The essential fan guide for truly dedicated members of the Colbert Nation! Contains over 200 highly-detailed encyclopedia-style entries, celebrating nine years of
The Colbert Report's greatest moments, obscure favorites, and behind the scenes insights including:
- Complete Colbert Super PAC play-by-play
- What really happens at a Colbert Report taping
- How Stephen Colbert prepares his guests to face off against his character
- Detailed timeline of the Daft Punk "Colbchella" fiasco
- Where uncensored versions of the show were broadcast
- How Colbert and his writers create The Word
Is Jay the Intern really an intern? What ever happened to Stephen Jr.? Who the heck is "Jimmy"? Jon Stewart: great bromance, or greatest? From the technical to the tangential,
Bears & Balls: the Colbert Report A-Z covers it all, and digs deep to answer questions you didn't even know you had.
Sharilyn Johnson is a Toronto-based entertainment journalist specializing in comedy. She's written for the Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg Free Press, and the Huffington Post, and since 2008 has run the comedy news site Third Beat Magazine (third-beat.com). Sharilyn has also appeared nationally on CBC Radio's LOL and Definitely Not The Opera. She wrote and performed the stage show Fake News Fangirl, about the world of Daily Show and Colbert Report fandom, which was staged at theatre festivals across Canada. Remy Maisel is currently completing a BA in Media Studies at Penn State University. She is a Huffington Post blogger, and her writing has also appeared on Salon. Remy is the coauthor of "Is Satire Saving Our Nation? Mockery and American Politics" with Dr. Sophia McClennen, and is the first undergraduate student to coauthor a book with a professor. Remy has also worked for Nickelodeon as a Production Assistant in New York, and as a Development Executive for SUMS Film and Media in London.