Tim Harford's book, 'The Logic of Life,' was discussed in the context of a past television appearance on the Colbert Report, with a humorous exchange about the book's content.
I was looking back just through your work and I realized I had, I've been watching you on television for quite a while. I think we all have. Specifically, I looked back at an episode of the Colbert Re...
— Episode: Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
Episode: Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
Tim Harford's book, 'The Logic of Life,' was discussed in the context of a past television appearance on the Colbert Report, with a humorous exchange about the book's content.
I was looking back just through your work and I realized I had, I've been watching you on television for quite a while. I think we all have. Specifically, I looked back at an episode of the Colbert Report. There's actually, I'm sure there's more than one.
And my goodness, that was wonderful. Thank you for doing that. It was an incredible experience.
Episode: Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
Tim Harford's book, 'The Logic of Life', was discussed on the Colbert Report in 2008, and it was praised for its insights into economics and human behavior. A joke about Pepsi and Coke was made during the discussion.
I was looking back just through your work and I realized I had, I've been watching you on television for quite a while. I think we all have. Specifically, I looked back at an episode of the Colbert Report.
And my goodness, that was wonderful. Thank you for doing that. It was an incredible experience.
And I had worked on that book for two years and Colbert and did not... The joke which in retrospect is obvious about today's teenagers being the Pepsi generation and what they like to get up to.
He's also, he's super nice backstage. He was so nice. He came into the green room and he talked it all through and he's like, 'Have you ever seen the show? Do you know what the show is about?' And I'm going to be in character. My character is a total idiot.
My character hasn't read your book. My character doesn't understand anything.
Episode: Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
It was discussed on the Colbert Report, and Tim Harford found the host's humor about the book very insightful, despite not thinking of it himself.
I was looking back just through your work and I realized I had, I've been watching you on television for quite a while. I think we all have. Specifically, I looked back at an episode of the Colbert Report.
There's actually, I'm sure there's more than one. Maybe the only one that I saw and vividly remembered was when you were discussing a book that had recently come out, The Logic of Life. And my goodness, that was wonderful.
I had worked on that book for two years and Colbert and did not... The joke which in retrospect is obvious about today's teenagers being the Pepsi generation and what they like to get up to.
The joke did not occur to me. It occurred to Stephen in about three seconds.