I hope and expect C&L or Comedy Central itself will have clips from The Colbert Report's premiere, but there's nothing like watching it in one go. None of the on-location spots or This Week in God bits prepared me for this nearly manic bout of barbed satirical broadcasting.

From the opening proclamation -- "Your voice shall be heard ... in my voice" -- to the spoof on attitudes against facts and news (head stuff) in favor of the "truthiness" of feelings, from the almost-interview with Stone Phillips to the gravitas-off with Stone Phillips, the show just did not stop.

After five minutes, I was asking myself, "Ohmygod, can he keep this up?!" --And he kept going all the way through the show. Four nights a week? I don't know how. I don't think I've seen so much energy expended in one show by one person.

And sharp, too. I laughed the whole time and had to share. If you missed it, see the rerun whenever it's on. Clips on the web won't do it justice. And by all means, tune in tomorrow. If he keeps this up, Jon Stewart is going to wind up being the opening act.

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