In the days that followed Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, a strange and fascinating movement started on Reddit. For a number of days, the most popular post on the social news and information service was an earnest and excited plea for Stephen Colbert to host his very own rally in the nation’s capital, in much the same fashion as Beck.

Last night, Colbert addressed this phenomenon on his show, and just like his lead-in Jon Stewart had announced in the prior time slot, Colbert made a rather startling announcement.

While the specifics of the announcements are still unclear, it appears that there may in fact be some sort of event in the works, though one can only imagine how that would work or what it would look like. But we can imagine…

>>>Video of the segment at Mediaite.

Redditor ladiesfortruthiness (guessing that’s not her main account?) stayed up all night to make this poster for the Stephen Colbert DC rally we all want to happen. Revised draft forthcoming.

Tonight’s Colbert Report began with possibly the greatest cold open ever: In fact, it was not The Colbert Report at all, but a new program, titled the Carrell Corral, hosted by geek god Steve Carrell. Alas, while there’s some delightfully loopy shock questioning and some quality Old West pew-pewing, it turns out to be but a dream. But there’s a silver lining: During Colbert’s most enjoyable interview with Carrell later in the program, they revive the excellent “Even Stephven” hypercharged debating sketch from the days when the Steves were castmates on The Daily Show.

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There aren’t too many people in the world who manage to be both beloved celebrities in the real world and beloved celebrities on the Internet, but Stephen Colbert is definitely one of those people. And it seems that Colbert may just love the Internet, too. Last night in his interview, Colbert praised social news site Reddit. But he didn’t just give it a passing mention. No, he spoke of it with the childlike wonder and glee of a kid who just got back from Space Camp and is full of stories to tell.

As many know, Conan O’Brien is finishing up his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour before his fall stint on TBS starts up.  Last night, he swung through his hometown, New York City, to play a night on the NBC campus, presumably just to tell them they can suck it one last time.

Well, New York happens to be the home of a couple of other pretty funny guys, and they put in a “shockingly under-rehearsed” appearance. Blurry video below (it fares better in 480p and full screen).

Things you will still be able to count on, for at least a few more years anyway: death, taxes, and The Daily Show covering a presidential election.

After a fairly tumultuous first half of 2010 in the late night world, one short week after Conan O’Brien announced he will be taking the helm of a cable late night show, Comedy Central’s parent MTV Networks made a move to secure its highest profile talent for another few years. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will continue hosting their current shows through 2012.

Potentially good news for sports and comedy fanatics: Comedy Central just announced they’re picking up the pilot for The Onion Sports Network for a ten-episode run. The series is named after, and based on, the sports section of fake news pioneer The Onion.

Last night Stephen Colbert interviewed Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, which the other week published video of the US military killing 12 individuals in Iraq, two of whom were later revealed to be staff members of the Reuters.

After a sort of jokey opening in which he had his face pixelated and voice altered, Colbert got down to business:

When someone puts a general poll on the internet, we get Lara Croft Way and Computer Engineer Barbie; in other words, wonderful things happen.

In this spirit, we’d like to give you some links to the more than 2 dozen geeky and geek beloved people on this year’s list of 200 vying for a spot in an issue of Time through open internet poll. If it’s going to be mostly unscientific anyway, let’s tilt it in our favor!

Amidst the breathless hype surrounding Apple’s latest next big thing – the iPad – one recalls the breathless promotions from yesteryear, specifically Ron Popeil‘s various life changing products. People of a certain age are sure to recall the phrase “It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne potatoes.” Well, on last night’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert made that very comparison quite literally, when he used the iPad to slice and dice vegetables. Video below: