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Because of Bob's slavish devotion to her, I knew that Amy Sedaris was going to be on Letterman last night promoting Strangers with Candy. Because of my own little crush on her, I tuned in to see her all-too-short segment (I mean, really, Dave; I know he just won the NBA championship and all, but... Dwayne Wade? Two segments of Amy would have made for better TV. And Dwayne... when you're going on a talk show, wear some long pants, OK, buddy?). Of course Amy was manically funny, as usual, telling stories and throwing out her celebrity "faces" (I especially liked her Streisand). I laughed out loud a number of times.

When her segment was over, I started flipping around. I hit Jimmy Kimmel's show and -- oh, my -- saw one of my other TV crushes... Bonnie Hunt! This was completely unexpected. She was on promoting Cars, and she started launching into stories about how she and her brother laughed at her father's funeral, how her dad would rib her mom, how her mom repairs the toilet, and what it's like to work with Kimmel's brother. All of this seemed unplanned (Bonnie even said "I can't believe I'm talking about this," a couple of times), not the usual "interview-by-numbers" that is set up by the pre-interviewing process. And it was very entertaining.

Oh, did I say that both Bonnie and Amy looked absolutely lovely last night? Wow. Not a bad way to end a pretty stressful day.

Wait, some of you are saying, don't you mean Amy Sedaris, the woman who played Jerri Blank on Strangers with Candy? The same Amy Sedaris who had been doing an advice column for the magazine for some time now? Well, yes, I was. Except I'm not. Maybe. Kind of? Anyway, here's what The Believer has on its site: "Amy Sedaris remains on sabbatical from her column-writing duties, but she’s just announced that Jerri Blank has agreed to take over Sedaratives for the summer." They're looking for people to write in who want advice on drugs, prostitution, being a total slut -- you know, stuff Jerri knows a lot about. If you have a problem you want Jerri to answer, send them to sedaratives@believermag.com. As anyone who saw the Strangers with Candy episode "Ask Jerri" knows, this woman knows how to provide sage advice to her readers, even if it might result in teenage pregnancy and the attempted murder of your lover.

[via AmySedaris.com]

Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report is going extremely well and now, following in the footsteps of Bill "Papa Bear" O'Reilly and Jon Stewart (plus his team of Daily Show writers), Colbert will publish his thoughts in book-form so everyone can finally see Dickens isn't so hot after all. Mr. Colbert has signed a deal with Warner Books to pen a book under his cocky, know-it-all Colbert Report persona. The deal is speculated to be in the seven-figure range (ooh). He has previously contributed to books such as America (The Book) but expects to fly solo with this upcoming project.

I'm sure he will find success in this new venture, but I guarantee he will reach absolute literary super stardom (and possibly gain even a Pulitzer or two) once he gets around to publishing Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure.

AmySedaris.com, the unofficial official site of Amy Sedaris, writes that the woman herself says the Strangers with Candy movie will in fact see the light of day in June of this year. Right now, that's all she's a-sayin'. I wish I had more to report to you, but we should all just rejoice that we're going to get to spend at least a few more moments with the students and faculty of Flatpoint High. According to the IMDb page for the movie, there's going to be a slew of cameos. I have high hopes for this one, and a more realistic outlook that it'll be a very limited release.

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• And what exactly is going on with that Strangers With Candy movie?