Steve Colbert is so cute. I had no idea he was into opera.

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Hahah. Do you have a hard on for him too?

Sure.... "My friend has a hard on for him, it's not me, it's someone else.. from Canada"

That and he's willing to challenge Korean pop superstars to a dance-off.

"yet."

I can always use another homosocial party pal.

Yeah, I absolutely do. My girlfriend is much more of a Daily Show fan, but I chock it up to generational differences -- she remembers his show on MTV, back when his show existed, and MTV was decent. Meanwhile, Colbert taps into the exact flavor of sarcasm that is so en vogue among our generation.

Stylistic differences aside, I think the guy is brilliant. When the writers went on strike, his prepared content was weak and his interviews were still fucking genius. All that improv training obviously taught him how to come up with clever responses in zero time. And while people like me develop a certain opinion of what we think he's probably like, extrapolating backwards through cynicism based on the persona he projects on his show, he ends up surprising us with who he really is, i.e. devoted Catholic father, Sunday School teacher, etc.

Anyway, disregarding many base conclusions as I can draw about his personality based on his sitcom, his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech from a couple of years back was one of the most bold and incisive digs ever both of the entirety of the press, in front of them, but of President Bush as well, from about a dozen feet away from him. I'll have more respect for him for that reason than for any other -- he called President Bush on his shit, in front of his face, in a way that no actual, serious journalist or politician ever has. A modern day court jester if there ever was one.

@Salomea: We can hang out, but just bring your own. Sometimes girls get drunk and want mine.

Hahahah. Trust me, I'm very good at not wanting people's penises when I am drunk. I can promise you that yours will be safe.

Ok good then, we can hang out but I swear, if I hear Yakkity Sax start to play, I'm outta there.