[picspam] Stewart & Colbert: Part 1
Long-time readers of this LJ have known of this fact for quite some time now, but for those who, for whatever reason, don't know it: I LOVE Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to ridiculous amounts.
And up until about December last year, I used to watch both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report religiously (including the TDS global edition on CNN!).
For some reason that I'm still trying to figure out, I stopped watching both shows this year. It's not that I stopped liking them, but I guess... Well, I don't know!
Their Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear has brought back my deep admiration and fangirliness for them, though, and, since in the last couple of days I realized my TDS/TCR picture folder is bigger than any of the others I have (bigger than my Doctor Who and Sherlock folders put together. And possibly my Gary Oldman folder too. I KID YOU NOT! Scary, isn't it?), I thought a picspam was in order.
Actually, I thought a vid was in order, but then I started listing scenes and I realized a picspam would probably help me a lot if I ever actually decide to vid them again.
So yes, this picspam is more like a future reference for me too.
But enough intro! BEHOLD!!!
PART 1(?): THE TOSS!((You'll notice that it says "Part 1(?)"... That's because I noticed I'd have to do it in parts (my Top 10 Moments list was getting a little too big *ahem*), but I'm not entirely sure if I will actually continue. I mean, I want to, but I'm lazy and forgetful, so who knows? :P And besides, this took a lot longer than I had anticipated))
I've decided to start with the Toss, those little moments they sometimes share between the two shows, because I've been marathoning them on the TDS website these days and it's reminded me of how much I missed them. Alternatively, it's reminded me of HOW CRUEL IT IS THAT THEY'VE APPARENTLY DECIDED TO DO THEM ONLY ABOUT ONCE A MONTH NOW! NOT COOL, YOU GUYS! NOT COOL!
And yes, this was supposed to be a Top 10... *blush* I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SMALL PICSPAMS, OK? Besides, I had about 5 years of material to pick from, so give me a break! :P
Oh! And they're listed chronologically. Because picking favorites would be nearly impossible.
NOTE: I've added links to all these videos too.
Again, it's more for future reference than anything, but I guess they might interest some people too. :)
April 25, 2006: "Fummy you should mention that, Jom. It just so happlens my nomral proogreafer is out dick."
July 27, 2006: "I've got laryngitis."
December 6, 2006: "Jon, I don't fake anything on MY show."
March 26, 2007 "A drink, can I buy you one? Your answer may surprise you."
September 15, 2008: "Jon Stewart's Endangered Fish & Tiger Cub Warehouse."
September 24, 2008: "Munch my hairy irish butt, Stew-bug! Munch it! Munch, munch, munch!"
January 27, 2009: "Thank you, Stephen. Don't breastfeed them in front of us!"
February 3, 2009: "You shut up!" "You shut up!" "Shut up, fatty!" "You shut up!"
May 18, 2009: "It's a cat, Jon. With a keyboard. It just waits for you to mess up so it can mock you!"
You will soon realize that I have a pattern when it comes to the Toss: my favorites are usually the ones where they crack each other up, and/or something doesn't go according to plan. But there are a few exceptions, like the Laryngitis one and the Proofreader one, where even though they didn't crack up (well, they did, but not as much as others, really), it was just adorably cute all around.
The Keyboard Cat got really close to being added to the actual Top 10 20, I just love how they couldn't hold it back. To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea what kind of criteria I used when picking the Top 10 20... Any of those could have been there.
WHO'S THE TOSS? (October 15, 2006)
This one deserves to be mentioned separately simply because it is exactly what I'm doing here right now, listing my favorite Tosses. Also, it's no surprise that many of the ones listed there are here on this list, like "Jon Gets Angry", "The Pirate One", and "Gay innuendo".
Now if only this DVD actually existed... GET ON THAT, VIACOM!
THE REVERSE TOSS (TCR: August 8, 2005)
The only reason this is not on the list is because it is not officially a Toss... But hey! Who cares? Look at that: casual!Jon, in his office, being stalked by Stephen's camera. ALSO, if you look closely, you'll see that there's a Stephen bobblehead on Jon's desk. HOW CUTE IS THAT???
OK, NOW ON TO THE ACTUAL LIST!
(click the pictures to watch the videos)
Jon: I knew I wasn't getting through that. I KNEW IT! I can never get through his pirate character.
STEPHEN AS A PIRATE! STEPHEN AS A PIRATE! STEPHEN AS A PIRATE!
Even better, not only was he dressed as a pirate, but he had his best pirate accent on, too. HA! CUTE!
And I beg to differ, Jon, but it's not only his pirate character, you can never get through any scene with him with a straight face. :P But we all love you for that, really.
