So, this has turned into a thing. And I’m loving it. Daft Punk were supposed to make an appearance on Tuesday’s Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert, as part of his “Colbchella” music festival. Daft Punk scheduled the appearance, then MTV threw a hissy fit because Daft Punk were supposed to make a “surprise” appearance at the VMAs later this month and MTV claimed that had the exclusive performance. So, Colbert’s show was left in the lurch and on Tuesday night, he basically ripped MTV (and Daft Punk) a new one. He said, in part: “We booked Click and Clack over here about a month ago. Apparently, Daft Punk are going to make a surprise appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards. Don’t tell anyone, because fun fact: No one told me until two hours ago.” Colbert says he pitched a compromise with MTV: “These Daft Punk guys are French — they’re not really into exclusive relationships. I thought we could have a ‘menage-a-show’ and maybe they could do us both. Although working twice in one month is a little more than the French are used to.”
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So what did Colbert do instead? He Got Lucky with Hugh Laurie, Matt Damon, Jimmy Fallon, Jeff Bridges, the Rockettes and Bryan Cranston. DANCE PARTY!!
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I will forever love Jeff Bridges for doing a butt-tastic dance in a stairwell. I will forever love Bryan Cranston for that outfit. Amazing!
Then, of course, Colbert got Robin Thicke to come on and do “Blurred Lines”. Song of the summer! How nice is it that Thicke came on at the last minute? So nice.
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LOVE stephen C!
I like(d) Colbert but being french I don’t really appreciate his talking shit about us. So there’s a middle finger pointing right in his direction.
Eh, I understand where you’re coming from, but you shouldn’t take it too personally. It’s just a joke. After all, pretty much everyone in the world talks massive shit about the U.S. on a regular basis, some of it warranted. We sort of have to take it like water on a duck’s back, or we’d spend our whole lives with only our middle fingers up. 🙂
Haha! Not really helping that french image there. Unless it was sarcasm 😀
Seriously, it’s all tongue in cheek…he pokes fun at everyone.
carmen! he doesn’t mean any of it – it is his bill o’reilly sarcasm-you know like ‘freedom fries’ instead of french fries…it’s all a joke…
A friend of mine once had a french guy break up with her because she cursed and said “excuse my french.” 🙂
Stephen pokes fun at everybody. Today was the French’s turn, that’s all.
You do realize his show is satire and everything he says are a joke.
Stephen Colbert on his show is a character played by Stephen Colbert. He is a satirical take on conservative pundits a la Fox News. He’s really more making fun of bigots that speak negatively of other cultures than making fun of the French. Everything I’ve ever heard about Stephen Colbert the person (not the character) is that he is one of the kindest and sincere people you would ever meet.
Baby.
‘Baby’… What are you twelve?
If anything he should rip MTV a new one far worse than what he did.
You like him but apparently know nothing about his sense of humor. I’m french, fact. It is hilarious, fact.
And he has basically the right to rip everybody a new one but us? Come on.
Lighten up. It isn’t that serious. My father is also French and unlike some, we have a sense of humor. I guess things are funny only when they do not pertain to you.
Wow, calm down people, bidirectional sarcasm, next time I’ll put a big /s like nerds do before I’m starting a rant. For people who allegedly love Colbert you should seriously start thinking about growing a sense of humor. Seriously.
Moi aussi, mais, qu’il plaisantait. En fait, nous savons menage a tois n’est pas le terme exact. Mais, j’adore Colbert sans hésitation.
I am America, after all, and so can you!
Lol! I love it! Colbert is the best!!!! I want to like Robin Thicke but I hear he is a really questionable fella :-/
Yes, I feel like alot of Robins new fans arent paying attention to the proof of douche he has been providing steadily.
If I had to take out questionable behavior, such as douchiness, philanderers, alcoholics, druggies at certain periods of their careers, pretentious, on and on, I would have to destroy most of my prized CDs.
I can’t get into Robin Thicke. It would be too much ego in my life. I’ve loved JT forever, but he’s definitely taking a dip into questionable douche territory. I can’t add Robin on top of that.
