Colbert Can't Cover Olympics Without Getting Sued (VIDEO)

Stephen Colbert's coverage of the Olympic games hit a snag Monday night when he was informed that NBC has a stranglehold on everything Olympic related.

NBC's grip is so tight, he can't even show any geometric shapes of any size or color without getting sued. If he wants to show the Olympic rings, they must be pixelated. If he wants to say "Olympic coverage," he...well he can't. Luckily he's come up with a better name for the games: "Quadrennial Cold Weather Athletic Competition."


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[senseandnonsense]

04:21 PM on 02/25/2010

If I were the maker of Ballantine beer, I'd sue the Olympics and NBC. "There's a ring... and then another ring and then another ring and then you've got three rings...Ballantine... a verrry special brand of beer." They had three rings long before the Olympics had four. In addition, their beer was/is better than NBC's Olympic coverage. And then, again, what about Olympia Beer? Not only do they have the name, the company is located in Olympia, Washington. How Olympic can one get?

Warner Brothers tried to stop the Marx Brothers from using the word Brothers in their name. Groucho wrote back that they were going to sue Warner Brothers for using Brothers in its name, because the Marx Brothers were brothers before Warner Brothers was a company. End of the story.

[collies1]

09:40 AM on 02/25/2010

NBC is pathetic. MSNBC is worse. How can anybody "OWN" the Olympics if every country participates
in an International sports and peace event. Oh God I said Olympics!!!! Don't sue me NBC-MSNBC.

[ArtsyJane]

07:39 AM on 02/24/2010

LOL!

NBC - ridiculous.

[Barbie and Ken forever]

05:58 AM on 02/24/2010

Stephen Colbert is great!!!!!

[okila]

12:34 AM on 02/24/2010

NBC is failure through and through. If it werens for Colbert so many people would not watch this crap fest.

[yoozum]

11:59 PM on 02/23/2010

I thought his interview with the head of the South Vancouver riding (is that what it's called?) was a little too harsh, haha...especially when he kept asking him what caste he was from.

[F33bs]

12:59 AM on 02/24/2010

You do realize he's playing a character, right?

[yoozum]

04:44 PM on 02/25/2010

Yes, I do. I've been watching his show since it came out.

[MadMoll]

01:35 PM on 02/24/2010

May I direct you to:

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/truthiness+about+Colbert+according+Ujjal+Dosanjh/2601174/story.html

[MrBen]

09:54 PM on 02/23/2010

The IOC has a stranglehold on their trademarks and has gone to unreasonable lengths to protect their 'ownership' of a global event that is -ostensibly- to bring people together (so long as they spend money). I'm glad Chicago didn't get the summer games.

The IOC are basically the fun-police in all of this, raining on otherwise well-meaning people all over the world. Screw them.

[MadMoll]

01:38 PM on 02/24/2010

They've tried to claim complete ownership of the word "Olympic" even going so far as to sue this restaurant over the use of the name a few years back when NYC.

[KIVPossum]

02:54 PM on 02/25/2010

Hmm, we have an Olympia hotel here in town with the rings as their logo. Wonder if they'll come after them

[Steve Seidler]

04:28 PM on 02/24/2010

They sued Improv Olympic in Chicago as well. It's now called I.O.

[ghee99]

08:24 PM on 02/23/2010

where i live in LA there's a part of town where you can buy all the designer clothes for pennies on the dollar.

they even had a story in the LA Times about, and even experts had a hard time telling the difference

of course, being LA, i doubt they will have a bulky sweater

but it is nice to get the same looks for next to nothing

not to mention, it just feels right, when brands like that are just ripping their customers off with prices like that

[amaboss52]

06:00 PM on 02/23/2010

Vancouverage, very good, love Stephen.

[uhavenoface]

04:55 PM on 02/23/2010

and nbc's coverage is worthless so....yeah. nbc sucks

[roch20]

04:00 PM on 02/23/2010

Awww; NBC, how sweet is that! You greedy motherf***er!

[lisaman]

02:38 PM on 02/23/2010

Did he not do a few shows where he tried out for the team? But that was ok? I did see him on NBC Late Night coverage.

[Domenica Iacovone]

06:42 PM on 02/23/2010

That's because he was raising money for those particular athletes, not NBC per se.

[RingworldEngineer]

01:46 PM on 02/23/2010

both funny and informative.

i want that sweater!

[TheAntiOkie]

03:02 PM on 02/23/2010

Agree - it's an awesome sweater - very 30's. You CAN own one just like it - go to Ralph Lauren dot com and pay up $385. Free shipping on orders over $195.

[RingworldEngineer]

03:39 PM on 02/23/2010

there isn't a sweater on the planet worth that much money. i think i will just have to learn to knit.