Only Really Applicable to Those Obsessed with Stephen Colbert

Well, we weren't on tv! But a good time was had by all. I shall now report the highlights of our field trip to the Report.

We met the nicest woman in line with us named Suzanna who was born in Venezuela, but became a very successful Verizon employee and is now retired and living in Chapel Hill, N.C. I believe she is teaching math courses to MBAs at a University there. Anyway, she was obsessed with Stephen, and a pure joy to talk with. I was really surprised how varying his fans were. Anyway, Suzanna, her friend (who had never heard of Stephen Colbert) and the four of us all got to sit in the front row, lucky us!

The crowd was warmed up by a nice bald guy with a need to tell a lot of poop jokes, so Aaron and Moray were thoroughly amused. However, since a good portion of the audience was women over 50, he had to accommodate for taste, and ended up mostly picking on the audience at that point. Since we were in the front row, we (meaning all but myself) had some interaction with this guy; Beth Ann scared him by screaming "YEAH!" in the microphone really enthusiastically, he said Moray looked like an Eastern-European convict or something, and Aaron, who was the winner of the cameraman's tootsie-pop, got the most attention, since Bald Guy was mostly obsessed with Aaron's lovely locks. I believe he said "Your hair is really bothering me. I hope you have other problems in your life since you have such gorgeous hair," to which Aaron replied something like "I'm emotionally scarred and on medication." Except in a much funnier manner. Although quite honestly, I felt the worst for this poor frat guy who got a case of the runs, and had to leave in the middle of the warm up. Bald Guy had no problem addressing the state of his bowels when he returned from the bathroom.

Okay, so anyway, Stephen came out, and we were very lucky to watch the "toss" with Jon Stewart, usually that happens before the Colbert Report audience gets there. Stephen had never read his lines for that evening's toss, and didn't get through them the first time without dropping his head on his desk in a fit of the giggles. I believe the line was something like "Is your washing machine a danger to your children?" or something. Anyway, after that he hung out with the crowd a bit and answered questions "to humanize myself in your eyes", which was amusing. Then we in the front row got our hand-slaps as he ran back and forth, which we were very proud of. Sadly, he didn't do that in the actual taping, like he usually does, so we didn't end up on tv, har har.

So, if you are all still with me, I though the best part of the night was how awe-struck Suzanna was, and Stephen even stopped to shake hands with her at the end. What an adorable lady! I think her friend thought we were all insane. Oh well.

And that's my report on the Report!

Ciao, Maria