OMG Colbert really DID steal the Faux News green room microwave LOL.

[Pirate Smile]

"Once inside Colbert's studio -- decorated for the occasion with a large "Mission Accomplished" banner and a portrait of O'Reilly placed fireside -- O'Reilly seemed to be regretting the decision.

"This was a huge mistake, me coming on here," he muttered.

It may have been a greater error allowing Colbert into the Fox News headquarters, located near the "Colbert Report" studios in Manhattan. There, Colbert smuggled a microwave out of the green room, a bounty which he proudly displayed at the conclusion of his show.

A spokesman for Fox News confirmed that Colbert stole the microwave, but said it was all in good fun."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_en_tv/tv_colbert_o_reilly_7

[CatWoman]

1. that fucking NUT!!!

I LOVE THAT GUY!!!!!

:rofl:

[fishwax]

15. what a job he's got

he just does whatever the hell he wants on his show, and apparently he can get away with just about anything :rofl: I don't think anybody could do it better :)

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Is there special meaning to your Avatar?

[fishwax]

20. It's the logo to the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver

:)

Being from the Mountain West, I was happy with the choice, and I thought the logo looked cool :)

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. Yes, it does look cool.

Certainly caught my eye.

[EVDebs]

22. The locale makes it easier for the spooks to do their domestic spying on you. Tell 'em hi for me.

CIA Plans to Shift Work to Denver
Domestic Division Would Be Moved

By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 6, 2005; Page A21

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/05/AR2005050501860.html

[jsamuel]

2. he said he did

:rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

3. I know but considering his love of truthiness, I'm just not always sure what

is true and what is truthy.

Hey, spellcheck doesn't recognize "truthiness" yet. Geez, it was even the word of the year.

[evlbstrd]

4. Political theatre on my teevee!

Knowing he really stole the microwave just kicks ass.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. ROFLMAO!!!!

I thought I saw a thread earlier saying Bill stole it. Didn't care to read it though. But I hadn't realize it actually was the other way around!

One thing that was solidified for me after seeing Colbert on O'reilly's show is that he's the most instantaneously brilliant personality out there right now. Just utterly brilliant.

[Rex]

6. The guy has done some wacky voices on cartoon network.

Colbert kicked both Bush and Bill's asses! He deserves a Peabody! :rofl:

[krispos42]

7. k&r #4! n/t

[originalpckelly]

8. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I love that guy, how amazing odd, but so funny! :rofl:

[Hissyspit]

9. I never doubted it.

You could tell by the way he came out of character for a second when he said it.

[TroubleMan]

10. Icing on the cake.

That's just too funny.

[Ladyhawk]

11. What?!? I didn't hear that!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

12. OK. I just saw that Huffington Post has an Eat the Press bit up on this now.

The Case Of The Purloined Microwave
Rachel Sklar | Posted Friday January 19, 2007 at 04:20 PM

One of the funniest moments from last night's O'Reilly/Colbert throwdown happened after the two larger-than-life pundits had gone their separate ways, when Colbert revealed to his studio audience that he'd absconded with a souvenir of the experience. From the AP:

"It may have been a greater error allowing Colbert into the Fox News headquarters, located near the "Colbert Report" studios in Manhattan. There, Colbert smuggled a microwave out of the green room, a bounty which he proudly displayed at the conclusion of his show."

Hilarious — but how the hell do you sneak out of a studio with a microwave? We wondered, so we asked. And brace yourself, Nation — it was planned.

According to FNC spokeswoman Irena Briganti, Colbert told O'Reilly off-camera of his plan to take the microwave from the Green Room. "We were well aware of it and entirely amused - it was all in good fun," said Briganti in an email earlier today. "We honestly just thought the whole thing was hysterical."

On his show last night, Colbert concluded by noting the importance of the Colbert/Papa Bear union, which he said he wanted to commemorate:

That's why I am placing on my bookshelf tonight this microwave oven that I stole from the O'Reilly Factor green room when I was over there. Honest to God.

Though you technically can't steal something that you've been given the all-clear to take, the Fox Newsies had fun with it this morning, taping off the kitchen area of the green room with yellow police tape. And really, a microwave is a small price to pay for blockbuster content: The Colbert-O'Reilly exchange on The Factor has been the number-one video on FoxNews.com all day, and it was even highlighted this morning on "Fox & Friends," which reportedly showed off the police tape, too.

The real price to pay, however, is Colbert's: Not only did he mislead his flock with an untruth (for God's sake, even Hot Air was taken in!), but more importantly, he now must answer to his Maker for breaking one of His sacred Commandments. While it's true that he technically did not steal, leaving the eighth Commandment unbroken, he still took the Lord's name in vain in swearing by his white lie — in direct contravention of #3 (never mind that his naked adulation of O'Reilly may well have contravened #2). Even with the O'Reilly Advent-calendar tipping the scales in his favor, a few Hail Marys might be in order.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2007/01/19/the-case-of-the-purloined_e_39059.html

It is too late to add it to the OP.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

13. He Should Have Smuggled O'Reilly's Desk Out !

:evilgrin:

[symbolman]

14. Whatever will O'Reilly

use to warm his Falafels in NOW? :)

[coffeenap]

17. I am SURE I don't want to imagine....

;)

[Sydnie]

18. That would be whom not what

right? ;)

[lonestarnot]

19. I'd say since Colbert nuked him, it's not necessary for him to warm anything!

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

23. Stephen is brilliant

and he's got balls o' plenty.