G’day all, it’s been a while since the last site update. I hope you’ve all been well.
I just wanted to take a brief moment to let you know about some of the new features that I have recently added to the site.
Since our humble beginnings back in May 2011, our site has grown into a wonderful, friendly, fan community, and continues to do so. And for as long as I have been able, I have done my best to run the site as economically as possible, and pay for all of the site costs out of my own pocket. Keeping the site ad free in the process. I fully realised the responsibilty of taking on such a site when I started it, and the costs involved. But the site has now grown to a point where, as a student, I can no longer afford to cover all of our growing costs on my own.
After much deliberation, I have decided that the best path forward is to add a few new features to the site that will help raise funds to cover our growing site costs – server bills, security and upgrades – and keep the site ad free. I realise that not everyone will be comfortable donating to the site, so I have created a few different options for those wishing to make a contribution.
Firstly, I have installed a quick and easy to use PayPal Donate button on the side bar. So, if you have a few dollars to spare, please consider donating to our site.
Secondly, the site is a member of the Amazon affiliate program. What this means is that, when available, product links for books, DVDs, CDs, etc. will take you to their respective pages on Amazon. Should you purchase said product, the site earns a few cents and/or dollars. In keeping with this, I have also created an Amazon eStore, which uses the same affiliate links, and includes all of the products available on Amazon that are by, feature contributions by, or are about Stephen Colbert and his film and television work. A few six degrees items have been included as well.
Lastly, you can pop over to our Zazzle store, and pick up some nifty Hubster gear. Currently available are t-shirts, mugs, badges, keyrings and stickers, but if there’s something else you fancy, please let me know and I will make our designs available on your product of choice. If you have any design ideas for Hubster support gear, please do let me know, I’d love to add a few new designs to our store!
As always, thank you all for your wonderful support and contributions, and for being apart of our site. We couldn’t do it without you. And of course, to all of our volunteer Hub staff, thank you all for your hard work and dedication!! Here’s to a great year of blogging!!
1, 28, 87, hut, hut, hike it on over to CBS on Sunday for the ‘Live Late Show Super Bowl Special’!
Hello Hubsters! The special ‘Live Super Bowl Episode’ is rapidly approaching! We here at the Hub wanted to commemorate this special event, so we have decided to do a Late Show Pool. Everyone knows that when it comes to the Super Bowl there is always a pool, whether it’s at work, or among friends, one and all can join in the pool to place their bets and predict what will happen in the Super Bowl.
We at the Hub decided to run a pool about the special Live Late Show. This is how it will work: the Hub staff has come up with many predictions for the show. For example, will Stephen wear a gold suit? Will Tina Fey and Stephen talk about “The Second City”? We have created a Hub pool, anyone who wants to join, can simply post their name, email, and up to ten prediction(s) in the comment section.
Oh, and did I mention there is a prize involved?, Yes! whoever gets the most predictions correct will win a ‘Late Show’ mug, courtesy of the Hub. The sign up sheet will be available soon, and will close at 10pm EST the day of the Super Bowl. So place your bets, and get ready to watch the show live on CBS directly after the Super Bowl this Sunday!
** Please note: You must be 18 years old or over to enter.
| Name |
Prediction |
| Kirsten Jackson |
Stephen will wear a gold suit. |
| Kirsten Jackson, Erika Bade, Justine Marie |
Tina Fey and Stephen talk about The Second City. |
|
Megyn Kelly and Stephen do a mock Trump interview/debate questions. |
| Justine Marie |
Key and Peele talk about The Second City. |
| DeeCee |
Will Ferrell will be dressed as a cheerleader. |
|
Amy Sedaris will make a guest appearance. |
| Katt, Erika Bade, Justine Marie |
NFL players show up as a surprise guest. |
|
Stephen will fail miserably at some kind of sport maneuver. |
|
Stephen does a touch down dance. |
|
Paul Dinello appears. |
|
Stephen says Jimmy three times. |
|
Key and Peele do a “Football Names” sketch with Stephen. |
Katt
DeeCee |
Stephen wears a football jersey at some point. |
| Anastasia, Justine Marie |
A congratulatory graphic for the winning team is shown. |
| Justine Marie |
Three clips from the Super Bowl are shown. |
| Anastasia, Erika Bade, Justine Marie |
Stephen talks about a Super Bowl commercial. |
| Anastasia |
Megyn Kelly mentions Stephen’s old character. |
|
Tina Fey does her Sarah Palin impression. |
|
Stephen does a “Hot Take” Super Bowl edition. |
| Katt DeeCee
Anastasia, Justine Marie
|
The set will be decorated in a football theme. |
| Anastasia |
Jon Stewart shows up as a surprise guest. |
|
Stephen holds one of the following animals: a dog, cat, chicken, or cockatoo. |
| Anastasia, Erika Bade, Justine Marie |
Will Ferrell and Stephen do a sketch together. |
| Justine Marie |
The band plays the NFL theme song. |
Well it’s been an interesting couple of days, hasn’t it?