In your eyes
The light, the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
♥ OH, the love! THE LOVE, I TELL YOU! ♥
Jon tells Stephen they don't have time for his promo, which leaves Stephen so completely brokenhearted... So he decides to go ahead and recreate That Scene From That Movie (oh yeah! Look at me! I'm so good with specifics) to... get a second chance, I guess? lol I don't know, but I loved it. And I love the look on Jon's face when the song starts playing.
... and curiously enough, this is NOT the slashiest scene between them. It's not even the slashiest Toss! Not even close!
Jon: Stephen, you didn't read through the whole thing before you did it tonight, did you?
Oh, I love this Toss! I think it was one of my very early favorites, simply because it was the first one where it was actually Stephen who completely lost it, and that's rare --well, at least if you compare it to the number of times Jon did. And I guess he lost it this time as well, but my point is Stephen was the one who broke first! :P
Stephen: I think it's time we acknowledged the war waged by Israelite chief Judah Maccabee against the armies of Antiochus in 160 BC. That's what Hanukkah means to me, Jon. Is that too preachy for you?
This is one Toss that never fails to make me laugh! Just watch Jon's reaction when the screen cuts back to him and Stephen. You can clearly see him bracing himself for what's coming, and yet he breaks all the same. LOL That's why I love you, Jon!
But seriously, no matter how many times I rewatch that one moment when Jon cracks up, I always laugh. I think it's that little pause that does it for me, the one right before Stephen says... well, whatever it is he said there. I've NO idea what that was. :P
Stephen: I'm being handed something, Jon... Yes, from Colbert Report headquarters, the flash, apparently official. The JFK airport piece died at 9:48 Central Standard Time, that's... 10:48 Eastern Time.
The only thing I DON'T like about this one is that we never actually get to see Jon in it... even though we can hear him laughing hysterically in the background. Which was so not fair to poor Stephen, really. He did his bit perfectly, but once Jon started laughing he couldn't hold it back anymore.
I read once a really old interview with Stephen, from when he was still at the Daily Show, where he said something along the lines that, even though his job was to make the audience laugh, he really just wanted to make Jon laugh, and that basically once Jon started laughing, he laughed too. I think it's safe to say, judging by this Toss, that that remains true to this day. ♥♥
Jon: You know, Stephen... When I watched that, I really believed you were alphabetically last...
If I had to arrange this list in the order of favorite to least favorite, I don't think I'd be able to do it, but there is one thing I do know: if I had to pick only one favorite, ONLY ONE, this would be it! There's absolutely no question about it.
THE LOOK ON STEPHEN'S FACE!!! And by that I mean both the ridiculous grin on his face when he was "Z", and the look on his face when he was watching himself dressed up as "Z". Not to mention the way he looked like he wanted to KILL Jon for digging that up. LOL I LOVED IT!
Poor Stephen... He had no idea! And I'll confess something: I had actually watched this Sesame Street video even before this Toss aired. Which just made me love it even more! Stephen had every reason to feel embarrassed by that. What I don't understand is how come he never actually got his revenge on Jon? Not even a clip from Jon's appearance on Elmopalooza? I'm so disappointed in you, Colbert!
Jon: Hey, Stephen! That sounds like a really great experience.
Stephen: Words... fail me, Jon.
Oh, I just love that this Toss was clearly written pretty much just to see how far Stephen could go with those complicated names. Actually, he managed to go pretty far and, once again, Jon broke long before he did. Seriously, Jon simply CANNOT keep a straight face around that guy. And that is a huge part of what makes me love their friendship so much. :)
And by the way, I couldn't get half of what he said there, I couldn't spell it even if I tried! I wouldn't even know where to start!
Jon: You know what, Stephen? Enough of this, I don't understand this! I produce your show, we work together! We talk almost every morning, we exchange ideas, and yet every time we do the Toss, all I get is the attitude. I'M TIRED OF IT! I'M SICK OF IT! A LITTLE RESPECT! I WANT A LITTLE RESPECT!
You know what makes this Toss extra special? The two of them waving each other goodbye at the end, there. ♥
I love that they wrote a Toss with Jon finally snapping. He really needed to let it all out after all the things Stephen had been saying to him since they started with theses Tosses. And HEY! Look at that, Jon didn't crack up at any point! That's rare! :P
Stephen: Tonight, tonight won't be just any night, tonight there will be no morning star. Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight and for us, stars will stop where they are. Today, the minutes seem like hours, the hours go so slowly, and still the sky is light. Oh moon, grow bright and make this endless day endless night. Tonight. Jon?
Jon: It's West Side Story, am I right?
Stephen: No, that's what's on the show tonight.
