Fake News: Expecting, Chapter 11
Title: Expecting, Chapter 11: Staff, Shorted
Series: The Colbert Report
Rating: G
Words: ~2400
Disclaimer: Two.

For the Report characters: They and their universe are property of Stephen Colbert, the other Report writers, and of course Viacom. Not mine. Sue me not, please.

And for the real people, the poem:
Please, make no mistake:
these people aren't fake,
but what's said here is no more than fiction.
It only was writ
because we like their wit
and wisecracks, and pull-squints, and diction.
We don't mean to quibble,
but this can't be libel;
it's never implied to be real.
No disrespect's meant;
if you disapprove, then,
the back button's right up there. Deal.

Notes: This opens by flashing further back than this story has yet — the original clip is here. (Part of it was used in the trailer.)

Other clips referenced: Fruit Juice, part one and part two; Bobby in costume.

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( Four years ago, Stephen was still Stephen. Even when pregnant, he hasn't changed, much to the dismay of his long-suffering employees Meg, Tad, and Bobby. )