# Colbert's Doom Bunker **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418 "2009-03-05T19:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/1 "2009-03-05T19:10:08Z")
What can I say? I love the guy and both he and Stewart still deliver the goods quite regularly. But last night’s [Doom Bunker](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/05/doom_bunker/index.html)? Out of the park, and one of the funniest things he’s done in a while. Especially with the nefarious twist: A Werewolf Congress!🆒 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/2 "2009-03-05T19:12:36Z")
I was in tears watching that. “Jimmy, more fog!” Oh yeah, and the baboons humping in the split-screen spoof. The man is psychotic. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/3 "2009-03-05T19:59:48Z")
The military guy had no sense of humor though :(. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/4 "2009-03-05T20:09:31Z")
I am so sick of people coming to me every day and asking me about the latest doom scenario (“but some guy on Fox news said it could happen!!!”) I called a friend of mine last night for her birthday, and ended up getting in a fight with her about something she “read somewhere” about the stock market. Watching Colbert made me feel so much better. The next person who comes to me with a doom scenario will be told, “Yes, I know…and Congress will be taken over by werewolves!” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/5 "2009-03-05T20:48:44Z")
Holy Jesus, that was abnormally funny. Thanks for the recap. I missed last night’s episode. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/6 "2009-03-05T20:51:58Z")
OMG that was the funniest thing Colbert has ever done. I was in tears for the whole Doom Bunker clip. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/7 "2009-03-05T21:40:12Z")
GHOST MALLS!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/8 "2009-03-05T21:49:12Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > GHOST MALLS!!!:eek: Next SciFi Channel movie title, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/9 "2009-03-05T21:52:31Z")
Don’t eat your money!!! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/10 "2009-03-05T21:57:15Z")
Did anybody else think his regular guest was on speed? The guy was twitching like mad, sweating, and running his mouth off. I think Colbert had to cut him off at the end. I had to watch it twice just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/11 "2009-03-05T21:58:34Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > GHOST MALLS!!!:eek: Rhost Rhalls!? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/12 "2009-03-05T22:00:57Z")
STEPHEN MOORE: > [@](#): > > Under that scenario, silver is going to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dude, weren’t you listening; soybeans! ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/13 "2009-03-05T22:03:41Z")
Although my DVR records Colbert, I haven’t watched in a while. Today, for no apparent reason, I sat down to watch. I’m really glad I did: I was literally laughing out loud (by myself no less) Excellent episode! The guy\* is a comedic genius. - And his writers ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/14 "2009-03-05T22:06:57Z")
I have been arguing with family members. Those clips cheered me right up. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/15 "2009-03-05T22:12:17Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Next SciFi Channel movie title, you betcha. Nope, thats too sophisticated for a made for the SciFi Channel movie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/16 "2009-03-05T22:18:56Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The military guy had no sense of humor though :(. Do you mean he didn’t get the joke? Or that he wasn’t any good at playing along with it? I thought he got the joke,\* and was trying to play along with it by playing it totally straight. I agree his timing wasn’t the best, but I don’t think it evinced a lack of sense of humor so much as a lack of stage performance chops. \*Really, how could he not have? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/17 "2009-03-05T22:31:11Z")
I wasn’t sure if he had decided to play the straight man or if he just didn’t get it. Especially since the other guest seemed to start bewildered and then got into the goofy swing of things. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/18 "2009-03-05T22:40:12Z")
Could we save the economy by luring the Werewolf Congress to the Ghost Mall and letting them battle it out? It’s so crazy it just might work. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/19 "2009-03-05T22:41:30Z")
You’d think by Werewolf Congress he’d have clued in. Between that and the Scientology bit at the beginning, that was just a brilliant episode. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418/20 "2009-03-05T22:59:37Z")
Actual members of Congress Louise Slaughter (D-NY) Frank Wolf (R-VA) Donald Payne (D-NJ) Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) Mary Jo Killroy (D-OH) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Sam Brownback (R-KS) That’s not even counting Hairy Reid or Dan Lupinski [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-doom-bunker/488418.md?page=2)