Steven Johnson on Colbert

Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 6, 2009 1:47 PM | permalink

BB pal Steven "Invention of Air" Johnson sez, "thought you might want to link to the pretty funny interview I did on Colbert last night, including an excellent little exchange about an imaginary Founder Father named Robert Cornhole who should really have a Wikipedia page."

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#1 posted by mstoddard , March 6, 2009 2:11 PM

A great interview indeed. Tragically the history of Robert Cornhole was too controversial for Wikipedia.

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#2 posted by jjasper , March 6, 2009 2:51 PM

Pah. He should have dumped the Colbert interview, fired his publicist, released the book in softcover, and gotten a Times Square billboard.

Heh.

Anyhow, it was an awesome interview. Johnson was quite eloquent and funny. Thanks for sharing.

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#3 posted by Shelby Davis , March 6, 2009 5:38 PM

Aww, that's it, I'm going to go buy the book now. Can't resist any longer.

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#4 posted by Robinpen , March 6, 2009 5:47 PM

I commend Johnson being so cool to say all he wanted to say while never having an awkward moment and rolling with Colbert's jokes. I felt Colbert's thankyou handshake meant more than just thanks for coming.

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#5 posted by senorglory , March 6, 2009 6:59 PM

Sadly, no wiki entry on founding father Robert Cornhole, but, on the positive, there is an entry for the Great Cornholio.

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#6 posted by tricotomy , March 7, 2009 12:01 AM

now I really do need to set a proxy as this is unavailable outside the US. You keep doing this BB.

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#7 posted by Cyberwasteland , March 7, 2009 2:26 AM

@TRICTOMY

Err, I from Belgium and I could see the video just fine.

This was a great interview Steven got his points across and was really funny and rolling with Colbert's jokes along the way.

Yeah, the handshake/thank you was definitly not just 'thanks for coming', but also thanks for being so great.

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#8 posted by bobk , March 7, 2009 3:45 AM

Be careful googling Robert Cornhole. One of the entries on the first screen was a rogue site with various popups. My virus checker went nuts. I had to reboot; no harm, I hope.

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#9 posted by Maddy , March 7, 2009 7:36 AM

"we just gummed our way through gruel" -- Colbert is sooooo fast ...