Proudest Achievement (of All Time?)
Monday evening, my roommate and I had the fortune of attending a live taping of The Colbert Report. Before the show, Stephen Colbert teased us with a little Q&A session during which he stated he would answer “any question we could possibly think of.” Well, then.
The initial questions were pretty basic, barring the bawdy fanfic question that someone asked him (which in turn spawned this AMAZING post on his official website, clearly written by The Man Himself). So, after Monday’s show, I highly anticipated getting to see it again last night, as I had a second set of tickets and planned to take another friend. Yes, I admit to being a fangirl. This time, however, I knew I had to come up with a question for him. Thus, much of my week was spent in preparation and yesterday I finally arrived at the moment of truth. I came up with a killer question:
- “Stephen, as the ‘intelligent designer’ of Saturday Night Live’s Ambiguously Gay Duo, what are the first three questions you think Ace and Gary would have asked Harriet Miers at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing?”
So, I shopped the question around at work and got some fabulous laughs. A friend’s feedback consisted of how awesome it is to be “speculating on what the role of a fictional gay duo would be were they on the Senate judiciary committee.” I practiced my delivery and promised myself it was all or nothing - I had to ask. Fast-forward to the show. Stephen came out and spoke to the audience for a moment before asking for questions - no one was biting. Finally, I raised my hand.
…and totally botched the question. Mid-sentence, I accidentally said the “Incredibly Gay Duo,” at which point, Stephen asked me how Freudian this question was. The entire audience laughed at my expense. I smirked and threw back at him: “Well, you wrote it. And they were incredibly gay.” I continued my question after the banter and here is what he answered:
- “What do you think of these pumps?”
- “Will you hold my water bottle while I stretch?”
(At this point, after delivering the first two questions dryly, Stephen giggles, then doubles over laughing, catches his breath, and re-assumes character.)
- “Who do you think has better calves? Me or Gary?”
There you have it, folks. *I* made Stephen Colbert laugh.