Here's another confession: my favorite Colbert moments are the ones where he dances. He dances really well, actually, but for whatever reason I just find it absolutely hilarious. I think I love it when he dances even more than when he breaks character. Though I'm not so sure, I could be wrong about which comes first there...
Oh well, anyway, having said that, there was NO WAY I'd leave this Toss out of my list! Nuh-uh. ;)
Jon: We'll post the rest of it on the web!
Stephen really loses it here, but the reason why I love this Toss so much, and the reason why it's among my favorites, is actually the story behind it.
Unfortunately, though, they never did post the rest of it on the web... Not even their first two attempts. Sad. All I know is that now every time I watch this clip, I start to wonder what kind of animal he was supposed to be doing on that "black market" bit. Hmmm... A sheep, maybe?
Stephen: I tape these Tosses for the next night's show, not for tonight's show.
Jon: I have bad news for you, I've been taping these same night.
Stephen: Really?
Jon: Yeah, so I don't think we're matching up.
Stephen: Oh, OK... Uh... Then we should take your half of tonight and my half of tomorrow night, and match them together...
Jon: We should do that. It would be like one of those friendship lockets.
Stephen: Absolutely! And at the end of time, we put the beginning and the end together.
Jon: Awww!
OH THE CUTE!!! ♥
Just look at that last cap! How can anyone not find them adorable? Really, that last moment is just so incredibly cute... Even though it looks like Jon is doing his best bunny impression, but that only makes it cuter, really.
What is also great about this Toss is that it's from the shows they were doing during the writer's strike (oh, do you remember those dark times? I certainly do!), so they really didn't have any script to follow. Obviously. But then again, it's not like that has actually made any difference before anyway. :P
Stephen: A little alphabet game?
Jon: But you promised me we're through with this.
Stephen: Continue.
Jon: Don't drag me into this, Stephen.
Stephen: Excellent!
Jon: For god's sake...
Stephen: God has nothing to do with it!
Jon: Ha! Ha!
Stephen: I'm so glad you've chosen to--
Jon: Just stop!
Stephen: 'Kay.
Jon: Look...
Stephen: Maybe you're right. Maybe we should stop.
Jon: Now, Stephen...
Stephen: Obviously, you want to quit.
Jon: Please, I'm having a great time!
Stephen: Quitter!
Jon: Really, I wanna see this through.
Stephen: Seriously?
Jon: Totally.
Stephen: Understand, you're stuck with X and Z.
Jon: Very challenging, I know, but I have an idea.
Stephen: What's your idea?
Jon: ... Xylophone.
Stephen: You're making no sense.
Jon: Zero sense.
Who else gets Whose Line is it Anyway? vibes from watching this clip? I know I do! I mean, this wasn't actually improvised, but still...
Jon's little dance of joy when they get through it is really adorable, too. Well, you'll notice that I use the words "cute" and "adorable" a lot when referring to them... That's 'cause they are! They always look like two little brothers when they're together and that's... well, you guessed it: ADORABLE!
Jon: Stephen!!
Stephen: No, Jon... Not tonight, I have a headache.
Jon: What the hell, man? We do this, like... twice a week. Just-- Come on, just a quickie. Come on!
Stephen: What can I say, Jon? I'm not in the mood.
Jon: Look, I... I'm sorry, baby. Is it something... Is it something I'm doing? Is there something bothering you?
Stephen: No! No!
Jon: Then let's do this! Come on! Let's do this!
Stephen: You want to do the Toss, even though you know I don't wanna do it? You're disgusting. I am going to sleep!
Jon: Oh, great... That's just great! You know what? You go ahead and sleep and I'll just-- like I always do, just go in the back and do the Toss myself!
Do I even have to explain why this one made the list?
Remember when I said that the "In Your Eyes" thing was not the slashiest moment between them? Well... My point exactly.
Seriously, I don't slash them, but even I feel like this little scene made them canon.
And yet, this is STILL not the slashiest moment between them. Nope. For that, we'll always have the Pizza Clip.
Jon: No, sit down and take it. Sit down and take the applause! Well earned. We're proud of you, boy!
This was such a wonderful and genuine moment between them... I just love how proud Jon was of Stephen and how he wanted to show him that. Oh, Jon! You softie, you!
I just... I have no words to describe this one, it just fills my heart with love.
And this one also has a a nice story that comes with it:[Jon] welcomed Stephen back and told him he had been “not at all worried about him”, to which Stephen replied “you’re very much like my mother in that way”.
♥ Aw! Don't ever change, you two! ♥
Jon: WE GET ONE A WEEK! ONE F%&KING THING A WEEK! That is our show, join us--
Stephen: Do you wanna do it?
Jon: NO, YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE!
Hee! Oh, you know it's going to be a good one when Stephen comes in messing up his first line. And then he tried to carry on as if nothing had happened. But then he messed up AGAIN! And Jon was just smiling and giggling throughout the whole thing in that adorable way of his. I mean, why do they even bother writing scripts for those anymore? 1) they can never get through the script with a straight face; and 2) it's always better when they mess up anyway!
Stephen: You're fake writing.
Jon: No, I'm not. I'm building a fake paper airplane.
Stephen: You're fake writing!
Jon: SHUT UP! YOU'RE FAKE WRITING!
Stephen: Well, I don't wanna talk to you!
Jon: WHY WON'T YOU TALK TO ME?
Stephen: You're a downer!
What I love about this one is that they start it as two bickering siblings, then move on to BFFs, and end the segment exchanging "I love you"s. Who needs slash fanfiction when you've got the Toss providing us with all this material, huh?
I love this one so much, it gets TWO gifs this time. Because this is my picspam and I make the rules! :P MWAHAHA!
Jon: What exactly is the thing you're revealing?
Stephen: Oh, make no mistake, Jon! This cat's days in the bag are numbered!
Jon: So what's the story, my investigative brother?
Stephen: It's a buster of blocks, Jon! Scoop-style!
Jon: What kind of gotcha is that? We... We've lost the thread of this thing, haven't we?
Stephen: I don't know what you're talking about, Jon! Are you OK?
Jon: I'm really... I'm really not.
I... really can't think of anything else to say about these things that doesn't start with "I love them" or "they're adorable". Because I do and they are! And I do know that there is no way you'd get that from this picspam without watching the clips, but trust me, they really are. And like I said before, you know it's going to be a good one when Stephen messes up his first line and still keeps going anyway.
Also, Jon calling Stephen his "investigative brother" just makes me giggle for some reason. :)
Stephen: Hey, Jon! Normally, you'd call me your "good friend, Stephen Colbert". What, uh... What happened?
Jon: Didn't I...
Stephen: You didn't say it.
Jon: I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention, I guess...
Stephen: Really? Because if we're not good friends anymore, I'd like to know. I thought we were GFFs.
Jon: We are GFs, it's not--
Stephen: Fs!? You said we'd be Good Friends Forever!
Jon: I CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, STEPHEN!
*chanting to self* I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable.
...
GAH! FRELL! I CAN'T HELP IT, OK! THEY JUST ARE!!!
Aw, the sad look on Stephen's face when he thought Jon didn't like him anymore... and then he completely forgot about it at the end and called shotgun. STOP BEING SO DARN ADORABLE, YOU! I'M RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ALREADY!
Jon did a nice job of keeping it together this time around, too.
Jon: OK! I GET IT! You're saying that everything in high-def looks really nice... except my face.
Stephen: Is that your face?
Jon: ALRIGHT!
Stephen: I thought you were wearing a ski mask made from an elephant's scrotum. It looks good on you, though! It looks good on you!
Jon: That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!
Heee Aw, Jon! OH, boys! Oh the bromance, it's just... all over the place.
For their first high-def Toss, this one came out a bit too late, though, wouldn't you think? I mean, February? And besides, it wasn't even the first high-def Toss either, because I think the GFFs one was too, and that one was back in January, so I don't get it. Gah! But who cares? It's a TOSS!
Stephen: I'm just saying you look like a stoned rabbi at a gay dentist. And you in no way, IN NO WAY look like the front man for a jewish Kenny Rogers cover band.
Jon: I'll take them all over what I read recently which is "talking vagina".
LOL!!!! This one was just hilarious! Like I said before, I stopped watching the shows last year, so I kind of missed the whole deal with Jon's beard. I mean, I knew he had one, but I just didn't watch the episodes, so one of the things I missed was this Toss.
Heee! But you've got to admit he looks weird with the beard (hey! It kind of rhymes! XD).
OH! And this one, as far as I know, has a first: Jon actually making Stephen crack up, but without cracking up himself! THAT had never happened before. And I loved it! :D
Also, I love that they have finally decided to make their screens same size. They should have gone with that from the start, really. Especially since now they barely even have Tosses!
NOT FAIR, GUYS! NOT FAIR!
So ummm... yes, I guess that's it. At least for now. I think. I don't know, this took a little longer than I had anticipated, so I'm going to give it some thought before deciding to go on to Part 2.
I'll tell you what, though, this really made me want to vid them again. Not that it means a lot, since I have a lot of stuff I want to vid already, but still... Also, the fact that my last vid of them took 9 freaking months (!!!) to be edited doesn't exactly makes me all that inspired...
But hey! If I ever do get to vid them, this picspam will surely help me a lot. :)
Maybe if I start picspaming everything I want to vid Pooky will finally settle down and let me vid one of them? Hmmm.... That's not such a bad idea. *ponders*
And up until about December last year, I used to watch both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report religiously (including the TDS global edition on CNN!).
For some reason that I'm still trying to figure out, I stopped watching both shows this year. It's not that I stopped liking them, but I guess... Well, I don't know!
Their Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear has brought back my deep admiration and fangirliness for them, though, and, since in the last couple of days I realized my TDS/TCR picture folder is bigger than any of the others I have (bigger than my Doctor Who and Sherlock folders put together. And possibly my Gary Oldman folder too. I KID YOU NOT! Scary, isn't it?), I thought a picspam was in order.
Actually, I thought a vid was in order, but then I started listing scenes and I realized a picspam would probably help me a lot if I ever actually decide to vid them again.
So yes, this picspam is more like a future reference for me too.
But enough intro! BEHOLD!!!
PART 1(?): THE TOSS!((You'll notice that it says "Part 1(?)"... That's because I noticed I'd have to do it in parts (my Top 10 Moments list was getting a little too big *ahem*), but I'm not entirely sure if I will actually continue. I mean, I want to, but I'm lazy and forgetful, so who knows? :P And besides, this took a lot longer than I had anticipated))
I've decided to start with the Toss, those little moments they sometimes share between the two shows, because I've been marathoning them on the TDS website these days and it's reminded me of how much I missed them. Alternatively, it's reminded me of HOW CRUEL IT IS THAT THEY'VE APPARENTLY DECIDED TO DO THEM ONLY ABOUT ONCE A MONTH NOW! NOT COOL, YOU GUYS! NOT COOL!
And yes, this was supposed to be a Top 10... *blush* I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SMALL PICSPAMS, OK? Besides, I had about 5 years of material to pick from, so give me a break! :P
Oh! And they're listed chronologically. Because picking favorites would be nearly impossible.
NOTE: I've added links to all these videos too.
Again, it's more for future reference than anything, but I guess they might interest some people too. :)
April 25, 2006: "Fummy you should mention that, Jom. It just so happlens my nomral proogreafer is out dick."
July 27, 2006: "I've got laryngitis."
December 6, 2006: "Jon, I don't fake anything on MY show."
March 26, 2007 "A drink, can I buy you one? Your answer may surprise you."
September 15, 2008: "Jon Stewart's Endangered Fish & Tiger Cub Warehouse."
September 24, 2008: "Munch my hairy irish butt, Stew-bug! Munch it! Munch, munch, munch!"
January 27, 2009: "Thank you, Stephen. Don't breastfeed them in front of us!"
February 3, 2009: "You shut up!" "You shut up!" "Shut up, fatty!" "You shut up!"
May 18, 2009: "It's a cat, Jon. With a keyboard. It just waits for you to mess up so it can mock you!"
You will soon realize that I have a pattern when it comes to the Toss: my favorites are usually the ones where they crack each other up, and/or something doesn't go according to plan. But there are a few exceptions, like the Laryngitis one and the Proofreader one, where even though they didn't crack up (well, they did, but not as much as others, really), it was just adorably cute all around.
The Keyboard Cat got really close to being added to the actual Top 10 20, I just love how they couldn't hold it back. To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea what kind of criteria I used when picking the Top 10 20... Any of those could have been there.
WHO'S THE TOSS? (October 15, 2006)
This one deserves to be mentioned separately simply because it is exactly what I'm doing here right now, listing my favorite Tosses. Also, it's no surprise that many of the ones listed there are here on this list, like "Jon Gets Angry", "The Pirate One", and "Gay innuendo".
Now if only this DVD actually existed... GET ON THAT, VIACOM!
THE REVERSE TOSS (TCR: August 8, 2005)
The only reason this is not on the list is because it is not officially a Toss... But hey! Who cares? Look at that: casual!Jon, in his office, being stalked by Stephen's camera. ALSO, if you look closely, you'll see that there's a Stephen bobblehead on Jon's desk. HOW CUTE IS THAT???
OK, NOW ON TO THE ACTUAL LIST!
(click the pictures to watch the videos)
Jon: I knew I wasn't getting through that. I KNEW IT! I can never get through his pirate character.
STEPHEN AS A PIRATE! STEPHEN AS A PIRATE! STEPHEN AS A PIRATE!
Even better, not only was he dressed as a pirate, but he had his best pirate accent on, too. HA! CUTE!
And I beg to differ, Jon, but it's not only his pirate character, you can never get through any scene with him with a straight face. :P But we all love you for that, really.
