James Franco Reads a Book, Controls Universe
Photo from Colbert Nation not doctored at all by Ashley Carter/Torontoist. In news that prompted every Toronto-area music journalist we know to pump fists on becoming one or two degrees removed from...
View ArticleHe’s Only Making Plans for Colberta
By day, Torontonian Dan Zinman is a mild-mannered project manager at a downtown advertising agency, where his desk is littered with Soviet propaganda posters and action figures (including Hannibal...
View ArticleTelevisualist: A Kinder, Gentler Televisualist
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Jillian...
View ArticleTorontoist Goes to Washington to Help Restore Sanity and also Keep Fear Alive
Start putting together your ironic signs, because we’re going to Washington! When we mentioned that we were thinking of going down to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s duelling Washington, D.C....
View ArticleGet on the Bus! The Rally Bus!
That’s right: the exciting moment has arrived. We here at Torontoist—plus our friends at Eye—are going to Washington, and you’re invited to come along. Our trip to check out Jon Stewart and Stephen...
View ArticleOur Washington, D.C. Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Buses are Departing...
The signs that Eye made for us to take down to the rally. Watch for them on TV! Well, we’re actually doing it. Thanks to generous sponsorship from Bud Light, Torontoist—along with our friends at Eye...
View ArticleModerateness in Excess at Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert’s Washington, D.C. Rally
Two chartered buses packed with around a hundred Torontonians left from the ROM on Friday night en route to Washington, D.C. to take part in (well, more like get caught up in) Saturday’s Rally to...
View ArticleFear of a Sane Planet At Saturday’s Million Moderate March
As Canadians, those of us who bussed down to Washington for this past weekend’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear found ourselves in a privileged position. Certainly, our twelve-ish hour drive...
View ArticleWhat We Saw on the Torontoist/Eye Weekly D.C. Roadtrip
In case you missed our previous dispatch, this weekend Torontoist teamed up with our good-time buddies at Eye Weekly to ferry about a hundred Torontonians to get a load of Jon Stewart and Stephen...
View ArticleRally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Cartoonitorial Travelogue
Torontoist cartoonist Brian McLachlan was on our ten-hour bus trip to Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear. These are his illustrated notes from an event that was too...
View ArticleStephen Colbert and Jon Stewart React to Mayor Rob Ford’s Crack Admission
For the second night in a row, Jon Stewart tore a strip off Rob Ford—but this time Stephen Colbert was in on it, too. Mayor Rob Ford has made The Daily Show a couple of times since the beginning of his...
View ArticleMayor Rob Ford Makes The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Yet Again
A roundup of all the mayor's latest late-night comedy appearances. At what point can we officially add “late-night comedy” to Toronto’s list of major exports? Last night, for the fourth time in two...
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