Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! Hopefully you all enjoyed the two-week break from the show and post-Emmy triumph (for me, it means moving back into college for senior year!) It definitely looks like the hosts will have a lot to talk about this first week back. I suspect we’ll be hearing more about Israel and Gaza, the incidents surrounding the death of Michael Brown and the unrest in Ferguson, the execution of James Foley by ISIS, and continuing drama in the Crimean Peninsula. Of course, if there’s anything you’d like to see addressed on the show, what guests you’re most excited to hear from this week, and more, let us know in the comments below!
Stephen’s guests this week include two actors, an author, and an artist. Jon’s guests this week include an author and a comedian. Let’s get this short Emmy week started!
Monday, August 25 (2014)
Pre-empted
Tuesday, August 26 (2014)
Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry (Actor, Author, “The Giver”)
Jeff Bridges is an American actor, country singer, and producer, and Lois Lowry is an American writer and children’s author. Jeff Bridges is starring in the new film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver as the eponymous character, a mysterious figure in a dystopian society that has enforced the Sameness protocol on its members. The Sameness protocol aims to rid the people of pain and strife, but also removes their emotional depth. Jonas, a twelve year-old boy who is about to be assigned his job within the community, finds out that he has been chosen for a very special position known as “The Receiver of Memory”. The Receiver stores all the memories of the people before the Sameness protocol was imposed and is expected to advise the Elders, who might lack the experience to make important decisions. As Jonas begins the process of receiving memories, he learns the truth about his society and struggles with the knowledge he has been given. The cast includes Meryl Streep as the Chief Elder, Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Alexander Skarsgard as Jonas’s father, Odeya Rush as Fiona, Katie Holmes as Jonas’s mother, Taylor Swift as the Giver’s daughter, Rosemary, and Cameron Monaghan as Asher.
Born: 4 December 1949 (Los Angeles, California, United States) [Bridges]
Education: University High School | Herbert Berghof Studio
Filmography: Sea Hunt | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | The Last Picture Show | Starman | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | The Fisher King | The Big Lebowski | The Contender | Seabiscuit | Crazy Heart | Iron Man | Tron: Legacy | True Grit
Discography: Be Here Soon | Jeff Bridges
Awards: Saturn Award | Academy Award | Golden Globe Award | Screen Actors Guild Award
Previous Colbert Report Appearance(s): Interview with Jeff Bridges – 18 July 2013
Follow: Website | @TheJeffBridges
Born: 20 March 1937 (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) [Lowry]
Education: University of Southern Maine
Books: The Quartet | Anastasia series | Sam Krupnik series | Number the Stars | The Silent Boy | Gossamer | Autumn Street | Rabble Starkey | A Summer to Die | Looking Back
Awards: Margaret Edwards Award | Newbery Medal | Doctorate of Letters, Brown University
Follow: Website | @LoisLowryWriter
Wednesday, August 27 (2014)
Michael Sheen (Actor: “Masters of Sex“)
Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor and the current star of the Showtime series Masters of Sex. The show is a period drama set in the 1950s that follows the lives of Dr. William Masters (Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), two researchers in the pioneering the study of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The show is currently running in its second season and has received critical acclaim from reviewers, pulling a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for its first season and an 89 out of 100 on Metacritic for the second. It has been praised for its well-written characters, its use of humor, and the strength of the actors’ performances, particularly Sheen’s and Caplan’s.
Born: 5 February 1969 (Newport, Wales, United Kingdom)
Education: Blaenbaglan Primary School | Glan Afan Comprehensive School | Neath Port Talbot College | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Filmography: Kingdom of Heaven | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | The Queen | Blood Diamond | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Alice in Wonderland | 30 Rock | TRON: Legacy | Midnight in Paris | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1
Awards: Laurence Olivier Award | BAFTA Award | Screen Actors Guild Award | Satellite Award | Emmy Award | Officer of the Order of British Empire | James Joyce Award
Follow: @MichaelSheen
Thursday, August 28 (2014)
JR (Street Artist)
JR is a French street artist, whose identity is as of yet unconfirmed, is famous for his unique style known as flyposting – placing materials on walls in public spaces, legally or illegally. His works often revolve around the ideas of commitment, freedom, identity, and limits, and have been shown around the world. JR started his career as a teenage graffiti artist in Paris with his first large-scale project called Portraits of a Generation, which exhibited portraits of young people from low-income housing around Paris. Since then, he has completed several other large projects as an “urban activist” hoping to bring awareness of serious issues in the Middle East, Paris, Africa, and Brazil.
