brooklyn gal for a while

Colbert has some pull

Did anyone else see Stephen Colbert's final show of the year Wednesday night? It was a bit hyped . . . a guitar rock-off between the lead guitarist of the The Decemberists, Funk, and himself. Or, as it came to be, Peter Frampton, playing as Colbert.
I was amazed. ok, not so amazed by the actual performances . . not really my kinda music*. But amazed by who all was judging the contest. Whenever I've seen the Colbert report, and watched pass "the word" segment, it always seems to be authors of historical politics that he has as guests. Not Wednesday night. The judges for the guitar-off were Rolling Stone's critic Anthony DeCurtis, NYU music professor Jim Anderson, and our soon-to-be govener Eliot Spitzer. The announcer was Morley Safer, and the moderator/final judge was non other than Henry Kissinger! Each time someone was announced, my eyes widened in awe. Ok, so the NYU prof and even the rolling stones critic were kind of the level of celebrity judge I expected, but Henry Kissinger!?! how on earth did the Colbert crew get him to say "crank it up" via satelite?

*although TS, a guitarist, said one of them was impressive

posted by gordian knot @ Friday, December 22, 2006