I’m a longtime fan of Robin and I never got a douche vibe from him. He said himself that “Blurred Lines” was just a silly song he did to have some fun with.
Robin always jokes around, but he’s a nice guy.
I don’t know why people keep saying he’s a douche. I may be missing something. Originally his wife was supposed to star in the BL video but it didn’t work out. She had been in many of his vids.
I don’t get the whole douche thing when it comes to Robin Thicke. Are there stories about him? If so, do tell.
Seriously, I’ve never heard anything bad about Robin Thicke. He’s been puttin gout good music for years, and is jsut now getting the mainstream recognition he deserves. He’s been with his wife since they were in highschool, and they just had a kid like 3 years ago, and she’s in many of his videos. He does Real House Husbands of Hollywood on BET and is really cute and funny on there, am I’m gonna say it, a lot of white stars wouldn’t touch BET anything. He’s also really professional about his work. I think maybe people are jumping on his looks. The hair flip can be considered douchey…
gah, I love Colbert. and to me Thicke is the better “get” I prefer his song/him over Daft Punk (their name’s kind of fitting)
and how can MTV get pissed, they haven’t shown videos in freakin years..
Wait! MTV showed videos? 🙂
Ha-ha anyone who knows that is getting old. We didn’t have TV when I was younger so when we visited my cousin’s house we would spend hours watching MTV videos back in the 80’s. haven’t watched MTV in 20 years or more. Have never heard of Daft Punk nor do I care to hear about them. i love the French but these guys sound as lame as beiber. Love Colbert for calling MTV out and for getting a better show.
LOL! I know, right?
Musically, Daft Punk is head and shoulders above this Thicke dude. Too bad about the corporate BS.
Oh, Stephen, I love you. That’s all I have to say.
The most mind-blowing of all was Henry Kissinger. That bit was worthy of at least three Emmy’s for sheer brilliance.
I Know Right? The fact he got so many big people to play along AND managed to make MTV like assholes in the process is pure bonus
MTV ARE assholes. They created “reality” tv!
I was all: it can’t be.. Can it? Naah.
Then I heard the voice.
Himself had no clue who I was talking about (we live in Ireland, it’s only political fans who remember him here)
ha-HA! don’t eff with Stephen…he’s a rockstar & always right!
Bryan Cranston @ min 3:10 just made. my. LIFE!
Jeff Bridges booty stair dance & Matt Damon’s booth dance were awesome.
this was waaaaaay better than anything Does Punks could’ve mustered. ha!
Daft Punk & MTV will now eternally be synonymous with LAME ASS. 😉
Ha ha — Yes!!!
It’s like adversity sparks real creativity. That was incredibly fun (and more entertaining than listening to some band).
LMAO! Your posts give me LIFE!
Jeff’s doing the Gutterball dance from the Big Lebowski.
Love it!
Does MTV own Daft Punk?
don’t know, but Stephen, Robin Thicke certainly
‘O-W-N-E-D’ MTV & DP with that skit & performance! 😆
I loved it when he talked about the “peeps” who are feeling “funky”. He completely humiliated the Prez of MTV/Viacom.
Can’t believe how many of my very favorite people he got to do this! Hugh Laurie, The Dude, Jimmy Fallon and WALTER WHITE!!!!!
Bored, I am soooooo obsessed with Breaking Bad right now it is crazy!
My BF and I are trying to speed watch the entire series so that we can be caught up by the new episodes this Sunday. We are on episode 2 of season 5.
I am constantly looking for a reason to say, “I am the danger!”…my new official favorite line of all time.
Yeah, they deff won this round. MTV is utter crap; this whole turn of events was way better!
That was great! I love any actor who doesn’t take himself soo seriously.
I don’t think it’s any skin off Thicke’s back to self-promote, even if it’s last minute. What’s nice about it?
Things you do are only considered ‘nice’ if they don’t benefit you???
Maybe Thicke is a Colbert fan and wanted to help him out of a bind? Wouldn’t that be nice?
