Jolly Holiday
In yesterday's National Post...Colbert gets last laugh on Oshawa's mayor
(Jeremy Sandler)
Stephen Colbert's satire may be too hot for the White House Correspondents Association dinner, but the city of Oshawa, Ont., is getting ready to honour the late night television pseudo-pundit. The Saginaw Spirit's 5-4 win over the Oshawa Generals in OHL action on Friday night made Colbert the winner of a wager with Oshawa mayor John Gray.
As reported in this space earlier this hockey season, the fervently jingoistic American talk show host parody started supporting the Spirit after it used him as the inspiration for one of its mascots, "Stephen Colbeagle the Eagle."
Colbert, who has often listed bears as one the top threats to America, took great offence after Generals fans littered the ice with teddy bears as part of an annual promotion. Colbert suggested on his show last week that General Motors lacklustre 2006 annual report, which details some $3-billion in losses, would be a suitable rejoinder for fans in Saginaw wishing to mock Oshawa, home of GM's Canadian headquarters. Gray kept up the fun in a radio interview, challenging Colbert to wear a Generals jersey on the air if Oshawa beat Saginaw on Friday.
As per Colbert's on-air wishes when he accepted the wager, it now appears Gray's birthday, March 20, will be "Stephen Colbert Day" in Oshawa.
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