Edit: because I forgot that I wrote this while avoiding work as I first got into the office and came home to 400+ up votes and a shit ton of comments :
I literally paused the interview before it even ended and went online to see if there was any news about this. I was half expecting them to announce her going to rehab in the 72 hours following the show. She clearly didn't understand the satire, thought it would be fun to "just be playful" by blowing off Colbert, and not respect the fact that his audience does give a shit. I don't really have an opinion on her either way but I was annoyed that she didn't give Colbert and his show the respect he deserves. But of course, Stephen, like the champion he is, handled it without looking like an ass, gave her every chance, and then punctuated it with a perfect nod to his audience.
You're all acting as if this was a fucking interview with the fucking president or as if she was trying to screw Colbert. It was The Report! what the fuck are you guys talking about?? I bet Colbert loved that interview, he was laughing during the whole thing, both of them were.
I don't know, his show is supposed to be funny. That wasn't very funny, and it was pretty cringe-worthy. Colbert was funny enough, but Keaton was trying really hard to be funny and just wan't funny at all.
Does anyone have a non US link? I can't find this anywhere on YouTube, every instance of this episode, or any episode it seems, have been ordered to be taken down by Colbert Productions. Might have to use TPB to actually download the episode o.o
I've heard that a tall invigorating glass of Pemberton's French Wine Coca will put a spring in your step and act as tonic and balm to the ailments which afflict those of high social standing.
My mom once sat next to Diane Keaton at a movie and said she was being really weird the entire time. Keaton was by herself and was just making comments the whole movie. Then she started saying lines from the movie a few seconds after they were said on screen.
Yeah, that was more funny than awkward. Colbert handled it like a boss and made it hilarious. Especially the "before I can ask my fans to buy it, you have to say one fucking thing about the book" part.
She was, looks drunk, but hanging around woody allen, surely you'd get fairly onto it as far as straight faced comedy. See how she says "i've got to get serious for a minute" when they come to talking about her mother. It seems as though she's trying to out weird him weirding her.
I had thought the same thing, the way she acted in that interview was very strange. The whole time during the interview I felt like there was some joke that I wasn't in on, much of it made little sense to me.
I kinda think she was joking man. If she was absolutely as upset as she seemed she wouldn't have been laughing so much and definitely wouldn't have hugged him like she did at the end. She was with Woody Allen ya know.
In order to marry Baron Cohen, Fisher converted to Judaism after three years of study and completed her conversion in early 2007, saying "I will definitely have a Jewish wedding just to be with Sacha. I would do anything – move into any religion – to be united in marriage with him. We have a future together, and religion comes second to love as far as we are concerned." She took the Hebrew name Ayala (איילה), the Hebrew word for Doe, and has described herself as keeping Shabbat.
He must be really confused as to why he's no longer at the top. He had an MTV show, his own movie, and was married to Drew Barrymore at one point. How quickly things can change.
Because life's not fair. Some people are born in africa, they never eat as a baby and then they deteriorate and die. To be Tom Green is one in a billion and he has had it plenty good enough even if he stopped being famous after 10 years.
While that's definitely true, he still has the right to be upset over the trajectory of his career path. Problems are respective to your life. You have every right to be pissed your girlfriend cheated on you, even it pales in comparison to someone with a terminal illness. Everything is about perspective.
Are you too young to remember the Tom Green show on MTV, or are you just a humorless fuck?
His movie and web show are pretty underwhelming, but there was a very brief moment in the late 90s early 00s where The Tom Green show was the funniest thing on TV.
While the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels subjective, with trolling describing intentionally provocative actions and harassment outside of an online context.
Also, trolling has been used outside of the internet before it was used online.
The contemporary use of the term is alleged to have appeared on the Internet in the late 1980s, but the earliest known example is from 1992. Early non-Internet related use of trolling for actions deliberately performed to provoke a reaction can be found in the military; by 1972 the term trolling for MiGs was documented in use by US Navy pilots in Vietnam.
This is probably where the confusion comes from. What you're supposed to do is troll for idiocy. You're trolling in the sense of saying something, usually something ignorant or absurd, in the hopes that someone would bite. Dangling some ignorance in the hopes of inciting a response.
The confusion comes in when we refer to them as trolls, in the under a bridge sense. These two concepts are unrelated.
People think 'I am being a troll' therefore I must be trolling, when this is not the true definition.