Yeah, Stephen! Dance like you have ass in your pants!
… Achewood?!
Stephen Colbert is genius. I love me some Colbert; he’s so quick, so intelligent and isn’t afraid to put some intelligent banter out there, and the phrase money where your mouth is applies in tenfold. Plus he sings and dances!!!
That’s all.
Oh no wait, there is more: MTV can bite it, their VMAs have lost their luster for years now, just warm recycled entertainment. I’m old enough to remember when MTV first aired with the Buggles. How I would wait to watch my favorite video. Not its just lukewarm refrained beans with horrible programming. I get the sads thinking that MTV in fact killed the video stars they so proudly made.
Very well-said!
I miss old MTV, especially now that I have kids. I just want to pop it on and leave it for them to watch and absorb, but it’s just not there anymore. I pulled up some of the old videos on youtube the other day and me, the hubs and the kids had a big ol dance party. sigh…
Spot on; I don’t think today’s generation realizes how big MTV was in the 80s/90s everything from old school hip hop (much better than todays),classic rock, English new wave to great pop stars to House of Style; MTV has been a joke for at least 10 yrs. and only exists as a cash cow for Viacom.
This. I made a new friend at a fundraiser recently bonding over the real world and road rules when it was a bunch of real people that didn’t have a modeling contract or some industry motivation. When there was a countdown of videos every hour and I got my news from kurt loder. I miss the 90s. MTV would have pulled its own plug back then if it knew it would be a dumping ground for scripted reality shows 24/7.
Ah, the days MTV showed music videos. Those were the days.
My poor mother couldn’t get us to do anything once MTV came on the scene. We’d walk to the TV, enter the special configuration on the honkin’ cable box, and leave it there all day and night. I haven’t watched MTV in at least a decade they suck so bad, and I didn’t know DP was still around. I’m so out of the loop! I haven’t listened to them since One Good Time.
One More Time, you mean?
How sad that MTV didn’t previously realize that a seemingly straight-laced, suit-wearing, faux-Republican has been way cooler than their channel for nearly eight years now. I think they know now.
In reality, even pre-Colbert report, MTV has been lame for years.
I love you, Stephen!!!!
Stephen rocks. I love that man.
There’s a Matt Damon Booth?!
THERE’S A MATT DAMON BOOTH!!!!
Is it available for birthday (suit) parties…of one?
I laughed all the way through that dance party until I had tears streaming down my face. Love Colbert. Love his ongoing silliness with Jimmy Fallon.
Damn Colbert has some sweet moves! Have loved him since Strangers with Candy. Plus he’s from the South…thanks for representing!
Totally Amaze-Balls!
…and the amazing Jon Stewart (short appearance but still worth to notice) 😀
He did quite well/better without Daft Punk.
Amaze. That was really awesome of Thicke (and everyone else!), and I’d argue that Blurred Lines is more the song of the summer anyway!
Robin Thicke is amazingly nice, just like his dad. They are both the type of person who sends those who work for them thank you and birthday cards with actual written messages that are personal. That is a big thing in the entertainment industry because most of these people only know who their assistants are and no one else (and only learn the assistant name if that person makes it past 6 months.)
Exactly, I don’t get this “douche talk” about Robin.
I will forever and ever love Stephen Colbert and his balls of steel for the White House Correspondents Dinner. Everything else – the speedakating team, the Super Super PAC, the book with Maurice Sendak, now this – is just gravy. He is absolutely one of my favorite human beings and he is sharp and funny as hell.
+1! That Correspondents Dinner speech was EPIC! This is all just bonus to his awesomeness.
Link please?
Funniest~Most cringe worthy becuase it was so TRUE~most EPIC 15 minutes of eviscerating the Bush/Cheney administration (EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM GOT NAILED) ever. Sadly, nothingthat brutal has been allowed since then, either. You can still find the speech deep in CSPAN archives, BTW.
Testify! For some reason, it took a lot of people a long time to realize he’s a satirist. I think it was just this sort of misunderstanding that got him invited to do the correspondents’ dinner and I still have that link saved and watch it now and then. And, hell yeah, to whoever it was that referenced his work on “Strangers With Candy” upthread–he’s done some amazing comedy all around, plus he’s just a decent and intelligent guy.
Balls of steel is right! I remember being so in awe of him. Dick Cheney scares the crap out of me, I can’t imagine saying those things in the same room with him!
Colbert is truly a genius. I am glad I am alive to witness. 🙂
And don’t forget his counter-offer to that orange buffoon Donald Tump of $1Million to a charity of his choice if The Donald would let him dipp his balls on his mouth. Loved it.
I loved it all, but my favorite part was probably reading the MTV president’s email. “My peeps are feeling funky on this one.” LOLOLOLOLOL.
I replied up thread on this but that was one of my favorite parts of Stephen’s riff on MTV!
Colbert–funny, sings and dances, can’t believe what he can do with his body at his age. Now that is a sexy package.
I died when he was riffing on “Van Wilder.”
“Suddenly the bros aren’t stoked, and then what??!!”
Colbert is brilliant. Don’t shit on a talented, creative comedian, dude. It will never go well for you.
I know, right? I get that he is probably part of a ‘hipster’ work environment where they don’t ‘stifle their creativity’ by talking and writing like grown men who aren’t pretending to be teenagers…but still, what a douche way to respond to a legitimate query…made by a high powered man…who is notorious for reading stupid things people say on the air…for millions of people.
There isn’t a bigger way to set yourself up for looking like an idiot.
I have such a massive crush on Colbert! My mother always says that Colbert remind her of my husband. :^)
Colbert, why so awesome?
Damn. I was just saying in the Matt Damon thread that he rubs me the wrong way…and then he has to go do the Matt Damon booth. How can I dislike the guy now???
And I love Stephen Colbert. He’s hysterical. I adore that he got Henry Kissinger in his video.
I take it you have never seen the music video he did with Sarah Silverman. I laughed so hard I cried. Impossible not to like him after watching it.
Lol I have….not the biggest Matty D fan is all.
Loved that. And the reply one from Jimmy and Ben. 🙂
Also, love the running joke on Kimmel’s show about Matt Damon being bumped. And how Damon hosted the show while Kimmel was tied up to a chair.
The whole thing was genius. I saw there were only 30 seconds left on the video and thought it couldn’t get any better. And then a MATT DAMON BOOTH BIATCH! Day = made.
Awesome.
Do any of you know if Bryan Cranston is a rollerskater in real life? His disco skate moves definitely remind me of Hal.
That ep of Malcolm was SO funny.
I seem to remember him saying that he learned all of those moves specifically for the show.
So he found out the day before that the guest that you were dedicating an entire episode to cancelled. You call in everyone you know, make a quick flight to do some DC footage and get Kissinger to call security on you. And still crank out a show that does not look like a trainwreck because your guest cancelled at the last minute. And the Emmy goes
to……
You, Mr Colbert are a bada*s and the president of MTV got his handed to him. And Daft Punk I am pretty sure will be put on notice.
I dunno . . . they might even make Dead To Me.
I don’t know bluhare, can they trump bears?
I had to go watch it after reading this. The whole episode was full of win. I love me some Colbert!
LOVE Colbert!!
Daff Punk is a jerk (and very unprofessional), but I’m afraid I have to cut MTV some slack. They’ve probably had approached Daff Punk about the VMA performance, without knowing about his deal with Colbert. For some reason, DP’s management messed up with both, and they are to be blamed.
Stephen Colbert – genius at large! He is the best – his “replacement” show is way better than seeing Daft Punk “sing”. That man can dance!
Colbert, Colbert, Colbert. He must have some pull to get all those folks to take part in this. And those that did have great senses of humor, but Bridges was best and Kissinger, that was out of left, (yeah left) field. Thicke did not have to do it and I give him credit for filling in at the last minute.
MTV and the other group now look pretty bad. But since I have not watched MTV in years as they have done so much garbage, it is not surprising.
