The Colbert Report: Sense of Humor Required

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The morning shows and cable news outlets have been all over Steven Colbert's July 20 interview with Rep. Bob Wexler (D-Fla.) on the Colbert Report. We at Congresspedia think that Colbert's interviews are frequently hilarious and have created indexes of links to videos of the interviews that he and Jon Stewart have done with members of Congress. However, as we state at the top of the index pages, "It should be noted that the interviews often veer into pure comedy and should not be taken as on-the-record comments." So, when Colbert gets Rep. Wexler to discuss subjects like prostitutes and cocaine, we suggest you take Colbert's advice and recognize that, hey, "he's got a sense of humor."

We've now expanded our video link lists to include non-interview segments on both the Daily Show and the Colbert Report that pertain to Congress. Click through the above links to see them or read the rest of this blog entry for the list of interviews.

Colbert Report interviews:

• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
• Rep. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.)
• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.)
• Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)
• Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio)
• Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.)
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
• Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.)
• Rep. James Moran (D-Va.)
• Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Major Owens (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.)
• Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.)
• Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
• Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

Other Colbert Report segments on Congress

Daily Show interviews:

• Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.)
• Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas)
• Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
• Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)
• Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)
• Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
• Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
• Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.)
• Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
• Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Mass.)
• Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
• Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)
• Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
• Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Daily Show non-interview segments:

• Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
• Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
• Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)
• Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.)
• Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.)
• Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)
• Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

Other Daily Show segments on Congress.