"Brownie" on the Colbert Report !

[Catchawave]

The Truly Serious Appear on 'The Colbert Report'
Ex-FEMA chief is the latest public figure to cross his fingers and face the mock newscaster.
By Matea Gold
Times Staff Writer

March 27, 2006

NEW YORK -- Former FEMA director Michael D. Brown is tired of being caricatured as an incompetent federal appointee who stood by idly while the Gulf Coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. During an appearance before a Senate committee last month, he refused to accept all the blame for the government's slow response, insisting that he had warned the White House of the storm's disastrous potential.

Now he's embarking on the next step of his rehabilitation tour: He's going on "The Colbert Report."

On Tuesday, Brown is scheduled to sit down with Stephen Colbert — who plays the bombastic, preening cable anchor on Comedy Central's 11:30 p.m. mock newscast — for an unpredictable interview in which the only thing the former federal official can count on is the likelihood of being embarrassed.

Why, after months of being fodder for late-night television comedians, is he willing to subject himself to such a public ordeal?

Rest of this great article here:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/la-et-humor27mar27,0,1316833,print.story

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I know I'll be watching... mostly in disbelief, But I'll watch!

[Kolesar]

2. And Colbert shook his hand at the end of the show and told him

"Heck of a job, Brownie!"
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