Born: 22 February 1983
Notable Works: 28 Millimetres | Portraits of a Generation | Face2Face | Women are Heroes | Wrinkles of the City | Inside Out Project
Films: Inside Out: The People’s Art Project
Awards: TED Prize
Follow: Website | @JRart
And now, let’s check in with our good friend over at ‘The Daily Show’ – Jon Stewart!
Monday, August 25 (2014)
Pre-empted
Tuesday, August 26 (2014)
David Rose (Author: “Enchanted Objects“)
David Rose is an American entrepreneur, author, and instructor at the MIT Media Lab. His first book, Enchanted Objects, examines the ways that everyday objects could soon be designed to predict our needs. Rose believes that the world is on the edge of an age where objects as mundane as wallets, watches, umbrellas, and trash cans can learn our needs and respond to them; he calls these items “enchanted objects” and believes that they have the potential to enhance our lives. Critics have praised Rose’s vision of the future as an exciting one, noting that “David Rose’s vision for enchanted objects and their platforms is spot on. With this book, he offers innovators and businesses a guide for success in this space” (Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Enterprises and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility).
Education: Madison West High School | St. Olaf College | Harvard University
Previous Colbert Report Appearance(s): Parody of the Vitality Glow Cap
Follow: Website
Wednesday, August 27 (2014)
Hassan Abbas (Author: “The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier”)
[Coming Soon]
Thursday, August 28 (2014)
Todd Glass (Author: “The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy“)
Todd Glass is an American stand-up comedian and author. His latest book is The Todd Glass Situation, a memoir which reflects on his life as a gay man in stand-up comedy, from hiding that part of himself in the early days, to finally coming out publicly at age 48. He recounts the tactics he used to hide his secret in his younger days, from fake girlfriends, abstinence, attempts to “cure” himself, and more. However, his mind was changed by a series of suicides among gay teens, convincing him to come out in order to serve as a role model for others struggling with their sexual orientation. The New York Times Books Review gave the book a positive review, noting that “there are plenty of laughs in Glass’s stories of his fast start in comedy … yet his account of his lifelong struggle to be honest about his sexuality is also serious, sad and ultimately triumphant”.
Born: 16 December 1964 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Education: Conestoga High School
Discography: Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap | Thin Pig | Todd Glass Talks About Stuff
Follow: Website | @ToddGlass
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!
Better Know a Guest: August 25 – 28, 2014
Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! Hopefully you all enjoyed the two-week break from the show and post-Emmy triumph (for me, it means moving back into college for senior year!) It definitely looks like the hosts will have a lot to talk about this first week back. I suspect we’ll be hearing more about Israel and Gaza, the incidents surrounding the death of Michael Brown and the unrest in Ferguson, the execution of James Foley by ISIS, and continuing drama in the Crimean Peninsula. Of course, if there’s anything you’d like to see addressed on the show, what guests you’re most excited to hear from this week, and more, let us know in the comments below!
Stephen’s guests this week include two actors, an author, and an artist. Jon’s guests this week include an author and a comedian. Let’s get this short Emmy week started!
Monday, August 25 (2014)
Pre-empted
Tuesday, August 26 (2014)
Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry (Actor, Author, “The Giver”)
Jeff Bridges is an American actor, country singer, and producer, and Lois Lowry is an American writer and children’s author. Jeff Bridges is starring in the new film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver as the eponymous character, a mysterious figure in a dystopian society that has enforced the Sameness protocol on its members. The Sameness protocol aims to rid the people of pain and strife, but also removes their emotional depth. Jonas, a twelve year-old boy who is about to be assigned his job within the community, finds out that he has been chosen for a very special position known as “The Receiver of Memory”. The Receiver stores all the memories of the people before the Sameness protocol was imposed and is expected to advise the Elders, who might lack the experience to make important decisions. As Jonas begins the process of receiving memories, he learns the truth about his society and struggles with the knowledge he has been given. The cast includes Meryl Streep as the Chief Elder, Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Alexander Skarsgard as Jonas’s father, Odeya Rush as Fiona, Katie Holmes as Jonas’s mother, Taylor Swift as the Giver’s daughter, Rosemary, and Cameron Monaghan as Asher.
