Fake News: The Thing With Feathers, Chapter 11

Title: The Thing With Feathers, Chapter 11
Fandom: The Daily Show/The Colbert Report
Rating: PG
Words: ~1700
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: If you want to know exactly what Stephen means by "high-status idiot", and why, in the Vanity Fair article, he made a point to distinguish it from "high-class idiot", the Improv Wiki can help you out.

NoFactZone, as always, has a recap of this episode.

For the full table of contents, click here.

( Stephen pretends to be Stephen, while Jon tries to explain Stephen to Stephen. )