I’ve been waiting for an excuse to slip a Colbert Report video clip here, and this is my chance. Stephen Colbert has had a running joke about how horribly backwards the various cities/villages/”incorporated outhouses” of Canton are in the states.
He first started by taking a jab at Canton, Ohio, which caused a media brouhaha. While “apologizing,” he happened to insult Canton, Georgia, and then the ones in Kansas, Texas, South Dakota, etc.
Here’s a clip from last night’s show.
John Gray, the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, lost a hockey bet with comedian Stephen Colbert, and now must declare March 20th, his own birthday, “Stephen Colbert Day.”
After discovering that a Michigan team in the Ontario Hockey League, called the Saginaw Spirit, had named their mascot Steagle Colbeagle — in tribute to Colbert — the faux news pundit started rooting for them.
On Friday night the Spirit were matched against the Oshawa Generals. If the Spirit lost, Colbert would’ve been required to wear an Oshawa jersey on his show. However, the Saginaw team was victorious, winning 5-4.
In an interview with the Gray on “The Colbert Report,” the host said: “Oh that’s right, it’s your birthday. How old are you going to be? Old enough to know better than to take on Stephen Colbert?”
In response, the mayor said: “Hopefully in the future, yes.”