Stephen and Jane
We received several squeeing e-mails from the Janeite wing of Colbert Nation, telling us that Stephen Colbert had done a hilariously funny segment in which he mentioned Jane Austen. We can’t watch it till later today, so we’ve posted it below for everyone else to enjoy while we sit in the corner and sulk.
Thanks to Alert Janeites DeeDee, Kelly, and Julie for the info and link!
November 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
If anyone’s wondering, the Jane bit starts at 1:45, and it’s about the baseball reference in NA. ;D
November 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am
ROFLMAO! That is some kind of funny.
November 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Genius! Did Colbert write this?
November 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I know! I was among the laughing and loudly squeeing JA fans watching that night. It was two of my favorite things meshed into one glorious whole–Austen and Colbert.
November 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Give him an award for something Austen-related, Mags, that always gets his attention. Then maybe he’ll stop in to chat for awhile.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I saw this last night and loved it! Jane Austen AND Stephen Colbert? Now that’s just plain AWESOME.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I second Sue’s comment! Any time someone gives him an award, he makes a big deal about it on the show. ;D
And ditto to Rebecca and Candace. As someone with “Jane Austen is my goddess, and Stephen Colbert my patron saint” in her Facebook profile, you can imagine my hyperventilating last night. *grins*
November 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
SC has a team of talented writers, julie, some of whom perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NY on a regular basis. Plus - that ‘black guy’? I totally know him! He’s from the UCBT too.
“Pine.” Pure genius.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
This was wonderful–I don’t know how many people I sent to Austenblog today to watch SC wag his finger. Simply wonderful. I second the award idea.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Thanks for posting. That was hilarious! I love Colbert!!
:) 
November 14th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Canadian viewers can watch the Nov. 13 episode at Comedy Network’s website at thecomedynetwork.ca. (I couldn’t get the video in the post to work for me.)
November 15th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Oh this was so funny…
November 15th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Too funny!! I put my vote in to let Colbert know how much we enjoyed it with some kind of an award! Thank you for posting it.
November 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
He **can’t**,
he mustn’t,
he SHAN?T
LOL!LOL!LOL!
November 15th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Roaring with laughter! That was so funny!
November 16th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Stephen Colbert rocks: this is a truthiness that must, that shall, be universally acknowledged!! We’ve got to give him some kind of award!
November 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Well I think the handsome, witty and charming Mr. Colbert should be presented with the Henry Tilney Award granting him status as an honorary Janeite. I think this is the cleverest bit of fun we’ve had with Jane in a long time!
November 16th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Cynthia, that was fantastic. “It is a truthiness, universally acknowledged…” needs to be on a t-shirt somewhere. That must be one of the best lines I’ve heard all year.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I agree that we must give Stephen Colbert an award for this. I also second the suggestion that “It is a truthiness universally acknowledged” be turned into a t-shirt. If I had the time I would create it at Cafepress right now.
Brilliant.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
An award involving some kind of a reverse cluebat?
November 17th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
TFF!
I was a bit put off by how he pronounced it “North-Anger” but I guess it is in keeping with his character.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
This just gets better and better every time i’ve watched it.
November 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I record Colbert and just watched this episode today. What an incredible surprise to see such a funny reference to Jane Austin. Not only is Stephen Colbert from my home state of South Carolina, but also to learn he knows enough of JA to make a great joke! No wonder I’m one of his biggest fans!