Peeling The Onion, Second City on Colbert Chats, People Under the Stares Vids
The Second City has the Trib's ear on the matter of Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel's decision to warn other public servants away from a visit to the Colbert Report, where he fears they might be led to look foolish by silver-tongued verbal trickster Stephen Colbert. (To be fair, Colbert has charmed at least one elected representative into saying "I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do" on camera.)
The Second City's Andrew Alexander and Kelly Leonard offer these clearheaded thoughts on the matter: "...In the matter of 'The Colbert Report,' we believe Rahm is wrong. Sure, Colbert can make people in power look foolish. But guess what? We like that. It's something we can relate to. It's human. Too often the public is forced to watch its elected officials drone on like robots for fear of a slip of the tongue or a comment misconstrued."
The Onion is blasting a new video venture all over that internet thingee we keep hearing so much about. They plan to run a newscast quality news parody program online, and encourage fans to post their favorite videos all over YouTube and anywhere else, without fear of the parent network yanking clips (as has happened with Colbert Report and Daily Show clips online). I don't know, does anyone really think this internet-and-comedy thing is going to last? We're kind of getting bored with it already.
The folks behind the People Under The Stares monthly comedy showcase are posting videos from the shows - the latest are clips from Morgan Murphy, Mike Bridenstine, Dan Mintz, Hannibal, and show host Rian Murphy. Check them out. Here's Morgan Murphy at her performance on January 30 at the Hideout:
