, or make sweeping changes with the hope of salvaging my life. It occurred to me that I had arrogantly banished all the nerd qualities that defined me as a youth. I distinctly remembered that I once had the ability to focus intensely on many things. Programming computers, winning chess tournaments, playing videogames, collecting action figures, Dungeons & Dragon-ing, ruining the bell curve in Latin class. I needed to reconnect with that past and find a way to harness those nerd powers to turn my life around. They had to be useful for something other than frightening girls away by deconstructing the character of Tron as a Christ figure.

I think I sense this desperation in each reference and that is what puts me off.

Also, I dig @midnight just for the amazing guest roster of comics & improv-types

Every episode with Bret Gelman and/or Ron Funches is worth yr time

that's an interesting article by Hardwick, I didn't know any of that about him. can definitely relate too much to it *cries*

watched the debut of Nightly Show - p good! I approve of the panel/Bill Maher format w/out Bill Maher. Not interested in a nother late night show trotting out people peddling books and bad movies.

Yeah, Nightly Show will keep getting better, but it started really strong imo. Was surprised the Keep it 100 segment seems to be an every night thing rather than an occasional thing.

best-of clips up on the comedy central website

(they are also streaming the whole of the daily show for the next 42 days apparently)

last week i went looking for clips. there were a few, sorted by year. - http://www.cc.com/shows/the-colbert-report

today i went looking for clips and there were 9974 sorted by season. that'll do. - http://www.cc.com/shows/the-colbert-report/video-guide

Colbert suggested the other day that the 2 best prog bands are Yes and Steely Dan

I shouldn't get mad about this but I am