The Daily Show/Colbert Report Social Hour 01.17.12

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Tuesday January 17, 2012 · 7:55 PM PST

2012/01/17 · 19:55

Tonight on TDS, Liam Neeson, The Grey; and on TCR, Jennifer Granholm, Current TV's The War Room.

Ok, look at this:

Want. Though I don't think I could even stand in them without falling, much less walk. But still.

And no, that has absolutely nothing to do with the shows tonight. Jon's got Liam Neeson, promoting a movie that doesn't open until next Friday (the 27th). So RottenTomatoes doesn't have much to say about The Grey at the moment, other than this synopsis:

In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements - and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt - before their time runs out.

"Rogue" wolves? Maybe they're just protecting their pups, y'know...

Reviews are starting to show up. Here's Variety:

Audiences primed by trailers and TV spots to anticipate a straight-up man-vs.-nature action-thriller -- something like Liam Neeson in "Tangles With Wolves" -- may find "The Grey" to be at once more and less than what they expect. Helmer Joe Carnahan and co-scripter Ian Mackenzie Jeffers emphasize detailed characterization as much as lupine mayhem while depicting the life-or-death struggle of air-crash survivors pursued by humongous wolves in the Alaskan wilderness. Trouble is, the pic's dialogue-heavy stretches and ambiguous finale could leave ticketbuyers impatient for less chatter and more chomping. Word of mouth likely will be mixed, though Neeson's marquee allure should help...

Also,

Carnahan also sporadically recalls "Jaws" during prolonged sections where the wolves -- portrayed variously by animatronic puppets, CGI stand-ins and live trained animals -- register only as fleetingly glimpsed menaces when they are seen at all. The oncamera representations are largely convincing, except during an inadvertently comical scene in which the glowing eyes of night-shrouded wolves bear an unfortunate resemblance to Christmas lights.

Hmm.

Various publicity pieces (and trailers with commentary) are floating around out there. I was more interested in this, found via lazy-and-unspecific googling:

Every day is eagle watching day at Oklahoma's Grey Snow Eagle House
Bryan Painter: The eagle rehabilitation program at Grey Snow Eagle House near Perkins, OK, is operated by the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.
Eagles are known for their regal looks, powerful talons and keen vision.

If you ask Victor Roubidoux, wildlife manager for the Grey Snow Eagle House near Perkins, they also know when the clock strikes 10 minutes past 5 p.m.

That's when the staff of the eagle rehabilitation program, operated by the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, often head home. And that's when the eagle party starts.

“All day long, they'll just sit because we're here and they know when we leave at 10 after 5,” Roubidoux said, adding that there are cameras in each of the various flight cages and mews. “When we leave, they'll get down and they'll be crunching the green two-liter bottles. We have tennis balls in there, they'll be playing with those. Some put one under each talon and walk on them.

“They'll do all that when they know we're not here. Just like a bunch of kids, when the parents are gone, they're out playing.”

...After watching their behaviors, Roubidoux got wise to the eagles' ways. He realized they could hear his pickup pulling up in the morning. So, he left his truck down at the gate and walked up, very quietly entered the front of the building and looked through the window into the flight cage that is 18 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 100 feet long.

The eagles were playing and moving around.

So he slammed one of the cabinet doors.

“By the time I get back to the window, everybody's back on their perch, like ‘He's back,'” Roubidoux said. ...

They're on Facebook, of course, and the tribe website has bios of the resident eagles (7 Golden Eagles and 28 Bald Eagles). Also a bunch of release videos, but I can't get them to work right. So go here to see them.

Stephen's got former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who'll be following Olbermann on Current with The War Room Monday after next. Here's the PR release:

January 13, 2012 - Current TV, the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning television network, today announced that “The War Room with Jennifer Granholm” will launch Monday, January 30th at 9pm ET (with an encore airing at midnight ET). Granholm, the former two-term Governor of Michigan, will host the hour-long live program each weeknight from Current’s San Francisco studios immediately following “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”.
“Viewers are tired of the left vs. right, shouting-head debates they see everyday on traditional cable news channels,” said Granholm. “‘The War Room’ will cut through the rhetoric and address the headlines of the day in a way that offers real solutions to viewers.”

“’The War Room’ will be the go-to show for progressive political news junkies who want the day’s election news unvarnished. No sugarcoating. No talking points. Just straightforward insight, from experience,” Granholm added...

Up this week:

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central
Mo 1/16: Jodi Kantor
Tu 1/17: Liam Neeson
We 1/18: TBA
Th 1/19: Elizabeth Banks

THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central

Mo 1/16: Rev. Scott Douglas
Tu 1/17: Jennifer Granholm
We 1/18: David Frum
Th 1/19: Carrie Rebora Barratt

(listings and occasional links via The Late Night TV Page, some links & more guest info available at thedailyshow.com/guests, colbertnewshub.com (a new site by former NoFactZone contributors -- a good 'just one link' click), and a judiciously-used google.com/.)

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