Photo by Morgan Woodbury
My husband and I are huge fans of Colbert, and were happy to see that he was going to do some segment taping in Vancouver for mid-next-week’s show. These tapings were free to the public and organized in such a way that we got to Creekside Park, near Science World, pretty early (7:30 a.m.) to stand in line. Of course, around 8:30 a.m. or so, the organizers said “go!” and so we just ran with everyone else over the hill into the muddy but still frozen lawn of the park — but still got rather close to the stage.
The morning was cold but sunny and ripe with red-and-white Canadian colors waving through the crowd, a few people sitting in trees, and at least a couple folks with a kangaroo wearing boxing gloves — you know, typical stuff. We found Colbert’s personality with the audience fun and down-to-earth, and we had a great time that morning watching the workings of a show being filmed. On stage were a totem pole, a big poster of Colbert with a torch, some skis, some hockey sticks, and a moose. You know, typical stuff! A brass band, decked out in patriotic colors, played some old tunes and some Queen. I’m pretty sure they were playing songs that you only remember one or two lines from. During those lines, the audience sang out too. Otherwise, we just danced and sang “bah boo bop” or mumbled.
In keeping with the press’s line of vision, here is a Goodreads list of books featured on the Colbert Report. Colbert has also written and contributed to quite a few books.
Spoiler for next week’s show (click Show below):