In your eyes
The light, the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
♥ OH, the love! THE LOVE, I TELL YOU! ♥
Jon tells Stephen they don't have time for his promo, which leaves Stephen so completely brokenhearted... So he decides to go ahead and recreate That Scene From That Movie (oh yeah! Look at me! I'm so good with specifics) to... get a second chance, I guess? lol I don't know, but I loved it. And I love the look on Jon's face when the song starts playing.
... and curiously enough, this is NOT the slashiest scene between them. It's not even the slashiest Toss! Not even close!
Jon: Stephen, you didn't read through the whole thing before you did it tonight, did you?
Oh, I love this Toss! I think it was one of my very early favorites, simply because it was the first one where it was actually Stephen who completely lost it, and that's rare --well, at least if you compare it to the number of times Jon did. And I guess he lost it this time as well, but my point is Stephen was the one who broke first! :P
Stephen: I think it's time we acknowledged the war waged by Israelite chief Judah Maccabee against the armies of Antiochus in 160 BC. That's what Hanukkah means to me, Jon. Is that too preachy for you?
This is one Toss that never fails to make me laugh! Just watch Jon's reaction when the screen cuts back to him and Stephen. You can clearly see him bracing himself for what's coming, and yet he breaks all the same. LOL That's why I love you, Jon!
But seriously, no matter how many times I rewatch that one moment when Jon cracks up, I always laugh. I think it's that little pause that does it for me, the one right before Stephen says... well, whatever it is he said there. I've NO idea what that was. :P
Stephen: I'm being handed something, Jon... Yes, from Colbert Report headquarters, the flash, apparently official. The JFK airport piece died at 9:48 Central Standard Time, that's... 10:48 Eastern Time.
The only thing I DON'T like about this one is that we never actually get to see Jon in it... even though we can hear him laughing hysterically in the background. Which was so not fair to poor Stephen, really. He did his bit perfectly, but once Jon started laughing he couldn't hold it back anymore.
I read once a really old interview with Stephen, from when he was still at the Daily Show, where he said something along the lines that, even though his job was to make the audience laugh, he really just wanted to make Jon laugh, and that basically once Jon started laughing, he laughed too. I think it's safe to say, judging by this Toss, that that remains true to this day. ♥♥
Jon: You know, Stephen... When I watched that, I really believed you were alphabetically last...
If I had to arrange this list in the order of favorite to least favorite, I don't think I'd be able to do it, but there is one thing I do know: if I had to pick only one favorite, ONLY ONE, this would be it! There's absolutely no question about it.
THE LOOK ON STEPHEN'S FACE!!! And by that I mean both the ridiculous grin on his face when he was "Z", and the look on his face when he was watching himself dressed up as "Z". Not to mention the way he looked like he wanted to KILL Jon for digging that up. LOL I LOVED IT!
Poor Stephen... He had no idea! And I'll confess something: I had actually watched this Sesame Street video even before this Toss aired. Which just made me love it even more! Stephen had every reason to feel embarrassed by that. What I don't understand is how come he never actually got his revenge on Jon? Not even a clip from Jon's appearance on Elmopalooza? I'm so disappointed in you, Colbert!
Jon: Hey, Stephen! That sounds like a really great experience.
Stephen: Words... fail me, Jon.
Oh, I just love that this Toss was clearly written pretty much just to see how far Stephen could go with those complicated names. Actually, he managed to go pretty far and, once again, Jon broke long before he did. Seriously, Jon simply CANNOT keep a straight face around that guy. And that is a huge part of what makes me love their friendship so much. :)
And by the way, I couldn't get half of what he said there, I couldn't spell it even if I tried! I wouldn't even know where to start!
Jon: You know what, Stephen? Enough of this, I don't understand this! I produce your show, we work together! We talk almost every morning, we exchange ideas, and yet every time we do the Toss, all I get is the attitude. I'M TIRED OF IT! I'M SICK OF IT! A LITTLE RESPECT! I WANT A LITTLE RESPECT!
You know what makes this Toss extra special? The two of them waving each other goodbye at the end, there. ♥
I love that they wrote a Toss with Jon finally snapping. He really needed to let it all out after all the things Stephen had been saying to him since they started with theses Tosses. And HEY! Look at that, Jon didn't crack up at any point! That's rare! :P
Stephen: Tonight, tonight won't be just any night, tonight there will be no morning star. Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight and for us, stars will stop where they are. Today, the minutes seem like hours, the hours go so slowly, and still the sky is light. Oh moon, grow bright and make this endless day endless night. Tonight. Jon?
Jon: It's West Side Story, am I right?
Stephen: No, that's what's on the show tonight.
Here's another confession: my favorite Colbert moments are the ones where he dances. He dances really well, actually, but for whatever reason I just find it absolutely hilarious. I think I love it when he dances even more than when he breaks character. Though I'm not so sure, I could be wrong about which comes first there...
