Stephen Colbert

Everything You Need to Know About the Bush Center/Library/Theater/Museum/Thing

Journalists across the globe have been busy churning out copy about the looming Thursday dedication of the Bush Presidential Center at SMU. Some of the pieces wrestle with the Bush legacy, some describe the center itself. Others explore the practical effect that a massive ceremony featuring five pre ... More >>

Pizza, Weed And Finals? Begin Scene!

Give Piece a Chance? Fellowship Church's "Sex Preacher" to Take "Bed-In" to Web Friday.

​Feels like three years since last we hopped into bed with Fellowship Church's senior pastor and resident sexpert Ed Young, who's been selling his religious sexperience since giving thanks for network morning talk shows in November 2008. But now, via the miracle of the Associated Baptist Press, we ... More >>

The K-Ticket Christmas Eve Music Playlist, With a Few Leftovers For the Morning

​If I'm allowed on K-Ticket airwaves for a fourth annual Christmas dance party, I will ask management to carve space enough for a 17-hour set. The list of songs I wanted to play but didn't is much longer than those that actually made the air. Then again, if you really want a copy of Anya Marina's ... More >>

This Morning's Video Wake-Up Part II, Redux, the Sequel: Colbert Calls Out WFAA-Channel 8

​Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed out, in the comments below and via email, that Stephen Colbert last night tackled the NBA lockout ... and, while he was at it, WFAA-Channel 8, for refusing to run his latest Super PAC ad in support of NBA owners working hard to save the basketball seaso ... More >>

So Why Didn't WFAA Air Colbert's Super PAC Spot? "Old-Fashioned Human Error."

Mark Cuban in the Stephen Colbert Super PAC ad that WFAA did not, in fact, reject.​Here's the boring truth behind Stephen Colbert's WFAA rant last night: The reason our ABC affiliate didn't air Colbert's Super PAC spot about the NBA lockout was "garden-variety human error," according to the statio ... More >>

Remember When Brint Ryan, Perry's Super PAC Man, Spent $1 Million to Lose a Council Seat?

​For the past week or so, stories have been circulating about all the Super PACs lining up to line Rick Perry's pockets as he scooches toward Saturday's announcement that he's running for president. Among the PACs stacked up: Americans for Rick Perry, Jobs for Iowa, GrowPAC and TuPAC, though I may ... More >>

He's Got "The Calmness" In His Heart. And So, Texas Gov. Rick Perry Will Run for President.

Photo by Rachel Parker​It's a done deal: Come Saturday, Rick Perry will announce he's running for president, which isn't nearly as shocking as the fact we may not hit 100 degrees today. (I mean, it's nice out.) Look, the governor of Texas says so right there in his interview with Mark Halperin tha ... More >>

Burn Bans Force Colbert to Mess With Texas

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveOn Tuesday, you'll recall, Dallas County went under a 90-day outdoor-burn ban, which includes shootin' off fireworks within the city limits. Violators will be popped with a class-C misdemeanor tic ... More >>

Watch: Bleeckie The Puppet Takes On Rebecca Black's "Friday," Turns It Into Ode About Fries

Rebecca Black​ Colin Quinn made a great point on Conan last week. I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like this: For all this talk of stopping bullying and cyber-bullying, America sure is willfully beating up a lot on Rebecca Black.The counter-argument, of course? That poor little Black is th ... More >>

Theatre Too does wrong by Durang; at the Bath House, The Housekeeper keeps it clean

Nation, Grab Your Spoons and Go to Ben & Jerry's

​Four years ago, Stephen Colbert and Ben & Jerry's teamed up to create a new ice cream flavor, Americone Dream, and today the flavor is available at all Ben & Jerry's locations. Today you can get two-for-one scoops of Americone Dream, vanilla ice cream blended with caramel and bits of fudge-c ... More >>

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

Ladies and Gentlemen, Stephen Sondheim

Photos courtesy the Dallas Indepedent School District​The boy and I were listening to Tom Waits's rendition of "Somewhere" the other day -- over and over and over again, my bad. Still. A personal favorite, has been for years. There's a reason Stephen Colbert gushed over the Broadway great earlier ... More >>

Unfair Park Guest Column: Dallas Attorney On Why, and How, You Should Judge the Judges

​The Friends of Unfair Park are no doubt familiar with the fine work of Bill Holston, noted human-rights attorney, KERA-FM commentator, occasional Morning News op-ed'er and Unfair Park commenter. (He's also joining Angela Hunt, Rawlins Gilliland and Shibboleth at the Dallas Rally for Sanity at Lee ... More >>

Growing Up With Elvis Costello.

