Podcast: Halloween treats

1984 Brochure outside

It’s always a treat when Leah joins us on podcast day: We had fun recalling Lauren and Leah’s dad’s appearance on The Colbert Report 11 years ago. Wow. I’d completely…

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Will on The Colbert Report

In case you missed it back in 2006, our town was featured as part of The Colbert Report’s “Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude” series. We have the video to prove it! Colbert…

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Watch Will Thursday on “Colbert”

Emily from The Colbert Report just called to confirm that the “Santa vs. Lincoln” segment is slated to air tomorrow evening. As you may remember, this started out as a…

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A learning experience

Abraham Lincoln, it is said of his formative years in Indiana, learned by “littles.” On Saturday, unfortunately, I learned by … um, biggles. Lesson Learned: A digital camera (ours, anyway)…

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The plot thickens

They want to see for themselves. Shoot their own footage. Conduct more interviews. Colbert is sending a crew. Tomorrow. I warned Wayne, our food services director, we might end up…

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Bumped, not scrapped

What a relief. It seems the delay in the satellite taping yesterday (Will had a bad microphone at first and it took a while to get another hooked up to…

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A conversation

Will: I can't believe how many people watch The Colbert Report. Me: And to think we'd never even heard of the guy until a month ago. Will: (My daughter) Leah…

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Prepping for Colbert

You'd think Will was getting ready to run the marathon. Just picture him, slightly out of breath, towel around his neck, dashing about … soaking in everyone's advice. "Will! Tell…

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Koch and Colbert

We all know who Koch is… …but Colbert? Claudette? Uh…no. Stephen. As in The Colbert Report. This Wednesday night. Advice is welcome. Here's the news release for more details.

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