# The Colbert Report in Iraq **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246 "2009-06-09T20:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/21 "2009-06-10T02:37:30Z")
If you like the show, pick up a copy of this week’s NEWSWEEK. Colbert is the “special guest editor” for the issue, so about 1/4 of it is a cross between Colbert Report and _The Onion_. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/22 "2009-06-10T04:06:57Z")
I loved it; the camo suit, the rose ID photo, the haircut, McCain’s “musket” advice. “HI STEPHEN’S MOM!!!” And of course, Clinton’s looking for a cure for Stephen. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/23 "2009-06-10T04:26:11Z")
I missed the first episode, but I loved the basic training section tonight. Especially Colbert singing along while marching. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/24 "2009-06-10T07:24:49Z")
Pretty impressive dealing with DA/DT and interviewing a couple of normal soldiers (one Arab-American, one decorated woman). Good questions, incisive and self-deprecating. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/25 "2009-06-10T07:41:19Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Pretty impressive dealing with DA/DT and interviewing a couple of normal soldiers (one Arab-American, one decorated woman). Good questions, incisive and self-deprecating. I loved her exchange with him. (I can’t remember her name so I’ll just say “she”): Colbert: You won a combat medal for… She: I didn’t win it. I was _awarded_ a combat medal. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/26 "2009-06-10T13:24:46Z")
Just watched both episodes. You could see the soldiers got a bit kick out of Colbert sympathizing them, and it was also interesting that the crowd seemed to find DADT ridiculous. But they might’ve been laughing at doing showtunes for Kim Jong-Il. Obama and McCain both did very well in their guest spots. (I am sure the joke about Obama’s ears was scripted.) The Obama parts were timed very well. I’m sure McCain got sick about comedians doing jokes about his age a long time ago, so it was cool of him to play along. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/27 "2009-06-10T15:27:32Z")
I thought both episodes were funny (without being political). I liked the way he had his iPhone mounted to the helmet. I was wondering if that was a standard mount, or they just used double-stick tape or velcro. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/28 "2009-06-10T17:22:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I loved her exchange with him. (I can’t remember her name so I’ll just say “she”): > > Colbert: You won a combat medal for… > She: I didn’t win it. I was _awarded_ a combat medal. I watched the episode just now, and the distinction she made was that she _earned_ it, she didn’t _win_ it. That actually looked like a genuine goof on Colbert’s part, he got real embarrassed before recovering. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/29 "2009-06-10T18:59:13Z")
During the Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell debate he got a lot of applause when he said “Do you know Jody”. Is that some sort of inside joke familiar to the audience? Does anyone know what the reference is to? ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/30 "2009-06-10T19:34:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > During the Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell debate he got a lot of applause when he said “Do you know Jody”. Is that some sort of inside joke familiar to the audience? Does anyone know what the reference is to? I didn’t know either, but my husband says it’s a military slang term for the guy your wife is cheating on you with while you’re away. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/31 "2009-06-10T20:12:42Z")
> [@Mishell](#): > > I didn’t know either, but my husband says it’s a military slang term for the guy your wife is cheating on you with while you’re away. Exactly. In basic training, the drill sergeants are always winding you up with talk about what “Jodie” is doing to your wife/girlfriend/whatever back home. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/32 "2009-06-10T22:55:18Z")
I hate to say it, but I’m learning a lot more from this than I am from most news reports or anything else on TV recently. Also, I was going to jokingly post “I’m so proud of Stephen Cobert” on my Facebook status this morning re: his boot camp training but then it dawned on me how insulting that would be to the thousands of soldiers who had done it FOR REAL and gone on to actually fight for our country and maybe even die for it. _gulp_… I decided to make a smartass donation to the USO instead. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/33 "2009-06-10T23:02:06Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Also, I was going to jokingly post “I’m so proud of Stephen Cobert” on my Facebook status this morning re: his boot camp training but then it dawned on me how insulting that would be to the thousands of soldiers who had done it FOR REAL and gone on to actually fight for our country and maybe even die for it. _gulp_… > > I decided to make a smartass donation to the USO instead. Hey, he got cheers from the troops when he actually rappelled down the wall. He was goofing off on everything else and the DS clearly wasn’t pushing him as hard as a real soldier, but the wall was all Stephen. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/34 "2009-06-10T23:05:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Hey, he got cheers from the troops when he actually rappelled down the wall. He was goofing off on everything else and the DS clearly wasn’t pushing him as hard as a real soldier, but the wall was all Stephen. You could tell he was really, really scared, but did it anyway. The boy’s got heart. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/35 "2009-06-10T23:35:52Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Exactly. In basic training, the drill sergeants are always winding you up with talk about what “Jodie” is doing to your wife/girlfriend/whatever back home. OTOH, “jodies” are those call-and-repeat songs you sing while marching (“I don’t know but I been told…”). The scene where the drill sergeant tells him to take off his sunglasses made me want to start a GQ thread asking about when soldiers _are_ allowed to wear shades. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/36 "2009-06-11T00:25:07Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > OTOH, “jodies” are those call-and-repeat songs you sing while marching (“I don’t know but I been told…”). That’s because most such songs contain detailed lyrics describing exactly how Jodie is fucking your wife’s brains out. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/37 "2009-06-11T00:31:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Hey, he got cheers from the troops when he actually rappelled down the wall. He was goofing off on everything else and the DS clearly wasn’t pushing him as hard as a real soldier, but the wall was all Stephen. I guess that’s what I meant - a lot of “stars” go and tell jokes and play songs and go through the motions and what not but that’s kind of really putting your money where your mouth is. Well, he’s not running through a MINE FIELD or anything but there’s two days left. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/38 "2009-06-11T00:36:41Z")
He’s actually pretty fit for a guy in his mid 40s with a sedentary job. Although I remember seeing a shirtless pic of him in some magazine and being really surprised that he’s pot-bellied; he looks slim on the show, but just as some guys have tone that seems to come out of nowhere when they take their shirt off I guess some have paunch. I wondered, just out of curiosity, if the drill sergeant and others shown in his “condensed basic training” were assigned him or if he they volunteered for it. And hard to believe that’s one of dozens of palaces that Saddam Hussein had. Boy was compensating just a tad. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/39 "2009-06-11T00:39:13Z")
I’m surprized how bad he looks with a shaved head. Ew - Matt Lauer-esque. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246/40 "2009-06-11T01:29:43Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I’m surprized how bad he looks with a shaved head. Ew - Matt Lauer-esque. He reminds me of my grandfather’s World War I picture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colbert-report-in-iraq/499246.md?page=3)