Stephen Colbert's On Like Donkey Kong, As He Seeks Trademarks On Other Dated Catch Phrases
from the you-don't-know-jack dept
Last week, we wrote about the publicity stunt involving Nintendo claiming to have filed for a trademark on "It's On Like Donkey Kong," a phrase they did not actually come up with. A number of folks passed along the news that Stephen Colbert also noticed this story and decided to stake a claim to other "dated catchphrases," in the hopes that various corporate brands would later wish to buy from him such classics as "It's all that and a bag of chips" (for Frito Lay), "Talk to the Hand" (for Isotoner) and "Show me the money" (for E*trade).The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c |
Stephen Trademarks Dated Catchphrases | |
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install the 'modify headers' firefox plugin.
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Now comedy central videos will work in Canada.
A million angry nerds vs. a handful of corporate douche-bags.
Honestly, comedy central, just give up on the region filters, turn it into some good PR for you, and we can all be happy.
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Wii be Clubbin...
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http://kotaku.com/5647832/check-out-kirbys-epic--uh-
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Colbert's brother
Colbert actually brought his brother on the show to discuss the Shepard Fairey controversy. It's all pretty good, but his brother had a zinger at the end:
Colbert is also the only TV show I know that interviewed Lawrence Lessig.
I guess more people should have copyright lawyers in the family.
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I assume Mike tries to avoid such links, in the same way he seems to avoid paywalled news sites?
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IN CANADA , COmedy central videos are available.....
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Brooks and Dunn are in trouble with Nintendo
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I swear I heard the brother say he'd worked for Disney. Could be wrong.
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