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Getting some love from Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert has been doing a great job in the past few weeks promoting donorschoose.org, a site that allows people to donate directly to help fund programs in Pennsylvania public schools. Because of his efforts, the site raised more that $100,000 in just a few weeks. That alone puts him on my "what a great guy" list, but tonight he went over the top. He plugged the site once again during his build up to his own trip to Philly for the upcoming primary, and this time he mentioned a couple of the programs seeking funding. The first one took me by surprise because it was from my own district. Yes, he did joke concerning a request from Titusville Middle School's band program. Here's the bit:
Thanks, Stephen!
Getting love from Stephen Colbert, part II
In case anyone is interested, the request from Titusville Middle School that Stephen Colbert mentioned on air this week was completely funded by the next morning. More, apparently the good will spilled over into the rest of the district because this morning three other teachers received word that their requests were also likewise fully funded by donations made via donorschoose.org. Seriously, what Colbert is doing is just too cool for words. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go finish putting my request for funding together.
The Best Colbert Interview In A Long Time
Colbert had George WIll on last night. Will is, in my opinion, one of the few conservative pundits around anymore that I still respect. He's got one of the sharpest minds around, and he's unfailingly proper. Seeing him on Colbert's show shocked me, not because it satirized modern "conservatism" (which WIll really isn't a part of, but because I would have thought he simply would find distastefully chaotic. But appear he did, and what struck me was how fun it was watching Colbert's frantic, frenetic faux blowhard interact with the calm, cool, unflinchingly assured, and piercing gaze of WIll. At a couple of points, it looked like Will's responses actually left Colbert a bit taken back. I don't think I've ever seen Colbert intimidated by a guest before, but I think that's exactly what happened here.