Oh my god, I love Matt Damon, but seeing Cranston in his skates again is what made this for me!! That Malcolm in the Middle episode was amazing and i’ve longed to see him in skates again! as walter white sure, but this’ll do.
YES!! thats what I was kind of sloppily referencing above. He rollerskated into my heart after that episode
I know! I was like, “You go, Hal!!!” 🙂
True story, I danced with Stephen Colbert at a wedding almost 25 years ago. I remember it vividly because I felt like a total idiot with two left feet. I can’t dance but, wow, that man can!
This whole segment was hysterical! Would love to be a fly on the wall in MTv’s offices today!!
Years ago, the Dead Kennedys sang about how evil MTV was (is) with “MTV, Get Off The Air”. They’re still slimy- actually, they’ve gotten worse.
Stephen got a lot lucky-er with the people performing in his version!
Hilarious!
Menage-a-show! A ha ha ha I’m a fan now
I love Colbert. I was an audience member for his show and he is seriously the nicest guy. This was sweet!
And for Thicke to come in last minute is great! Sure it benefits him, but coming in last minute with probably no time for real prep is pretty awesome! Good job Colbert production crew and staff! I know you guys were pulling your hair out!
Only thing I can say is that was AWEsome (and I would have loved a little more Hugh Laurie). Thank you Colbert.
I think there is always room for more Hugh Laurie…. I love that man!
Me, too. More Hugh!
I’ve had a huge Colbert crush for years. I don’t think most of my friends got why, maybe this will help them understand, but if not who cares, I still love me some Stephen!
Although, I love the new Daft Punk album, retro disco cheesy in a delicious way, I adore Colbert for this and all who participated.
ITA. Get Lucky is one of my favorite song for this summer although I love Daft Punk’s album Discovery more than this new album. With that said, Colbert was funny here. He really made lemonade out of lemons. 🙂
I love Colbert even more because I am in Ottawa right now and the message where the clips should be says:
Sorry, but this video is unavailable in your location, probably due to your overly polite attitudes.
LMAO!!!
That’s amazing. I hate that I always have to find some sketchy source to send videos to Canadian friends 🙁
I’m getting that as well, it was almost like a consolation prize
Lainey’s got the Canadian one.
I hate MTV too there not the same MTV from when I was younger when they actually played videos. I luv daft p. But I think they should h played his show cus sc is awesome and MTV sucks. MTV dosent own anyone. I don’t see why they couldn’t do both shows so lame.
Well, I understand his frustration about the late cancelation. It was unprofessional for the Daft Punk to do so…
Having said that, he didn’t have to insult an entire nation (the french guys) while talking about it!
The way he talks about it makes it sounds like the daktf punk are jerks because they are french and are “by nature” unable to work more than twice a month!
The Daft Punk are jerks because they are jerks, not because they are french….
I don’t know if you have watched past episodes, but he is satirical and his character always says things like that about other countries. His character is a bit ill informed and just generalizes about several things.
Alright! I didn’t know that! Thank you for that 😉
That’s an understatement. His character is a complete idiot and wingnut. He does it to satirize the right wing in the U.S. Unfortunately, there’s a poe effect at work, so some people don’t get that it’s a satire.
You take him way to serious it’s a joke and part of his bit is that everyone sucks but American.
The man told British Hugh Laurie England’s greatest gift to the world was America, laughed until I cried.
Anyway on topic I loved this was dying laughing. The man is just funny and the people who were in it love them!
Also? It’s August. So the French are technically not working this month, right?
Huh ? Is that supposed to be a joke ? if not, I’m wondering where you got that from…
I thought everyone knew that was the stereotype of the French.
Oh, snap! I love Colbert~he is DEFINITELY one of my forever dongs!!! (*Swoons)
Also, how much did Hyundai win on this one? Talk about way more social sharing than they would’ve had otherwise.
I could watch this post all day. The dance party is amaze-balls and full of all of my favorite people.
Robin Thicke is a really, really good singer live!
How could anyone still be dumb enough to cross Colbert?
