Yeah, I winced a little at the lack of capitalization, too--and heard you saying "It should be capitalized!" in my head ^_^. What was that guy's name? I used to remember, but now it's driving me crazy. And didn't Stephen say he sat in on several of his rituals while at Second City?
Seriously, I'm the only one I think that capitalizes Ritual. I don't even know why. If I were to think of the rituals I had with the coven, I would spell them with a lowercase "r" (as you see).
I don't know about having to tuck my dick, plus I'd need an Amythyst.
A quick search finds an interview I don't think I've ever seen before, but that's a little (emphasis on little) more into it than the interviews I remember seeing:
"When Colbert was a student in Chicago, he studied improvisation with the legendary Del Close. Close was a personality so unpredictable that he has been called “the Ted Kaczynski of modern comedy”; before he died, in 1999, he bequeathed his skull to the Goodman Theatre, in Chicago. His hope was that he could play Yorick into eternity. As the artistic director of the ImprovOlympic, he had a legacy at least as memorable. “One of the great things about Del was that he was a [P]agan,” Colbert said. “When he was teaching, he would take out this pentagram necklace that he wore and flash it at you,” he continued. “I’ve been to my share of new-moon celebrations.”"
*Edited because I'm so damn anal when it comes to my HTML.
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Seriously, I'm the only one I think that capitalizes Ritual. I don't even know why. If I were to think of the rituals I had with the coven, I would spell them with a lowercase "r" (as you see).
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I thought I had read and heard a lot of interviews with the man, but I haven't heard him mention that! If you're so inclined, may I have links?
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A quick search finds an interview I don't think I've ever seen before, but that's a little (emphasis on little) more into it than the interviews I remember seeing:
"When Colbert was a student in Chicago, he studied improvisation with the legendary Del Close. Close was a personality so unpredictable that he has been called “the Ted Kaczynski of modern comedy”; before he died, in 1999, he bequeathed his skull to the Goodman Theatre, in Chicago. His hope was that he could play Yorick into eternity. As the artistic director of the ImprovOlympic, he had a legacy at least as memorable. “One of the great things about Del was that he was a [P]agan,” Colbert said. “When he was teaching, he would take out this pentagram necklace that he wore and flash it at you,” he continued. “I’ve been to my share of new-moon celebrations.”"
*Edited because I'm so damn anal when it comes to my HTML.
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