Stephen Colbert

"Oh, my gosh! That was the ride of my life," said Colbert. "Did you hear me screaming like a little girl?" the funnyman added. "My head was slamming against the side of this thing. It felt like I was the Liberty Bell."

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Tune in to the segment titled "Skeletons in the Closet" in which Stephen Colbert asks, "How is the governor of Rhode Island supposed to rest in peace knowing that a couple of plots over, two dudes are being gay dead?" - and decide for yourself. With The Journal's front-page story about Carcieri's veto as his starting point, the mock-conservative Colbert begins broadly with this observation - "Gays ruin everything sacred, just look at what Michelangelo did to the Sistine Chapel. They'll never scrub that stuff off"

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"Our team is very excited to welcome Stephen on board," said Ryan Bedford, in Germany for the World Cup where he will race in the long distance events. "He will bring a much-needed boost of energy for our team leading into the Olympic Games."

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Jennings explained on his website that "Stephen Colbert's show was doing so well in its post-"Daily Show " spot that Comedy Central decided they weren't in the market for a quiz show anymore."

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"The Colbert Report" to sponsor U.S. speedskaters: On "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his comedy show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. Short-track gold medalist Apolo Ohno of Seattle said he approved in an e-mail to AP: "I'd like to see how creative they can get! I'm game to do a skit about it :-)"

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"Oh, my gosh! That was the ride of my life," said Colbert, who is urging his viewers to support the U.S. Olympic speedskating team. "I've ridden with the Thunderbirds. They have nothing on you."

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"I have some terrible news. I can't wait to go to Vancouver and be on the Olympic team," Colbert said.

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"Thank you. It felt like I was being hit in the head with ice hammers. It was like losing the worst snowball fight of your life," said Colbert, who's urging viewers of the Colbert Report to sponsor the U.S. speed-skating team. "Oh, my gosh! That was the ride of my life,"

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"Oh, my gosh! That was the ride of my life," said Colbert.

Read more: Funny man Colbert gets a shot at the fast lane | In this article: World Cup, Colbert Report, U.S., and Mount Van Hoevenberg

"It felt like I was being hit in the head with ice hammers," Colbert said. "It was like losing the worst snowball fight of your life."

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