Oh well, anyway, having said that, there was NO WAY I'd leave this Toss out of my list! Nuh-uh. ;)
Jon: We'll post the rest of it on the web!
Stephen really loses it here, but the reason why I love this Toss so much, and the reason why it's among my favorites, is actually the story behind it.
Unfortunately, though, they never did post the rest of it on the web... Not even their first two attempts. Sad. All I know is that now every time I watch this clip, I start to wonder what kind of animal he was supposed to be doing on that "black market" bit. Hmmm... A sheep, maybe?
Stephen: I tape these Tosses for the next night's show, not for tonight's show.
Jon: I have bad news for you, I've been taping these same night.
Stephen: Really?
Jon: Yeah, so I don't think we're matching up.
Stephen: Oh, OK... Uh... Then we should take your half of tonight and my half of tomorrow night, and match them together...
Jon: We should do that. It would be like one of those friendship lockets.
Stephen: Absolutely! And at the end of time, we put the beginning and the end together.
Jon: Awww!
OH THE CUTE!!! ♥
Just look at that last cap! How can anyone not find them adorable? Really, that last moment is just so incredibly cute... Even though it looks like Jon is doing his best bunny impression, but that only makes it cuter, really.
What is also great about this Toss is that it's from the shows they were doing during the writer's strike (oh, do you remember those dark times? I certainly do!), so they really didn't have any script to follow. Obviously. But then again, it's not like that has actually made any difference before anyway. :P
Stephen: A little alphabet game?
Jon: But you promised me we're through with this.
Stephen: Continue.
Jon: Don't drag me into this, Stephen.
Stephen: Excellent!
Jon: For god's sake...
Stephen: God has nothing to do with it!
Jon: Ha! Ha!
Stephen: I'm so glad you've chosen to--
Jon: Just stop!
Stephen: 'Kay.
Jon: Look...
Stephen: Maybe you're right. Maybe we should stop.
Jon: Now, Stephen...
Stephen: Obviously, you want to quit.
Jon: Please, I'm having a great time!
Stephen: Quitter!
Jon: Really, I wanna see this through.
Stephen: Seriously?
Jon: Totally.
Stephen: Understand, you're stuck with X and Z.
Jon: Very challenging, I know, but I have an idea.
Stephen: What's your idea?
Jon: ... Xylophone.
Stephen: You're making no sense.
Jon: Zero sense.
Who else gets Whose Line is it Anyway? vibes from watching this clip? I know I do! I mean, this wasn't actually improvised, but still...
Jon's little dance of joy when they get through it is really adorable, too. Well, you'll notice that I use the words "cute" and "adorable" a lot when referring to them... That's 'cause they are! They always look like two little brothers when they're together and that's... well, you guessed it: ADORABLE!
Jon: Stephen!!
Stephen: No, Jon... Not tonight, I have a headache.
Jon: What the hell, man? We do this, like... twice a week. Just-- Come on, just a quickie. Come on!
Stephen: What can I say, Jon? I'm not in the mood.
Jon: Look, I... I'm sorry, baby. Is it something... Is it something I'm doing? Is there something bothering you?
Stephen: No! No!
Jon: Then let's do this! Come on! Let's do this!
Stephen: You want to do the Toss, even though you know I don't wanna do it? You're disgusting. I am going to sleep!
Jon: Oh, great... That's just great! You know what? You go ahead and sleep and I'll just-- like I always do, just go in the back and do the Toss myself!
Do I even have to explain why this one made the list?
Remember when I said that the "In Your Eyes" thing was not the slashiest moment between them? Well... My point exactly.
Seriously, I don't slash them, but even I feel like this little scene made them canon.
And yet, this is STILL not the slashiest moment between them. Nope. For that, we'll always have the Pizza Clip.
Jon: No, sit down and take it. Sit down and take the applause! Well earned. We're proud of you, boy!
This was such a wonderful and genuine moment between them... I just love how proud Jon was of Stephen and how he wanted to show him that. Oh, Jon! You softie, you!
I just... I have no words to describe this one, it just fills my heart with love.
And this one also has a a nice story that comes with it:[Jon] welcomed Stephen back and told him he had been “not at all worried about him”, to which Stephen replied “you’re very much like my mother in that way”.
♥ Aw! Don't ever change, you two! ♥
Jon: WE GET ONE A WEEK! ONE F%&KING THING A WEEK! That is our show, join us--
Stephen: Do you wanna do it?
Jon: NO, YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE!