What'll It Be, George Clayton? A Further Look at Education Board's "Wild Card."

Your newest member of the State Board of Education, George Clayton​It took a while for Patrick "Buzz" Williams to get State Board of Education candidate George Clayton on the phone before the GOP primary earlier this month, but he finally did -- long enough to ask the North Dallas High School teac ... More >>

Craig Watkins: O.J. Simpson Was Guilty!

Aside from that unsolicited non sequitur intended to illustrate Americans' lack of faith in the judicial system, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's tête-à-tête with Stephen Colbert last night was notable only for how relatively straight it played. Colbert tried to draw Watkins offsid ... More >>

Craig Watkins to Talk About Wrongful Convictions on The Colbert Report Wednesday

​Stephen Colbert's people don't like to talk about why they ask guests to appear on The Colbert Report. Trust me. We asked earlier today, when word came down that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has been booked for Wednesday's show (which puts him between Tuesday night's guests, auth ... More >>

Lowe Blow: Get Motivated! Co-Founder Says Dubya Was "Inspirational," Not a "Caricature"

​Seems Tamara Lowe, one half of the couple behind Monday's Get Motivated! sell-or-be-sold hoedown at the Fort Worth Convention Center, isn't too keen on the coverage of the event. Her peoples have sent word that Lowe wants to right the media's wrongs: Per the press release freshly landed in the Un ... More >>

The Eight-Track Lives On In Arlington!

Monsters vs. Aliens: A One-Dimensional Story in Fantastic 3-D

Stephen Colbert (Ahem) Supports (Wink Wink) Pete Sessions's "Insurgency" Remarks

Last week, Rep. Pete Sessions had to be interrupted by an aide during an interview with the National Journal when he just couldn't stop putting the words "insurgency," "Republican Party" and "Taliban" in the same sentences. Which is how Sessions, makin' the 32nd District proud, wound up as the subje ... More >>

Coming (At You) Soon

Jeffrey Katzenberg's cure-all for an ailing movie economy, in all three dimensions

Weekend Roundup: Disney on Grass, Cully Woods, Dir en Grey, and More

OK, so the time of year specifically celebrating ritual turkey slaughter has come and gone and we're all the groggier for it.However, it's Monday now, and the time has come to shake off that holiday feeling and wade back into the everyday weekday life. And what better way to do that than with video ... More >>

Chicago Wisecracks

The Second City comes to Dallas

Texas Ain't No Toss-Up, Says NBC Producer Following Mix-Up

Stephen Colbert on Canton: "A Steaming Pile of Longhorn Dung."

Stud Farm

See SC's future legends

The Jesus Guy

Tell the Truthiness

Stephen Colbert Hates KZPS. Sorry.

The Apples in Stereo

New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc)

Stephen Colbert Brands Rick Perry a Hippie. Goodbye, Bizarro World.

DART Needs Art

Colbert on Bush Library: "A Great Honor for Southern Methodist University." Wink, Wink.

On the Download

Some of the best music of 2006 wasn't exactly officially released (wink, wink)

When the Stars Came Out

Didn't You Used to Be a Guitar Hero?

These Dogs Still Hunt

Drowning in Camp

The Aqua Rangers take Lakewood

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Wading into Rough Waters

Ice, Ice Maybe

Crossing Boundaries

Damned Hollywood Liberals

The Truthiness Is, He's Scary

Vote No

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

School's In

There's Strangers, then there are its strange fans

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter