Colbert preps for Wednesday (Sports Illustrated)
Next Wednesday night – possibly 2 nights before Conan O’Brien goes off the air – NBC co-executive-douchebag Dick Ebersol will be the guest on the competing Colbert Report.
In the red trunks, Ebersol: head of NBC Sports, known among Saturday Night Live fans as the idiot who ruined the show in the early ’80s, and now known among everyone for calling O’Brien a “failure” and “chicken-hearted” yesterday. (Source.)
In the blue trunks, Colbert: genius, known interview ass-kicker, on the side of comedy, and – despite the lengthy fistfights a few years ago – a presumed member of Team Conan.
I’m salivating already.
For the record, it’s been my policy this week to not shove any regurgitated Conan/Jay info down your throats, and only bring you things you haven’t seen or heard about elsewhere. So I hope nobody is too fed up with it. It’ll be over soon (unfortunately).
Sharilyn Johnson is a full-time television writer, part-time blogger, and sometimes comic.
Fan-fucking-tastic! Thanks for keeping us updated. Now if only we could get Zucker to appear on that show. Hmmm….maybe in an Alpha Dog segment. Go Team Conan!
Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait! Give ‘im subtle but vicious hell, Stephen!
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