Born: 4 December 1949 (Los Angeles, California, United States) [Bridges]
Education: University High School | Herbert Berghof Studio
Filmography: Sea Hunt | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | The Last Picture Show | Starman | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | The Fisher King | The Big Lebowski | The Contender | Seabiscuit | Crazy Heart | Iron Man | Tron: Legacy | True Grit
Discography: Be Here Soon | Jeff Bridges
Awards: Saturn Award | Academy Award | Golden Globe Award | Screen Actors Guild Award
Previous Colbert Report Appearance(s): Interview with Jeff Bridges – 18 July 2013
Follow: Website | @TheJeffBridges
Born: 20 March 1937 (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) [Lowry]
Education: University of Southern Maine
Books: The Quartet | Anastasia series | Sam Krupnik series | Number the Stars | The Silent Boy | Gossamer | Autumn Street | Rabble Starkey | A Summer to Die | Looking Back
Awards: Margaret Edwards Award | Newbery Medal | Doctorate of Letters, Brown University
Follow: Website | @LoisLowryWriter
Wednesday, August 27 (2014)
Michael Sheen (Actor: “Masters of Sex“)
Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor and the current star of the Showtime series Masters of Sex. The show is a period drama set in the 1950s that follows the lives of Dr. William Masters (Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), two researchers in the pioneering the study of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The show is currently running in its second season and has received critical acclaim from reviewers, pulling a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for its first season and an 89 out of 100 on Metacritic for the second. It has been praised for its well-written characters, its use of humor, and the strength of the actors’ performances, particularly Sheen’s and Caplan’s.
Born: 5 February 1969 (Newport, Wales, United Kingdom)
Education: Blaenbaglan Primary School | Glan Afan Comprehensive School | Neath Port Talbot College | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Filmography: Kingdom of Heaven | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | The Queen | Blood Diamond | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Alice in Wonderland | 30 Rock | TRON: Legacy | Midnight in Paris | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1
Awards: Laurence Olivier Award | BAFTA Award | Screen Actors Guild Award | Satellite Award | Emmy Award | Officer of the Order of British Empire | James Joyce Award
Follow: @MichaelSheen
Thursday, August 28 (2014)
JR (Street Artist)
JR is a French street artist, whose identity is as of yet unconfirmed, is famous for his unique style known as flyposting – placing materials on walls in public spaces, legally or illegally. His works often revolve around the ideas of commitment, freedom, identity, and limits, and have been shown around the world. JR started his career as a teenage graffiti artist in Paris with his first large-scale project called Portraits of a Generation, which exhibited portraits of young people from low-income housing around Paris. Since then, he has completed several other large projects as an “urban activist” hoping to bring awareness of serious issues in the Middle East, Paris, Africa, and Brazil.
Born: 22 February 1983
Notable Works: 28 Millimetres | Portraits of a Generation | Face2Face | Women are Heroes | Wrinkles of the City | Inside Out Project
Films: Inside Out: The People’s Art Project
Awards: TED Prize
Follow: Website | @JRart
And now, let’s check in with our good friend over at ‘The Daily Show’ – Jon Stewart!
Monday, August 25 (2014)
Pre-empted
Tuesday, August 26 (2014)
David Rose (Author: “Enchanted Objects“)
David Rose is an American entrepreneur, author, and instructor at the MIT Media Lab. His first book, Enchanted Objects, examines the ways that everyday objects could soon be designed to predict our needs. Rose believes that the world is on the edge of an age where objects as mundane as wallets, watches, umbrellas, and trash cans can learn our needs and respond to them; he calls these items “enchanted objects” and believes that they have the potential to enhance our lives. Critics have praised Rose’s vision of the future as an exciting one, noting that “David Rose’s vision for enchanted objects and their platforms is spot on. With this book, he offers innovators and businesses a guide for success in this space” (Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Enterprises and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility).
Education: Madison West High School | St. Olaf College | Harvard University
Previous Colbert Report Appearance(s): Parody of the Vitality Glow Cap
Follow: Website
Wednesday, August 27 (2014)
Hassan Abbas (Author: “The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier”)
[Coming Soon]
Thursday, August 28 (2014)
Todd Glass (Author: “The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy“)
Todd Glass is an American stand-up comedian and author. His latest book is The Todd Glass Situation, a memoir which reflects on his life as a gay man in stand-up comedy, from hiding that part of himself in the early days, to finally coming out publicly at age 48. He recounts the tactics he used to hide his secret in his younger days, from fake girlfriends, abstinence, attempts to “cure” himself, and more. However, his mind was changed by a series of suicides among gay teens, convincing him to come out in order to serve as a role model for others struggling with their sexual orientation. The New York Times Books Review gave the book a positive review, noting that “there are plenty of laughs in Glass’s stories of his fast start in comedy … yet his account of his lifelong struggle to be honest about his sexuality is also serious, sad and ultimately triumphant”.
Born: 16 December 1964 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Education: Conestoga High School
Discography: Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap | Thin Pig | Todd Glass Talks About Stuff
Follow: Website | @ToddGlass
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!