Kamen to appear on Colbert Report?

[seanwitte]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

I would have loved to see some footage from an actual FIRST event. I think it's very easy for viewers to go "oh yea robots" and just shrug it off, but if they had shown video of what FIRST is actually like and provided the URL for the FIRST website, they would have gotten a bunch of extra publicity. None of Colbert's guests usually have video though, so maybe they weren't willing to let Dean show any.

Having him ride around in the iBot was better than any FIRST video. Colbert couldn't hide how cool it is. In my opinion, that invention represents FIRST more than the FRC entries. The robots are a tool to motivate High School kids to build stuff like that.

[Hiteak]

I found the video online of the interview: Dean on the Colbert Report

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by seanwitte

Having him ride around in the iBot was better than any FIRST video.

Every time I see one, I still recall Dean balancing the bridge at the 2001 Championships with his iBot. A classic FIRST video.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Did anyone else notice that they purposefully put Colbert's interview table on a stand just so he could demonstrate the awesome climbing power of Dean's chair?

It was an amusing touch

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

Did anyone else notice that they purposefully put Colbert's interview table on a stand just so he could demonstrate the awesome climbing power of Dean's chair?

It was an amusing touch

Isn't his interview table always on a stand?

[Joe J.]

Yeah I'm pretty sure his table is always on a stand but the step up to it was added.

[DCA Fan]

Yeah just the step was added. This was needed because to climb higher steps, the user usually needs to hold on to a handrail, which would make for a bad shot.

[Sidney San Martín]

Sorry to disagree, but I didn't enjoy this too much.
It all seemed a little staged — as if DK paid to be promoted on the Report and Colbert had to write the interview around that, for example that Colbert's banter about the iBot carefully highlighted all its good points.

Also, DK could seriously have done better. He didn't have to respond to the question about fighting robots with a drawn out explanation of why they're graciously competing. It would've been more interesting for the audience to admit that they're "fighting" and then clarify that it's not a destructive battle and that there's no team rivalry. Am I the only one to feel this way?

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

A bonzer vid! I think Colbert (err....Colbert's character) was lost for words in that. Either way, I think it gave FIRST a really good spot.

But Colbert has to show up at a RANDOM FRC in 07 to back up the spot he gave about FIRST.

I actually tried out that iBot for myself. Let me say, it is A BEAST! If they added a seat elevator to that. It's niceness times 1000 and I would try to enter the lottery JUST so I could win enough money to buy one of those bad boys.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Sgraff_SRHS06

But Colbert has to show up at a RANDOM FRC in 07 to back up the spot he gave about FIRST.

I actually tried out that iBot for myself. Let me say, it is A BEAST!

yeah, that would be pretty fun. but i doubt colbert would do that...

I'm pretty sure its not Beatty Engineered and Student Tweaked (i thought DK made it)

I enjoyed the clip, although i'm sad that I can't add it to my promotional video, with all the different setbacks. I'm sure people would love to see DK on Colbert Report...

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I absolutely love how everytime someones making the world a better place, colbert informs them that they're helping the terrorists too (not only with dean's interview, but on the Daily Show with the release of Harry Potter, "Because when children read, everyone wins.")
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