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Colbert

In the proud tradition of this blog, I will now tell you a somewhat interesting and not-very-recent story.

Last month I got to see a taping of The Colbert Report, thanks to my coworker Tudor. I think the last time I ever got to see a taping of a show is when I was a kid on a trip and got to see The Merv Griffin Show. At the time, I didn't know who Merv Griffin was, and I still don't.

Anyway, the show took just about as long to film as it lasted on TV. For some reason, they time it that way, with the commercial breaks and everything. I don't know why they don't break for arbitrary time or not break at all. Editing the tape to be the right length should not be that difficult.

Before the show Colbert mentioned it was his 111th show, and asked the audience what hobbits would call that number. Someone gave the correct answer "Eleventy-first". I had forgotten that Colbert was a huge Tolkein fan.

The show was great, an unusually good show. Afterwards we headed over to the Russian Vodka Room and had some wonderful horseradish-infused Vodka. It's much better than it sounds.