My Tuesdays stink

Down to one show now. This is not cool.

It's no secret. Canadians are second in comedy only to...the Jews. I can say that. I'm Jewish.

Mike Myers and Jim Carrey are two of the funniest (and highest grossing) stars in Hollywood today. And although Hollywood might like to lay claim to them, they're born and bred Canadian boys! But the list doesn't stop there - we can also add Martin Short, Leslie Nielsen, Eugene Levy, Michael J. Fox and Dan Aykroyd (to name a few) to the list of Canadians who were born to make us laugh. In his article Why Are We So Funny?, Scott Feschuk tries to find out exactly what accounts for Canada's prodigious production of comedians.

I know Stephen Colbert's fame comes from The Daily Show. But where in the heck is Montclair? I'm guessing North Jersey but I haven't the foggiest idea.

What drew him, his wife, Evelyn, and two children – he now has three – to their Montclair home near Brookdale Park five years ago?

"We heard that Montclair is very open and accepting of interracial couples, and I’m Irish and my wife’s Scottish. We felt that we would be welcome here."

Favorite Montclair activities?

"I do shots at Tierney’s."

As a fake news correspondent, what does he make of Montclair news and politics?

"I’m sure that there was some trenchant humor to be extracted from The Marlboro Inn."[...]

Born and raised in South Carolina, Colbert had aspirations to become a marine biologist but, as fate would have it, swimmer’s ear erased those dreams, he said.

He credits much of his comedic success to his time with “Second City,” an improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago he worked with after graduating from Northwestern University’s theater program.

Before joining The Daily Show in 1997 under then-host Craig Kilborn, Colbert got a taste of the news with a brief job with NBC’s Good Morning America. He filmed two spots, one that made on-air.

It taught me that if you work for Good Morning America, a news parody show is more likely to hire you," Colbert said.

Colbert, who can also be seen in General Motors’ commercials focusing on "Mr. Goodwrench," has been with The Daily Show as it grew from a quirky newscast to a nightly staple for many political junkies during the most recent presidential election. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards even announced his unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination on the show.

Colbert has not shut the door on future appearances on The Daily Show, which averages 1.3 million viewers nightly, while he waits to see how his new show will fare with audiences. But he’s happy where he is and where he’s going.

Otherwise, Colbert believes he would be practicing law, as two of his brothers do.

That makes four of us: Jon Stewart, Bob Wiltfong, myself, and Colbert in the field of planning to be lawyers.