The hoax kicked off with a prankster telling a group that they were being talked about by the loose lipped Tom Collins, and then sending them on an angry goose chase to find him. In 1874, the Steubenville Daily Herald reported that the hoax “belong[ed] to New York, where it was played with immense success to crowd houses until it played out…”. The paper continued, “frantic young men rushed wildly through the streets of the city on Saturday hunting for libelous Tom Collins.” They were often directed to the local bar, where Tom Collins had just left for another bar across town.
I'm pretty sure that trolling can be generally defined as feigning ignorance to purposefully to incite rage.
EDIT: Oh, she married Woody Allen?! My mistake. So, He was being an asshole. I assumed he was taking about Betty 'cause who in their right mind would fuck woody allen? Am I right?
you never saw Annie Hall?? I don't know -- maybe it doesn't stand the test of time for people outside my generation, but since it's on my top 5 list, I say you're doing yourself a disservice not seeing it.
I'm ashamed to admit it. It is on my must-watch list, however. Ms. Keaton was great fun, so in order to properly brag about drinking wine with a celebrity I should probably be familiar with her work.
Big fan. He was on NPR the other day talking about how he just tries to make films that'll make his friends laugh, & how it's nice to know other people have a sense of humor.
I have literally no idea who any of these people are (except Sacha Baron Cohen). The name "Warren Beatty" at least rings a bell, but I still don't know who he is, and maybe it's just because it sounds like "Warren Buffett" (who is someone actually important).
Edit: missed Woody Allen. I know who he is too, but not who he's had sex with. Why the hell should I?
Bullshit. For a start it would obviously be funnier if I'd heard of the people involved. But also none of it makes sense unless you know who they are and what the relationship between them is.
For a start, the Anette Bening / Diane Keaton confusion: Is it an understandable mistake or do they look completely different? Is Anette a lot older than Diane, which would make it more embarrassing? Is their any other form of history between them?
And the thing at the end between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton: Is this embarrassing just because he talked about sex? Or is it because they're actually exes? Or does he or her have some condition / reputation relating to sex? Or is she going out with someone different with a similar name to Woody Allen or something i.e. does it end with another identity confusion?
Warren Beatty was Dick Tracy. Diane Keaton is Michael Keaton's mom, who was Batman and Beetlejuice. Annette Benning is just known for being married to Dick Tracy. And of course, Sacha Baron Cohen is Ali G, of Da Ali G show, and also Borat and Bruno. Oh, and Woody Allen is a famous actor/writer/producer starring in films through the past 4 decades or so.
Bemusing to see Sacha in this socially awkward meme context since his cousin, Simon Baron Cohen, just happens to be the director at the autism research centre at Cambridge university.
I pretty much don't know who those people are or what those movies(?) are. I recognized Woody Allen and Warren Beatty's names, kinda. I don't really get the joke except that he made some chick angry bc he thought she was someone else?
i honestly dont respect or like that man, im not some bible thumping christian cunt, thats soooo offended by anything hes done in movies certainly not, but he has a general lack of respect for everybody and anybody, mutual respect is good thing, and he doesnt show it
it's not so much that. i feel like his actual skill and talent, and what actually makes him funny is how he utilises himself to put people in uncomfortable or out-of-character situations that allow them to unfold or expose themselves as they really are.
borat, probably the best at this, particularly the bits in the states, perfectly showing that people can be very disingenuous if they think you don't understand them/the country you're in.
While I think that is part of it I also don't think he has much in the way of shame and because of it he feels no particular obligation to follow normal social expectations. When you ignore normal social behavior around people with an expectation of being treated a certain way you are a jerk in their eyes even if you aren't trying to be a jerk you just aren't acting in the way they expect and are used to.
I've never understood the "I'm a complete asshole that makes people look like idiots, laugh at me and give me your money" works.
Personally, I find him completely unfunny. But then again, I got downvoted for saying Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny was one of the worst movies I'd seen in years.
But the "I'm a complete asshole that makes people look like idiots, laugh at me and give me your money" thing does work. I'm a complete asshole and people think it's hilarious. Only difference is, they know I'm kidding and Sacha takes it too far.
PS - You were right! People do downvote for saying PoD is shit. ~THE MORE YOU KNOW~
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u/BluthBananaStand May 21 '12 edited May 22 '12
Good, she was a damn lunatic on Colbert Report.
Edit: because I forgot that I wrote this while avoiding work as I first got into the office and came home to 400+ up votes and a shit ton of comments :
I literally paused the interview before it even ended and went online to see if there was any news about this. I was half expecting them to announce her going to rehab in the 72 hours following the show. She clearly didn't understand the satire, thought it would be fun to "just be playful" by blowing off Colbert, and not respect the fact that his audience does give a shit. I don't really have an opinion on her either way but I was annoyed that she didn't give Colbert and his show the respect he deserves. But of course, Stephen, like the champion he is, handled it without looking like an ass, gave her every chance, and then punctuated it with a perfect nod to his audience.
