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Colbertgasm
« on: January 29, 2008, 03:12:48 pm »


I'm working on the Colbertgasm wiki page. Here's what I need your help with:

  • I need to find videos or references to the explicit Discordian references on the Colbert Report
  • We need to pick a date to flood them with letters. This project will not achieve its intended effect unless we hit them with zillions of letters in a short amount of time. I'm suggesting (off the top of my head) February 17th - 23rd
  • We need Jon and Steven's contact information. This might be found on colboard.com or comedycentral.com. A phone call to their HQ might reveal something too.
  • Colbert's Writers - since they have nothing better to do - have been having an awesome time pranking the public. Youtube has some videos of this - there may be explicit news elsewhere. Can anyone dig up some links for me? I can't access youtube at werk.

Can anyone help with these?
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 03:43:26 pm »
We could also use some Illuminati letterhead, if anyone can dig it out of the Principia.

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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2008, 04:16:19 pm »
This is an awesome idea.

Lets do it! Hell, if you give me the references, I'll send a letter or two!
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2008, 04:33:27 pm »


I'm working on the Colbertgasm wiki page. Here's what I need your help with:

  • I need to find videos or references to the explicit Discordian references on the Colbert Report
  • We need to pick a date to flood them with letters. This project will not achieve its intended effect unless we hit them with zillions of letters in a short amount of time. I'm suggesting (off the top of my head) February 17th - 23rd
  • We need Jon and Steven's contact information. This might be found on colboard.com or comedycentral.com. A phone call to their HQ might reveal something too.
  • Colbert's Writers - since they have nothing better to do - have been having an awesome time pranking the public. Youtube has some videos of this - there may be explicit news elsewhere. Can anyone dig up some links for me? I can't access youtube at werk.

Can anyone help with these?

DAMN you make that look better than I did!!

I did find the link to the Illuminati video (I think it was in the Wiki entry I wrote), buit I can't find the Golden Apple one in their archives. IIRC it was called "Advice to the Gods" and showed up around July 26th or so.
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2008, 04:59:28 pm »
Maybe we should suggest a date when they should say these codes? I don't catch their shows every night, but if we all say to make a reference on MARCH FIFTH (walpurgisnaught!) (sp?) we can watch that show with high scrutiny.


also necessary: HELP NEEDED:

more sample letters for people to send. We need to get the wiki set up to A+ leve so that we can begin distributing the hell out of it. We really only have a week to contact EVERY DISCORDIAN IN EXISTENCE.

Here's a suggested outline for these things:

Letters to Colbert:

-Greet Him
-Identify which sect of the Illuminati you're from (make one up, but make it sound important)
-Offer him an opportunity to join.
-In order to prove his dedication, he must find some way to say ____ on the air
-Close with a quote in latin, secret code, or some mumbo-jumbo


Letters to Stewart:

-Greet Him
-Identify which sect of Discordia you're from (make one up, but make it sound like it's a lot of people)
-Offer him an opportunity to join.
-In order to prove his dedication, he must find some way to say ____ on the air
-Close with a joke or a quote from the Principia




You don't have to get too longwinded or fancy-grabass. It doesn't even have to be funny. The trick here is quantity, not quality!

I don't expect our recruits will have enough 'Think For Yourself' juice to come up with these on their own. So we'll need to provide as many letters as possible.


We do need your help, as I'm swamped at work and also doing like four OMGASM projects at once.  :fnord:

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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2008, 05:19:17 pm »
Maybe we should suggest a date when they should say these codes? I don't catch their shows every night, but if we all say to make a reference on MARCH FIFTH (walpurgisnaught!) (sp?) we can watch that show with high scrutiny.


also necessary: HELP NEEDED:

more sample letters for people to send. We need to get the wiki set up to A+ leve so that we can begin distributing the hell out of it. We really only have a week to contact EVERY DISCORDIAN IN EXISTENCE.

Here's a suggested outline for these things:

Letters to Colbert:

-Greet Him
-Identify which sect of the Illuminati you're from (make one up, but make it sound important)
-Offer him an opportunity to join.
-In order to prove his dedication, he must find some way to say ____ on the air
-Close with a quote in latin, secret code, or some mumbo-jumbo


Letters to Stewart:

-Greet Him
-Identify which sect of Discordia you're from (make one up, but make it sound like it's a lot of people)
-Offer him an opportunity to join.
-In order to prove his dedication, he must find some way to say ____ on the air
-Close with a joke or a quote from the Principia




You don't have to get too longwinded or fancy-grabass. It doesn't even have to be funny. The trick here is quantity, not quality!

I don't expect our recruits will have enough 'Think For Yourself' juice to come up with these on their own. So we'll need to provide as many letters as possible.


We do need your help, as I'm swamped at work and also doing like four OMGASM projects at once.  :fnord:

I've got letters in various stages of completion from the first discussion about this. I'll clean them up and add them today.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2008, 06:05:26 pm »
Maybe we should suggest a date when they should say these codes? I don't catch their shows every night, but if we all say to make a reference on MARCH FIFTH (walpurgisnaught!) (sp?) we can watch that show with high scrutiny.

As I was updating a letter I double checked and Walpurgisnacht is the night of April 30 to May 1, not March ;-). However, March 5th would be a good date anyway. I'll stick it in the sample letters until we figure out something better.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2008, 08:35:39 pm »
A second Colbert letter and a first Stewart letter are now on the Wiki (feel free to edit). More coming as I have time to finish them.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2008, 11:58:40 pm »
 This is quite exceedingly delightful!
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2008, 01:01:37 am »
Would Colbert really be able to pull off a whole sentence in Latin on the air, as a sign? Might be a bit too bold...
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2008, 01:04:00 am »
Would Colbert really be able to pull off a whole sentence in Latin on the air, as a sign? Might be a bit too bold...

oh, he doesn't have to say anything in Latin. We just want him to say some obvious Illuminati phrase such as IMMANENTIZE THE ESCHATON or EWIGE BLUMENKRAFT (which he actually said on the air last year) or reference Bavaria or something  like that.

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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2008, 01:27:40 am »
I'm referring to the sample letters posted on the wiki. Both propose something in Latin. :)
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2008, 02:52:55 am »
Credo quia absurdum


I believe it because it is absurd

Also.... scanning the white house correspondents' dinner speech for "references" to discordia.
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Re: Colbertgasm
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2008, 04:33:43 am »
I won't have time to do this until Friday or Saturday, but I'll have some by then.

Also, I haven't mailed either Colbert or Stewart a book yet (procrastination FTW), so I can time that accordingly.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2008, 06:18:39 am »
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