# Going to the Colbert show in NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833 "2012-10-16T00:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/1 "2012-10-16T00:54:41Z")
Any suggestions from others who may have been? I need any advice ASAP, as we leave tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/2 "2012-10-16T01:05:45Z")
I’m curious as to how anyone gets tickets- every time I check- and this has been for the past few years now- it says tickets aren’t available. Same story for the Daily Show although I haven’t looked for tickets in while. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/3 "2012-10-16T01:36:15Z")
You have to check every day to see if there are cancellations. My wife has been checking for two weeks for our visit window and they just came open today. Suggestions I’m looking for are things like arrival time, seating, etc. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/4 "2012-10-16T02:47:59Z")
Good to know. Check Yelp or TripAdvisor- they seem to have good advice for stuff like this. I checked the Daily Show site after seeing this thread and got reservations for a ticket for this coming Monday. Googling “The Daily Show” pulled up their Yelp page and a TripAdvisor one that gave details about when to show up, what not to bring, etc.- I’m assuming you can find the same for the Colbert Report. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/5 "2012-10-16T02:52:15Z")
Just show up and ask them if they’re taking people without reservations, they often do. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/6 "2012-10-16T13:47:02Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > Good to know. Check Yelp or TripAdvisor- they seem to have good advice for stuff like this. I checked the Daily Show site after seeing this thread and got reservations for a ticket for this coming Monday. Googling “The Daily Show” pulled up their Yelp page and a TripAdvisor one that gave details about when to show up, what not to bring, etc.- I’m assuming you can find the same for the Colbert Report. Great suggestion. Yelp was very helpful about arrival/wait times. Sounds like you spend about 3 hours standing; I may have to buy a camp chair at REI and then just leave it outside, as that much standing will kill my back. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/7 "2012-10-18T12:43:49Z")
Great fun and worth the wait. We bought a couple of three-legged camp chairs at REI and were the envy of the crowd, who stood around for three hours with aching backs and feet. We saw the taping of the show the night after the debate, which was pretty funny, and the interview with Tyler Perry was also good. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/8 "2012-10-19T03:20:36Z")
Sounds great. Was wondering how it went. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/9 "2012-10-19T06:15:43Z")
Oooohohhh I am so envious. I have a shameless giganto-crush on Mr. Colbert. Glad you got in, and got to see a kick-ass show! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-the-colbert-show-in-nyc/637833/10 "2012-10-19T12:20:33Z")
> [@partlycloudy](#): > > Oooohohhh I am so envious. I have a shameless giganto-crush on Mr. Colbert. Glad you got in, and got to see a kick-ass show! He does a question and answer before the show and switches effortlessly between his character and his normal personality. Very quick on his mental feet, of course. He also fielded one question after the show which happened to be from somebody from Belgium, who asked why Americans hate the French. Colbert made a small joke, but then related a very interesting anecdote about how the French are one of America’s best sources of intelligence in the Middle East, but foster the notion that they don’t like us in order to ingratiate themselves in that region. The warm up comedian was very funny and worked the audience extremely well, getting everybody pumped up for the main event. The chanting that happens before every show is far from spontaneous, and neither are the screaming and over-loud laughing.