Turns out that cursed amulet, genuinely is cursed. First, ‘The Late Show’ almost missed it’s own premiere, and then Hub goes down mid-way through the first show. Not the best of starts, but ‘The Late Show’ made it to air in spectacular fashion, and the Hub is back up and running, thanks to our web guru Wayne!!
In a nut shell, what happened was that we had such a spike in traffic once the show started, that our host had to temporarily limit access to our site, so as not to cause problems for other websites that share our server.
Thankfully, everything is back up and running now. My apologies that we weren’t able to blog about the new show as soon as we would have liked to, but rest assured the Hub Staff have been hard at work behind-the-scenes, while I worked with Wayne to get the site back up and running.
You know Stephen, if the whole ‘Late Show’ thing doesn’t quite work out, you have a bright future as a didigeridoo player 😉
Worried your excitement for the premiere of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will terrify the neighbourhood? Don’t worry, Colbert News Hub has you covered.
We will be hosting a special live chat on Tuesday, September 8th, from around 11:15/10:15c, but feel free to stop by whenever you like!
Colbert News Hub have partnered with the folks at Symphony Space to give away two double passes to see comedian Jordan Carlos at ‘Uptown Showdown: The Internet vs. Real Life’ featuring Caroline Rhea (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch), Guy Branum (Chelsea Lately, Host of Pop Rock), Seth Lind (This American Life; Thank You, Robot), Alex Heller and Carolyn Castiglia on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00PM at Leonard Nimoy Thalia.
To enter, simply tweet your answer to the following question to us @ColbertNewsHub and include the hashtag #CNHGiveaway
Question: Which re-occurring character did Jordan Carlos play on ‘The Colbert Report’?
The winner will be announced on Twitter on Monday, May 11th, 2015. Please be sure to check your Twitter accounts in case you are the lucky winner!
First, I’d like to thank Sophia McClennen and Remy Maisel for taking the time to answer questions for us at The Hub. Their new book, ‘Is Satire Saving Our Nation: Mockery and American Politics?‘, argues that political satire is more than just fun: it’s a way of becoming an engaged and informed citizen — especially for Millennials. Obviously, both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show play a large role in McClennen/Maisel’s argument!
As a person who has always believed in the power of comedy to reach people, this is an argument I can fully endorse.
Read more
Site News – Part 2
G’day all, it’s been a while since the last site update. I hope you’ve all been well.
I just wanted to take a brief moment to let you know about some of the new features that I have recently added to the site.
Since our humble beginnings back in May 2011, our site has grown into a wonderful, friendly, fan community, and continues to do so. And for as long as I have been able, I have done my best to run the site as economically as possible, and pay for all of the site costs out of my own pocket. Keeping the site ad free in the process. I fully realised the responsibilty of taking on such a site when I started it, and the costs involved. But the site has now grown to a point where, as a student, I can no longer afford to cover all of our growing costs on my own.
After much deliberation, I have decided that the best path forward is to add a few new features to the site that will help raise funds to cover our growing site costs – server bills, security and upgrades – and keep the site ad free. I realise that not everyone will be comfortable donating to the site, so I have created a few different options for those wishing to make a contribution.
Firstly, I have installed a quick and easy to use PayPal Donate button on the side bar. So, if you have a few dollars to spare, please consider donating to our site.
Secondly, the site is a member of the Amazon affiliate program. What this means is that, when available, product links for books, DVDs, CDs, etc. will take you to their respective pages on Amazon. Should you purchase said product, the site earns a few cents and/or dollars. In keeping with this, I have also created an Amazon eStore, which uses the same affiliate links, and includes all of the products available on Amazon that are by, feature contributions by, or are about Stephen Colbert and his film and television work. A few six degrees items have been included as well.
