Seth MacFarlane

bkag-4459681Welcome 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! I hope you guys had a fantastic weekend, and that you’re all ready for another week of shows! What are you guys looking forward to hearing about, or are any of the guests interesting to you? My birthday is this week, but alas, I haven’t heard of either of the guests that will be on that day. Oh well, an opportunity to learn!

Stephen’s guests this week include a journalist, an author, a producer, and a chairman for the Rebuild Foundation.

Jon’s guests this week include an actor, a former senator, a television host, and an author.

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Hello, Hubsters!

bkag-4459681And the question for this week is: will Stephen gain control of the Swedish Twitter feed? COME ON, Sweden–take a chance on him! And be warned that if you don’t let him, he’ll take his nation elsewhere and the number of people following you will simply plunge. So consider your decision very carefully.

Last week I wondered whether Stephen and staff could keep up the pace and the amazing quality of his recent shows. The answer appears to be, yes he can. Every episode has been brilliant. And Stephen becoming an infant AND singing and dancing to ABBA all in one evening? What a joy. He’s simply such a fine physical comedian, and I don’t think that gets commented on enough because….well, he’s a genius wordsmith (with help from writers).

Now to this week’s guests. Three out of the four are writers–sports reporter, novelist, and screenwriter. That may be a first, though I’m not sure. Thoughts on that, anyone? Continue reading