VIDEO: Steven Colbert smitten with GM's driverless car
Steven Colbert has triumphantly returned to his nightly tirades after being off the air for over two months because of the Writer's Guild strike. The faux conservative commentator's comeback happened on Monday, but last night, Colbert weighed in on the General's announcement that it's developing a vehicle that takes those pesky driving duties away from the person behind the wheel. Colbert opines that The Boss might be the answer to his dreams of catching up on TIVOed Oprah episodes or sending a scathing email to the New York Times editorial department while barreling along at 80 mph. More importantly, Colbert questions that if a car can drive itself, why can't they develop a TV show that writes itself? All the truthiness is available in the video after the jump.
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Mike 5:20PM (1/09/2008)
A driverless car is new? I would say that describes the majority of vehicles on my morning commute.
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DesiAuto 5:37PM (1/09/2008)
Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are best of American TV. I love the way they expose politicians and so called "pundits" and create a classic comedy out of it.
I am buying every season that's available, it will be fun to look back at these classic stuff in say 2040 or 50s.
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AlfaMike 6:59PM (1/09/2008)
Golden! Nice post!
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kayne001 3:01AM (1/17/2008)
He just said "Best of American TV".
Not "The Best American TV Has To Offer".
He doesn't have to watch what he says.
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Kn1ves 10:27PM (1/09/2008)
Didn't BMW already create a car that drove itself.. well it memorized the track I guess, meaning you still had to be there. NVM.
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ryann 8:36AM (1/10/2008)
Top gear did a hot lap of the BMW with no driver last season. Amazing. Scared the crap out of J Clarkson.
Lee 12:56PM (1/10/2008)
vw did one w/ the golf that took a "sighting lap" w/ a non-interfering person behind the wheel, and then proceded to set an insanely fast time w/ nobody in it. But before that, I think was the Toureg for the 1st Darpa challenge
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/03/vw-gti-53-1-look-ma-no-hands/
http://www.autoblog.com/2005/08/23/stanford-and-vw-team-up-for-another-darpa-run/
John R 7:22AM (1/10/2008)
where's the vid?
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John R 9:06AM (1/10/2008)
ah..there it is