My Mind Is Blown

by zuzu on 10.10.2006 · 28 comments

in Entertainment, Feminism, Food

I believe I just saw Stephen Colbert making…pie…with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda.

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Rox Populi: 10.11.2006 at 8:09 am

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1 The Happy Feminist 10.10.2006 at 11:07 pm: Where?!?!?!?

Please tell me it’s on the Colbert Report so I can see it on TiVo this weekend!
2 Laura (formerly sparklegirl) 10.10.2006 at 11:12 pm: Yup, it was on the Colbert Report. It was crazy! Colbert was wearing an apron that said “kiss the cook,” and Jane Fonda kissed him twice on the lips, and once on the cheek! Wow…
3 Marked Hoosier 10.10.2006 at 11:13 pm: MMMmmm, Apples.

Ice cream three way :)

and Fonda kissed him!
4 nerdlet 10.10.2006 at 11:16 pm: As Mrs. Colbert, I feel authorized to link this:

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml

The videos should be up aaaaaany time now.
5 nerdlet 10.10.2006 at 11:17 pm: That is for HF and anyone else who did not just have their mind blown. It was like some kind of crazy dream.
6 pdrydia 10.11.2006 at 12:00 am: I laughed. Hard.
7 Dr. William Dyer 10.11.2006 at 2:34 am: Reminded me of Hillary baking cookies. Except this time the cooking segment was unbelievably funny instead unbelievably sad.
8 The Happy Feminist 10.11.2006 at 7:26 am: I can’t wait ’til Friday. TiVo here I come.
9 ddddddddddddddd 10.11.2006 at 8:53 am: hilarious – did you see him blush the first time she kissed him???

hhhehehehehhhehehe, so cute, they did a really good job…i laughed my ass off…

hehehehehehheh
10 prefer not to say 10.11.2006 at 9:33 am: To be the curmudgeon here, I didn’t think it was that funny. In fact, I thought the whole show was tiresome. Why are feminists so angry. ha ha ha, that was ironic. Let’s not talk about professional concerns, let’s talk about relationships. wink, wink — see? I’m being ironic.

But out here in the midwest I hear that enough — in fact, I hear a lot of genuine misogyny covered up with lots of nervous ha-ha-ha-ing, of course I don’t really believe that myself, you know. I couldn’t tell the difference between my daily life and the material on last night’s show. Colbert didn’t do anything to elevate the repetition of a bunch of misogynist commonplaces to the level of ironic critique.

I thought it was some of the weakest material I’ve seen on Colbert — no real sense of moral outrage at the core of it, which is what makes some of his stuff so amazingly good. Because it was so weak, it felt patronizing to me, even as it tried to present itself as a parody of right-wing patronizing.
11 Maureen 10.11.2006 at 9:52 am: I respectfully disagree. Colbert was actually being remarkably decent for the “Stephen Colbert” character, and pertinent feminist issues–equal pay, why on earth people ask men about women’s issues, women in academia, etc.–were raised. Were they softballed? Yes, and it was pointed out that they were softballed.

And the pie bit was wonderful.
12 Roxanne 10.11.2006 at 9:58 am: What Maureen said.
13 Sandy 10.11.2006 at 10:24 am: Dammit, you people are making me regret my decision to drop cable tv.

Perhaps I can get The Colbert Report from Netflix. Someday.
14 Lizzie Bee 10.11.2006 at 10:48 am: Sandy, you can download the episode from iTunes, if you’ve got it. It will probably be up today or tomorrow.
15 Caro 10.11.2006 at 11:38 am: Oh man, my roommates and I were cracking up the entire time during the pie-making bit. Other parts of the episode were a little weakly executed (though the ideas were great) but the pie segment with Jane and Gloria was fantastic on so many levels… not to mention how adorably flustered Stephen got when Jane kissed him! [/colbert fangirling]
16 piny 10.11.2006 at 11:44 am: I respectfully disagree. Colbert was actually being remarkably decent for the “Stephen Colbert” character, and pertinent feminist issues–equal pay, why on earth people ask men about women’s issues, women in academia, etc.–were raised. Were they softballed? Yes, and it was pointed out that they were softballed.

I think this was an important compromise. I think Colbert wanted to parody the O’Reilly treatment of “feminazis”–dismissive, infantilizing, vituperative–but understood that a Steinem/Fonda foxyboxing tournament would not have been okay. This was a way to bring up the patronizing attitude without insulting Steinem or Fonda. And since he did actually allow them to answer his questions, rather than talking over them ala O’Reilly, they were able to offer a real interview in an extremely ironic setting.
17 Raging Moderate 10.11.2006 at 1:09 pm: “We shouldn’t be doing this over at the set. What was I thinking. C’mon, let’s go to the kitchen.”

One of the funniest lines I ever heard from Colbert.

I’m glad to see there are some “heroes” here.
18 raging red 10.11.2006 at 2:08 pm: I thought it was pretty funny, and I like how Jane Fonda basically upstaged Colbert when she planted that kiss on him and made him blush.
19 Thalia 10.11.2006 at 2:42 pm: OH my gawd–I don’t have cable, but the Sibling tapes TDS & The Colbert Report on a regular basis for me.

Been quite a week for me, what with (that pretty, pretty, David Tennant starring in) Casanova playing on PBS and now a blushing Stephen Colbert to look forward to? Goodness me, it’s getting hot in here.
20 The Grouch 10.11.2006 at 8:51 pm: That whole thing was just gorgeous.

I agree with Piny and Maureen. Stephen Colbert has to act like the “Colbert” character, which he did–but he also made sure to give Steinem and Fonda time to speak and express their moral outrage and concerns. Which was far more effective and pro-feminist than attempting to ironically rage about it himself would have been (which wouldn’t even have been funny, either).
21 The Grouch 10.11.2006 at 8:52 pm: Also, I thought the whole kitchen pie set-up was very well-done and as good as anything that’s been on the show.

But then, I’m Mrs. Colbert, so I have to defend him.
22 June 10.11.2006 at 9:03 pm: We seem to have 2 Mrs. Colberts here?

I hope they put it up on quicktime b/c I don’t have windows media player.

:(
23 The Grouch 10.11.2006 at 9:36 pm: You haven’t seen it yet, June?

You’ll understand. After you become Mrs. Colbert, that is.
24 Meg 10.11.2006 at 10:35 pm: at the end of the show, with the tiaras and the sashes: did anyone notice the choice of “mrs.” instead of “ms” or “miss” colbert? I think it was deliberate, and hence, BRILLIANT! They “crowned” him “Mrs. Colbert,” but the ending wouldn’t have worked if stephen had said “I’m Miss Colbert!” because he followed it up with: “I’m so happy to be my wife!” I read this as a subtle but clever connection between Mrs and ownership.
25 June 10.12.2006 at 7:20 am: Nope. But now I know to check You Tube for “Mrs. Colbert.”
26 Sniper 10.12.2006 at 8:26 am: Oh, my fucking god. I saw it last night. The angry litigants. The heels. The interview with Ariel Levy. ” I like feminists”. The freakin’ pie. I feel like I’ve witnessed something truly, truly strange.
27 c 10.14.2006 at 12:32 pm: It was also interesting to see Fonda and Steinem responding to the setup differently, which actually made the whole thing work better.

I’m impressed. Early on the show looked thin, and since I lack cable I just look at bits online every now and then. But if you go to the pop culture selections on the show’s site, there’s some pretty chewy irony.