{"id":231,"date":"2009-02-05T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2009\/02\/05\/stephen-colbert-and-steve-martin-read-danielle-steel\/"},"modified":"2009-02-05T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T11:11:00","slug":"stephen-colbert-and-steve-martin-read-danielle-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert and Steve Martin Read Danielle Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s laugh-out-loud entertainment&nbsp;comes compliments of Stephen Colbert and Steve Martin, who&nbsp;have both been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/article\/CA6619740.html\" rel=\"noopener\">nominated for a Grammy<\/a> in the Best Spoken Word category. In this wildly entertaining&nbsp;clip from last night&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/home\" rel=\"noopener\">&quot;Colbert Report<\/a>&quot;, the two read from a novel by Danielle Steel, as a demonstration of&nbsp;their reading prowess.&nbsp;(Thanks to&nbsp;sales rep Ted Wedel of Cheapeake &amp; Hudson,&nbsp;Inc. for letting me know about this one!)<\/p>\n<p> Be sure also to watch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/217928\/february-04-2009\/who-s-not-honoring-me-now----the-grammy-awards\" rel=\"noopener\">the clip<\/a> (from the same <em>Colbert&nbsp;Report<\/em>&nbsp;episode) that was linked to in today&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/eNewsletter\/CA\/2788.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Children&#8217;s Bookshelf<\/a>, in which Stephen Colbert laments not having won a&nbsp;certain children&#8217;s book award.<\/p>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Colbert Report<\/a>Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm \/ 10:30c <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/217929\/february-04-2009\/steve-martin\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Martin<\/a>  <embed style=\"clear: left; float: left\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:217929\" width=\"360\" height=\"301\" quality=\"1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \/>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/colbertreport\/full-episodes\/index.jhtml?episodeId=216617\" rel=\"noopener\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a><br \/> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/217077\/january-28-2009\/better-know-a-beatle---paul-mccartney\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul McCartney Appearance<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/home\" rel=\"noopener\">Funny Political Videos<\/a><br \/> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/funny_videos\/index.jhtml\" rel=\"noopener\">More Funny Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&rsquo;s laugh-out-loud entertainment&nbsp;comes compliments of Stephen Colbert and Steve Martin, who&nbsp;have both been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Spoken Word category. In this wildly entertaining&nbsp;clip from last night&rsquo;s &#8220;Colbert Report&#8221;, the two read from a novel by Danielle Steel, as a demonstration of&nbsp;their reading prowess.&nbsp;(Thanks to&nbsp;sales rep Ted Wedel of Cheapeake &amp; Hudson,&nbsp;Inc. 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