Comments on: Law Profs on Colbert

By: Get Over Yourselves

Get Over Yourselves — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:55:14 +0000

“No, he wasn’t first, I was first.”

“No, no, I certainly preceded you.”

“Irrelevant: the questions posed me were more thought provoking; I was more charismatic and answered more intelligently.”

“… I’m taller.”

“I’m more handsome.”

Does it never end with you people (that being, law profs). Your endless need for public accolade is irritating; am so happy law school is behind me. Also, how predictable you’re both men …

“She’s annoying.”

“Yes, but I was the one who first thought she was annoying …”

By: Steve Lubet

Steve Lubet — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:30:40 +0000

I was interviewed by Stephen Colbert in 1999, when he was still a correspondent on The Daily Show. Alas, it was long before he was able to deliver the famous Colbert notoriety bump (and double alas, I do not have a clip).

Anyhow, I may well have been the first law prof to be interviewed by Colbert, which just shows how far he has come in a relatively short time.

By: Law Professor John Banzhaf

Law Professor John Banzhaf — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:41:33 +0000

Colbert’s interview of Neal Katyal was hardly his first with a law professor.

My own interview by Colbert,on Comedy Central, occurred several years ago. It was, I think, much tougher than Katyal’s.

You be the judge:

http://banzhaf.net/docs/smokism.wmv

By: Law Professor John Banzhaf

Law Professor John Banzhaf — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:38:54 +0000

Colbert’s interview with Neal Katyal was hardly the first with a law professor.

My own interview with Colbert on Comedy Central occurred several years ago, and was, I think, much tougher than Katyal’s.

You can be the judge: http://banzhaf.net/docs/smokism.wmv

By: Howard Wasserman

Howard Wasserman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:39:13 +0000

So was Noah Feldman.