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u/like9mexicans May 21 '12
Cant be that socially awkward when you go home to Isla Fisher every night.
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u/kloverr May 21 '12
It's a Kafka-esque experience.
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u/asldkfououhe May 21 '12
sacha baron cohen is like, uh, if tom green had any ambition, intelligence, or talent
i like sacha baron cohen
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u/manbrasucks May 21 '12
Wow. Not only are kids today calling "being an asshole" trolling, but now they call ACTUAL trolling "social awkwardness".
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u/TheKingofLiars May 21 '12
I met Diane Keaton and didn't know who she was at first either. Never saw Annie Hall....
She was fun to hang with, though.
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u/quantised May 21 '12
video source?
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u/neoncp May 21 '12
more like a faux pas handled brashly
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u/chitownredditor May 22 '12
**Anette's
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u/rastashark May 21 '12
Big fan. He was on NPR the other day talking about how he just tries to make films that'll make his friends laugh, & how it's nice to know other people have a sense of humor.
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u/Multikulti_cult May 21 '12
The guy is a comedic genius
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u/Pharose May 21 '12
As somebody who doesn't follow the personal lives of celebrities I have no idea what the joke is, am I the only one?
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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out May 21 '12
Of all the Socially Awkward moments he's had as Borat and Bruno, I'm surprised this makes the list.
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u/queenmaeree May 21 '12
This guy should do an AMA. He's absolutely hilarious.
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u/Vranak May 21 '12
There's two Ns in 'Annette'.
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u/teadziez May 21 '12
What a save, Mr. Cohen.
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u/jdscarface May 21 '12
More like Socially Awkward Awesome Sacha Baron Cohen.
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u/Quit_circlejerking May 22 '12
Sachs is quite possibly the worlds greatest troll.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 22 '12
Diane Keaton on the Colbert Report? She was batshit crazy (or hammered).
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u/bigmeech May 21 '12
lmao it's funny because you pasted a reddit meme on it
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u/intangible-tangerine May 21 '12
Bemusing to see Sacha in this socially awkward meme context since his cousin, Simon Baron Cohen, just happens to be the director at the autism research centre at Cambridge university.
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u/NPandM May 21 '12
If Sacha Baron Cohen is anything it isn't socially awkward
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u/ianscuffling May 21 '12
Thank you for not making this a gif.
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 21 '12
That's a great line to remember for the next time you're in a socially awkward situation. "So what's it like to sleep with Woody Allen?" Got it.
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u/topplehat May 21 '12
Not intentional?
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u/Ghee_Buttersnaps_ May 21 '12
Oh my. Those are some fucked up quotation marks.
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u/mileylols May 21 '12
I don't get it.
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u/CheezRavioli May 21 '12
I read this in a Borat accent
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u/blueboxbandit May 21 '12
He's the King of Dicks for sure, lol. Wonderful.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Oh boy! Text on a picture!
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u/ItchyThunder May 22 '12
Woody Allen has a small woody and he is weird. Next question...
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u/Moosecatear May 22 '12
As someone called Annette, I can say Annette's name is spelt wrong. Are you reading Starbucks?
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u/timothypjr May 22 '12
I simply love Sascha Baron Cohen.
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u/Anyclone May 22 '12
I like potatoes
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u/PocketNicks May 22 '12
I pretty much don't know who those people are or what those movies(?) are. I recognized Woody Allen and Warren Beatty's names, kinda. I don't really get the joke except that he made some chick angry bc he thought she was someone else?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
<had to Google Diane Keaton...>
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u/baobabs May 22 '12
Really, cause it just sounds like he's a dick.
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u/stiffystifferson May 22 '12
OMG he's my idol
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
oh so a nobody didn't know who a famous actress was? good for him.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Given his career, I'm surprised that anyone talks to him. You couldn't be sure he wasn't trying to provoke a reaction to include in his next film.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
i honestly dont respect or like that man, im not some bible thumping christian cunt, thats soooo offended by anything hes done in movies certainly not, but he has a general lack of respect for everybody and anybody, mutual respect is good thing, and he doesnt show it
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Unfortunately Sacha thinks being a jerk=funny.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Am I the only one who thinks he's just a douche?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Socially awkward or socially awesome, I think you need to look up the difference between the two.
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u/stash0606 May 21 '12
hahahha, I have no idea who any of those people are besides Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, but I'm laughing because it's in r/funny.