Name: The Colbert Report
Genre: Comedy, News parody

The Colbert Report Episode 1.01 Stone Phillips / Truthiness

The Colbert Report Episode 1.01 Stone Phillips / Truthiness

Episode Premiere

October 17, 2005

Genre

Comedy, News parody

Production Company

Spartina Prod., Busboy Prod.

Official Site

http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/TheColbertReport

Information

Episode Premiere

October 17, 2005

Genre

Comedy, News parody

Period

2005 - 2015

Production Co

Spartina Prod., Busboy Prod.

Distributor

Comedy Central

Official Site

http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/TheColbertReport

Cast and Crew

Director

Jim Hoskinson

Screenwriter

Frank Lesser, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft

Main Cast

Stephen Colbert

Additional Cast

Stone Phillips
Eric Drysdale

Synopsis

In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.