Stephen Colbert has a virus.
Or rather, he’s going viral (maybe both).
Last week during his show he filmed a segment where he twirls around in front of a green screen (a la ‘The Star Wars Kid‘), then asked his viewers to add the special effects and put it on the web. See:
Since then, the clip has been remixed hundreds of times. You can see a large selection of them by going to www.codebot.org/colbert.
This is why Stephen Colbert’s platform is just about perfect (for him and for the network). The Colbert Report’s format is so loose they can really do whatever they want under the guise of politics or Colbert’s vanity (often both) or whatever. Likewise, the show’s audience interaction (be it Wikiality where he asked people to change the Wikipedia entry for elephants, the Hungarian bridge-naming competition, and now these jedi videos), in this the age of the internets, creates a system in which fans of the show can actively contribute to its presence– and be recognized by the show itself. Click below for more Colbert Jedi Clips…
Tags: Comedy Central, The Colbert Report, viral, web-video
