DCist: Colbert Portrait Hanging in National Portrait Gallery
The portrait will be hanging in the museum, which is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., for the next six weeks.
It’s true – Stephen Colbert was at the National Portrait Gallery. While I didn’t see the filming, I did get to typeset the label for the digital image on canvas. Just one little bit of “behind-the-scenes” info: the hacky sack wasn’t his – he borrowed it from one of the art handlers (and graciously autographed it for him, too).
Does getting on the Colbert Report make us a little more hip? Not really, but it’s great to see more people in the gallery.
Here are some other links to sites commenting on the Colbert portrait:
Associated Press
Washington Post Reliable Source
Washington Examiner
Philadelphia Inquirer
MSNBC
NBC 4 news
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Tags: NationalPortrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington DC, comedy, Stephen Colbert, Colbert Report, TV, Comedy Central, funny, portrait
January 18, 2008 at 6:11 am
I don’t know. I think it makes the Portrait Gallery a little more hip! Very fun.
February 2, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Lucky you! The NPG’s hipness factor has definitely grown, and your director was great on the show!
We squeezed your fun fact into our entry on the portrait at Colbert University, our Colbert Report viewer’s companion site — just couldn’t resist:
http://colbertuniversity.nofactzone.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=17&Itemid=68#portrait
Thanks for the insider scoop!