Colbert brings down the house at NU commencement with fucksaw jokes
Since sifting through dull newspapers, hyperbolic blogs, and overflowing RSS feeds for meaningful news can be an arduous process, News Net catches and compiles both the amusing and the significant reports that were overlooked throughout the workweek. Here are some things to think about as the weekend begins.
• Stephen Colbert had Northwestern grads rolling in the aisles this morning following his 2011 commencement address, during which he apparently mentioned “brothelgate,” Dillo Day, and himself—a lot. He even brought up the whole “fucking machine” thing, subsequently adding, “Graduates, good luck explaining what I’m talking about to your grandmother at brunch.” There’s no video of the speech on YouTube yet, but it’s probably safe to say that one should show up as soon as someone gets back to a computer.
• Kelsey Grammer and his wife apparently like good pizza. They ate at Spacca Napoli in Ravenswood on Thursday.
• Ratings for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network haven’t been that great, hovering around 100,000 viewers at a time, well below Discovery Health, the network it replaced.
• Social Media Week is coming to Chicago this Sept. 19-23. Events can range from panels about beauty blogs to random Tweetups, and organizers are looking for suggestions now.
• Lupe Fiasco will appear on The O’Reilly Factor next week to “debate,” which presumably means talk calmly at the show’s raging host as he says mean and random things.
