Update: The copyright nazis removed it. I’m sure making this video inaccessible to people benefits them in some unfathomable way, but since it is unfathomable, I can’t fathom how.
Update 2: You can watch it here.
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Neil is such a rock star now.
I don’t know why, but when I was watching this video, the most ingenious idea (to me) popped into my head:
I have a huge disdain for reality shows, but we totally need a Survivor: Creationists vs. Evolutionists.
I find it a little boring.
Wars of faiths are real though, even the wars of hatred of so-called Gods without faiths.
I am such a Neil Gaiman fangirl. A couple years ago after at a book signing, he had been given Raisinets earlier in the line but didn’t particularly want them, so handed them off to me. I was absurdly excited about that :P
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim.”
:(
I thought Gaiman was brilliant on the Colbert show. I think you can probably still watch the video on Colbert’s site.
Sorry for the double-post, but here’s the link to the video on Colbert’s site.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221843/march-16-2009/neil-gaiman
It’s got a geo-block that only allows US addresses to view it. The Canadian site (comedycentral.ca) doesn’t work for me either. Probably because I’m not using Windows (TM gack ptui.) They can go f**ck themselves with their DRM.
He was incredibly friendly to me and my sister, especially considering it was at the end of 4 hours of signing books. He even drew a fish in the copy of “I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish” that we had him sign for our nieces/nephew.
I’m a bit jealous that you work for an author–I love reading and authors are my favorite celebrities. Can you name who you work for?
BTW I love your blog!
I too can’t access the video here in canada on comedy central. What a bunch of scumbags – as if leaving the video on youtube would actually make any difference. I did see the clip when it was broadcast and was especially impressed when Steven Colbert rattled of a few verses of “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” after Gaiman cited Tolkien as his major influence.
Neil Gaiman is underwriting Scientology. The Scientologists list Neil Gaiman in the Cornerstone Newsletter along with Mary Gaiman, as contributing $35,000.00 in 2009. Being listed in the Cornerstone Newsletter means you are in good-standing with the cult.
In 2010, Mary Gaiman was awarded the “Gold Humanitarian Award” for her contribution of $500,000.00 to Scientology. This is significant because Mary Gaiman continues to be Neil Gaiman’s business partner in The Blank Corporation, which is now Neil Gaiman’s Scientology front and how he pays the cult.
Gaiman is also the “Vitamin Heir” of Scientology. The Gaiman family owns G&G Vitamins which reaps 6 million a year from selling The Purification Rundown Vitamins.
Gaiman’s two sisters, Claire Edwards and Lizzie Calciole are not just high-ranking Scientologists, they are the head of RECRUITING and the head of Wealden House, the Scientology stronghold in East Grinstead. These two cannot associate with Neil unless he is in good standing.
Neil gaiman is a duplicitous, lying, scientology thug who is in a marriage arranged by the cult. He believes in nothing and cheats his way through life. His awards are bought by the cult and his choice to write children’s material is laughable, since he is a pervert who writes mutilation death porn books with his transvestite partner Amanda Palmer.
I also abhor reality tv – but I would so watch that!
My favourite part would be telegraphing the inevitable and untiring – creationists lose: “It was God’s Will to test our faith” and creationists win: We prayed and God was on our side” – win-win outcome.
Do you still have them?
Ate them, actually; kept the box until someone else threw it away on accident. But I have his autograph in a couple books now, so that’s the best :)
A lot of my friends know him, and he works with my boss (I work for an author) every now and then on something, but I’ve never met him. I hear he’s a pretty down to earth guy in person.
I’d love to get my Coraline signed.
He was incredibly friendly to me and my sister, especially considering it was at the end of 4 hours of signing books. He even drew a fish in the copy of “I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish” that we had him sign for our nieces/nephew.
I’m a bit jealous that you work for an author–I love reading and authors are my favorite celebrities. Can you name who you work for?
Not on a public website dedicated to atheism. :)
His publishers might not like that brand of publicity.