Hee! Oh, you know it's going to be a good one when Stephen comes in messing up his first line. And then he tried to carry on as if nothing had happened. But then he messed up AGAIN! And Jon was just smiling and giggling throughout the whole thing in that adorable way of his. I mean, why do they even bother writing scripts for those anymore? 1) they can never get through the script with a straight face; and 2) it's always better when they mess up anyway!
Stephen: You're fake writing.
Jon: No, I'm not. I'm building a fake paper airplane.
Stephen: You're fake writing!
Jon: SHUT UP! YOU'RE FAKE WRITING!
Stephen: Well, I don't wanna talk to you!
Jon: WHY WON'T YOU TALK TO ME?
Stephen: You're a downer!
What I love about this one is that they start it as two bickering siblings, then move on to BFFs, and end the segment exchanging "I love you"s. Who needs slash fanfiction when you've got the Toss providing us with all this material, huh?
I love this one so much, it gets TWO gifs this time. Because this is my picspam and I make the rules! :P MWAHAHA!
Jon: What exactly is the thing you're revealing?
Stephen: Oh, make no mistake, Jon! This cat's days in the bag are numbered!
Jon: So what's the story, my investigative brother?
Stephen: It's a buster of blocks, Jon! Scoop-style!
Jon: What kind of gotcha is that? We... We've lost the thread of this thing, haven't we?
Stephen: I don't know what you're talking about, Jon! Are you OK?
Jon: I'm really... I'm really not.
I... really can't think of anything else to say about these things that doesn't start with "I love them" or "they're adorable". Because I do and they are! And I do know that there is no way you'd get that from this picspam without watching the clips, but trust me, they really are. And like I said before, you know it's going to be a good one when Stephen messes up his first line and still keeps going anyway.
Also, Jon calling Stephen his "investigative brother" just makes me giggle for some reason. :)
Stephen: Hey, Jon! Normally, you'd call me your "good friend, Stephen Colbert". What, uh... What happened?
Jon: Didn't I...
Stephen: You didn't say it.
Jon: I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention, I guess...
Stephen: Really? Because if we're not good friends anymore, I'd like to know. I thought we were GFFs.
Jon: We are GFs, it's not--
Stephen: Fs!? You said we'd be Good Friends Forever!
Jon: I CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, STEPHEN!
*chanting to self* I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable. I will not say they are adorable.
...
GAH! FRELL! I CAN'T HELP IT, OK! THEY JUST ARE!!!
Aw, the sad look on Stephen's face when he thought Jon didn't like him anymore... and then he completely forgot about it at the end and called shotgun. STOP BEING SO DARN ADORABLE, YOU! I'M RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ALREADY!
Jon did a nice job of keeping it together this time around, too.
Jon: OK! I GET IT! You're saying that everything in high-def looks really nice... except my face.
Stephen: Is that your face?
Jon: ALRIGHT!
Stephen: I thought you were wearing a ski mask made from an elephant's scrotum. It looks good on you, though! It looks good on you!
Jon: That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!
Heee Aw, Jon! OH, boys! Oh the bromance, it's just... all over the place.
For their first high-def Toss, this one came out a bit too late, though, wouldn't you think? I mean, February? And besides, it wasn't even the first high-def Toss either, because I think the GFFs one was too, and that one was back in January, so I don't get it. Gah! But who cares? It's a TOSS!
Stephen: I'm just saying you look like a stoned rabbi at a gay dentist. And you in no way, IN NO WAY look like the front man for a jewish Kenny Rogers cover band.
Jon: I'll take them all over what I read recently which is "talking vagina".
LOL!!!! This one was just hilarious! Like I said before, I stopped watching the shows last year, so I kind of missed the whole deal with Jon's beard. I mean, I knew he had one, but I just didn't watch the episodes, so one of the things I missed was this Toss.
Heee! But you've got to admit he looks weird with the beard (hey! It kind of rhymes! XD).
OH! And this one, as far as I know, has a first: Jon actually making Stephen crack up, but without cracking up himself! THAT had never happened before. And I loved it! :D
Also, I love that they have finally decided to make their screens same size. They should have gone with that from the start, really. Especially since now they barely even have Tosses!
NOT FAIR, GUYS! NOT FAIR!
So ummm... yes, I guess that's it. At least for now. I think. I don't know, this took a little longer than I had anticipated, so I'm going to give it some thought before deciding to go on to Part 2.
I'll tell you what, though, this really made me want to vid them again. Not that it means a lot, since I have a lot of stuff I want to vid already, but still... Also, the fact that my last vid of them took 9 freaking months (!!!) to be edited doesn't exactly makes me all that inspired...
But hey! If I ever do get to vid them, this picspam will surely help me a lot. :)
Maybe if I start picspaming everything I want to vid Pooky will finally settle down and let me vid one of them? Hmmm.... That's not such a bad idea. *ponders*