Stephen Colbert - name a friggin' bridge after him!

[Darren Dirt]

Just click the link, find his name (alpha by first name) and click Submit at the bottom.
http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/vote?sortby=abc

400K votes? That's it? C'mon people! We can do better, Nation!

(Chuck Norris "stalled" at a measly 360K...)

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=73051

[Mr. Analog]

They had to reset it because the ReporViewers smoked the server into a heaping pile of slag.

[Darren Dirt]

There's some "foreigner" with 1.5Million votes. No fair! He must be on network.

Comedy Central, you owe Mr. Colbert blimps with scrolling LED displays commanding the heroes below to VOTE dammit!

[Darren Dirt]

17 MILLION? Is he serious?
http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=73378



They actually RESET the totals (yet again!) now that they require registration... Needless to say, 17 million was not the # of UNIQUE voters


But still, there's hope -- if not Stephen, then perhaps still Chuck Norris:
http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/toplista

Stephen Colbert híd...8523...[37%]
Jon Stewart híd...3338...[15%]
Szent Korona híd...2316...[10%]
Perl-Script híd...1773...[8%]
Hacker híd...1621...[7%]
Chuck Norris híd...1504...[7%]
Zrínyi híd...929...[4%]
Pató Pál híd...807...[4%]
Hofi Géza híd...569...[2%]
Szent István híd...425...[2%]

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news.google.com/news?q=Chuck Norris Budapest bridge

Votes can be cast until September 8 on the www.m0hid.gov.hu Web site, where people have put forward more than 500 nominations including Bud Spencer and Bob Marley, as well as names referring to construction delays such as "It Will Never Happen Bridge".

A government committee will review the three winning names, as well as other proposals put forward by local governments, cartographers, linguists and other experts. The bridge over the Danube north of Budapest is due to open in 2008.

(^ from the original August 8th Yahoo News story)


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PS:
Here's the facts from http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=132 ...

VOTE TALLY
Phase I
8/15/2006 11:29 PM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 45,029 [0%]
8/16/2006 8:45 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 167,139 [1%]
8/16/2006 11:19 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 420,770 [3%]
8/16/2006 6:56 PM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 438,049 [3%]
8/20/2006 10:21 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 3,018,675 [17%]
8/21/2006 1:19 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 4,073,616 [21%]
8/21/2006 10:18 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 5,733,710 [28%]
8/21/2006 9:33 PM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 6,302,505 [30%]
8/22/2006 5:30 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 12,982,389 [46%]

-- at this point, they musta shuterdown --

Phase II
8/22/2006 9:22 AM CST - New instructions on manual voting
8/22/2006 9:49 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 104 [10%] (Ranking: #4)
8/22/2006 10:33 AM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 231 [18%] (Ranking: #1)
8/22/2006 12:51 PM CST - Stephen Colbert híd 2498 [64%] (Next closest - Pató Pál híd 275 [7%] )


Also simple step-by-step voting instructions: since the August 22nd "reset"

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=177

(!)

Never mind citizen journalism, thanks to last night's (August 22nd, 2006) episode "The Colbert Report" has become the first program to feature fan content -- and open the floodgates to more. Last week, Colbert did a hilarious rendition of a Jedi knight, whipping a lightsaber around in front of a greenscreen (see it here). Last night, Colbert announced the "Stephen Colbert Greenscreen Challenge" where members of the Colbert Nation (a website as well as a movement). Said Colbert:

-"A week ago I showed off some of my light saber skills in front of a green screen. Well, all over the internets, you heroes took that footage and added in backgrounds and action. Well, Nation, in order to honor your efforts, we're going to start showing your bold depictionism of my heroic fight. "

Colbert then showed a vid from "a web hero who calls himself 'Nick The Taurus'" -- a hilariously low-rent clip of Colbert fighting off the occassional superimposed animated claw. But then he showed another video (from "Splaaaa") that integrated Colbert into actual "Star Wars" action, and it was terrific. So there's no doubt that the web is going to go to town on this -- free content for Colbert, and an amazing return to his community of fans. Unreal.

HuffingtonPost.com story link

Star Wars Kid, where are you?

The people behind "The Colbert Report" may be the smartest minds in televison: While everyone else frets about YouTube, web TV, and platform integration Stephen Colbert & Co are already galvanizing the online to action and integrating fan content into the show, to hilarious effect. It is, in a word, freaking brilliant.

This is just the latest in "The Colbert Report"'s savvy exploitation of the web. As pointed out by Popped Culture, first he wreaked havoc on Wikipedia, wiki'ing up a storm in entries on elephants, George Washington and Colbert's own entry.
Next he challenged "the supremacy of Chuck Norris" to name a bridge in Hungary (Go here to vote, too). With an veritable army of viewers each night and the expanded online audience the next day, the web reach of Colbert's online experiments just keeps getting wider and wider. Probably won't be long before other shows follow suit but in the meantime, "The Colbert Report" has proven yet again why it's one of the most cutting-edge shows on television.

[Darren Dirt]

Last week, Colbert did a hilarious rendition of a Jedi knight, whipping a lightsaber around in front of a greenscreen (see it here). Last night, Colbert announced the "Stephen Colbert Greenscreen Challenge" where members of the Colbert Nation (a website as well as a movement).

ENTRIES HERE!
http://www.codebot.org/colbert/


^ "official", or of course, just follow some "suggestions" on that damn addictive Youtube!


Cave Troll!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rx1RwE77LI

Signs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQb4rJLAxtQ

Transformers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpbjKL-Zij0

Bear vs. COLbert!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2lpaL0r43I

iPod!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByJgG9c8XB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2D2MNawQXI

WOW! SPACE MONSTER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58b-mpaWyM&NR
(I think someone should integrate some Chuck Norris footage in the same way!)


and of course, SWK:
(with rocket boots!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6FnEqlwln8

(teaming up to defend truthiness!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXdfRcFQxA

[Darren Dirt]

epic!

PS: admins, maybe move this into the "Videos" section?

[Lazybones]

I like that last one.