Lastly, you can pop over to our Zazzle store, and pick up some nifty Hubster gear. Currently available are t-shirts, mugs, badges, keyrings and stickers, but if there’s something else you fancy, please let me know and I will make our designs available on your product of choice. If you have any design ideas for Hubster support gear, please do let me know, I’d love to add a few new designs to our store!
As always, thank you all for your wonderful support and contributions, and for being apart of our site. We couldn’t do it without you. And of course, to all of our volunteer Hub staff, thank you all for your hard work and dedication!! Here’s to a great year of blogging!!
1, 28, 87, hut, hut, hike it on over to CBS on Sunday for the ‘Live Late Show Super Bowl Special’!
Hello Hubsters! The special ‘Live Super Bowl Episode’ is rapidly approaching! We here at the Hub wanted to commemorate this special event, so we have decided to do a Late Show Pool. Everyone knows that when it comes to the Super Bowl there is always a pool, whether it’s at work, or among friends, one and all can join in the pool to place their bets and predict what will happen in the Super Bowl.
We at the Hub decided to run a pool about the special Live Late Show. This is how it will work: the Hub staff has come up with many predictions for the show. For example, will Stephen wear a gold suit? Will Tina Fey and Stephen talk about “The Second City”? We have created a Hub pool, anyone who wants to join, can simply post their name, email, and up to ten prediction(s) in the comment section.
Oh, and did I mention there is a prize involved?, Yes! whoever gets the most predictions correct will win a ‘Late Show’ mug, courtesy of the Hub. The sign up sheet will be available soon, and will close at 10pm EST the day of the Super Bowl. So place your bets, and get ready to watch the show live on CBS directly after the Super Bowl this Sunday!
** Please note: You must be 18 years old or over to enter.
DeeCee
Anastasia, Justine Marie
Well it’s been an interesting couple of days, hasn’t it?
Turns out that cursed amulet, genuinely is cursed. First, ‘The Late Show’ almost missed it’s own premiere, and then Hub goes down mid-way through the first show. Not the best of starts, but ‘The Late Show’ made it to air in spectacular fashion, and the Hub is back up and running, thanks to our web guru Wayne!!
In a nut shell, what happened was that we had such a spike in traffic once the show started, that our host had to temporarily limit access to our site, so as not to cause problems for other websites that share our server.
Thankfully, everything is back up and running now. My apologies that we weren’t able to blog about the new show as soon as we would have liked to, but rest assured the Hub Staff have been hard at work behind-the-scenes, while I worked with Wayne to get the site back up and running.
You know Stephen, if the whole ‘Late Show’ thing doesn’t quite work out, you have a bright future as a didigeridoo player 😉
Worried your excitement for the premiere of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will terrify the neighbourhood? Don’t worry, Colbert News Hub has you covered.
We will be hosting a special live chat on Tuesday, September 8th, from around 11:15/10:15c, but feel free to stop by whenever you like!
Colbert News Hub have partnered with the folks at Symphony Space to give away two double passes to see comedian Jordan Carlos at ‘Uptown Showdown: The Internet vs. Real Life’ featuring Caroline Rhea (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch), Guy Branum (Chelsea Lately, Host of Pop Rock), Seth Lind (This American Life; Thank You, Robot), Alex Heller and Carolyn Castiglia on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00PM at Leonard Nimoy Thalia.
To enter, simply tweet your answer to the following question to us @ColbertNewsHub and include the hashtag #CNHGiveaway
Question: Which re-occurring character did Jordan Carlos play on ‘The Colbert Report’?
The winner will be announced on Twitter on Monday, May 11th, 2015. Please be sure to check your Twitter accounts in case you are the lucky winner!
First, I’d like to thank Sophia McClennen and Remy Maisel for taking the time to answer questions for us at The Hub. Their new book, ‘Is Satire Saving Our Nation: Mockery and American Politics?‘, argues that political satire is more than just fun: it’s a way of becoming an engaged and informed citizen — especially for Millennials. Obviously, both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show play a large role in McClennen/Maisel’s argument!
As a person who has always believed in the power of comedy to reach people, this is an argument I can fully endorse.
Read more