I love how MTV tries to do the “surprise” performance thing still. It’s pretty obvious by what music is out or coming out which artist will be at the VMAs. I remember when the VMAs was actually exciting and had surprise. I feel old!
I have been in love with this man for years….Stephen Colbert that is.
My partner is a HUGE Daft Punk fan (and has even gotten our kid into their music, lol) and was grumbling and grousing as soon as Colbert said they weren’t going to show but by the end of the dance party, we were both laughing so hard we were in tears.
I love that he doesn’t take himself too seriously and makes a clear delineation between his tv persona and his real life persona. Also, how awesome were all his dance party “guests” for doing that? esp on short notice!
I have to admit, I used to think Stephen Colbert was lame. My fiancé is a huge fan of him, and I would occasionally sit down to watch the Colbert Report with him, dammit, I can’t believe I was missing out on him all these years! He’s freaking hilarious! Corny and witty at the same time, the perfect balance of humour.
He’s amazing. I love him to bits….I actually prefer him to John Stewart honestly lol.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Damn, he should get the Emmy for this episode alone. The staff on that show must have had to bust some serious arse to pull it together.
Anyone have a link to watch it in Europe? Not showing up on YouTube. Thanks
Love, love, love, the dance video. Made my afternoon.
Best thing in a really long time.
Love robin thicke!!!! So glad he actually sang instead of lip synching! Might have to start watching Colbert!!!
I liked Colbert but two things really made me love him 1) he loves all things Tolkien and is SUCH an unabashed nerd about it 2) his coverage of dressage before the London Olympics “I think I piaffed myself”. OMG. I’m a rider and that was pretty much the funniest bit ever.
That dressage was pretty great, but this one with hugo vickers had me dying:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/380598/april-06-2011/my-fair-colbert—hugo-vickers
LOL!!! Poor Hugo Vickers. He clearly didn’t get in line when the God of Britain was handing out infamous senses of humor.
OMG, I love all you guys so much for loving Colbert! Hurrah, found my tribe!
Like him a ton and loved how he honored his mother on his show after her death. It was awesomely cool!
I welled up on that one. Gotta love a guy who loves his mom. Mrs. Stephen is a lucky woman.
Yes, I loved him before, but damn that was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
Just watched show. Colbert is THE MAN. Best ever! Loved the comment about the only time MTV shows actual videos. Who would ever F__k with Stephen Colbert.
Side note I miss John Stewart nice seeing him, even though he looks like he’s been hiding in a cave.
I don’t blame this guy one bit for being pissed off. How f’n unprofessional is it to bail TWO HOURS before air like that?
I like Daft Punk, but keep pulling stunts like this, you’ll be out of the spotlight in no time!
That has been misquoted in the press a lot. He said in his monologue that he found out at 2pm the day before filming of the episode. Either way, this was not the smartest thing for Daft Punk or their management to do.
I have had SUCH a crush on this man…the wit, the dancing, the humour! MTV should know better than to cross him, of all people!
If this was Stephen getting peeved and showing how much better off his show was without Daft Punk, he succeeded. He’s one of my crushes.
Does anybody realize, this is a nice bit of publicity for the VMAs?
Which is probably well considered by Colbert, since Viacom ownes both his show and MTV–I think Stephen was very smart about this–he made MTV and Viacom look like morons without pushing so far as to suggest people not watch the VMAs or trying to boycott Daft Punk. I think his show was not only comedic genius, but brilliant for walking such a perfect line between giving MTV/Viacom a spanking without going too far. Well played, Colbert, well played….
he’s telling the truth again, folks!!
Why does MTV even host the VMAs anymore? Shouldn’t they be doing a reality awards show or something since that’s all they play? MTV needs to stop with that music thing they are trying to hold onto and just change their name to RTV for reality television.
Liked the rest of the episode, but am I the only one who absolutely HATES Blurred Lines? It’s just not a good song, bad message aside.
Robin Thicke is all of my top-5 freebies. He’s so sexy to me. And JT is just a punky wanna-be, he doesn’t have a thing on my Robin! I’m seriously obsessed!