Oshawa hosting 'Stephen Colbert Day' today

by Actual News Geezer | March 20, 2007 at 01:51 pm

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A Stephen Colbert Look-alike contest? Free cake? Tonight in Oshawa, Ontario? Yes, but you'd never know it by trying to find out by going to Oshawa City Hall. The good fathers of Oshawa scrupulously avoid any mention of this story that's getting headlines all across the silly world of comedy. However...

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So we are looking for NowPublic members - especially from Oshawa - to cover this event as redoubtable citizen journalists. Please post your stories!
Here is the official version:

Nonetheless, more than 1,500 people are expected this evening to turn out at the General Motors Centre in downtown Oshawa.

There'll be a Colbert look-alike contest, free cake for the first 4,000 guests, free Dr Pepper -Colbert's favourite soft drink - for all guests, and a hockey challenge between the Oshawa Generals and the Saginaw Spirit.

It was, after all, the OHL teams that began the whole mess that led to Stephen Colbert Day.

It all started when about two million Colbert fans inundated an online contest to name the Saginaw Spirit mascot. Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle was born as a tribute to Colbert, the host of "The Colbert Report" on the Comedy Network.

Colbert soon threw his support behind the squad and began trash-talking its rivals, especially the Oshawa Generals.