April 10, 2007

Ambassador Simonyi Plays the Hungarian Fibenare Guitar on Colbert Report


On April 10, Ambassador András Simonyi appeared again on Comedy Central's Colbert Report, a satyrical talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert. The Ambassador had already been a guest of the show on September, 2006 (see our summary on that here).
 

Stephen Colbert and Ambassador András Simonyi


This time, Stephen Colbert delivered offensive remarks at Hungarians on the April 9 show, in a mockery of the Imus scandal recently in media spotlight. Colbert also claimed that Hungarians could not play the guitar. In the April 10, he first repeatedly refused to apologize to Hungarians for his insults. Toward the end of the show, Ambassador Simonyi appeared only to prove Colbert wrong: he played the guitar at the cheering of the audience. In return of the eagle-headed guitar Simonyi gave him, Colbert agreed to apologize. He then asked Simonyi to "play us out" as the show neared the end.
 

The show can be viewed here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml
Click on "More Videos" and then search for the video "The Apology."

 

Ambassador on the Colbert Report


The guitar Ambassador Simonyi Colbert was made by Fibenare, a Hungarian guitar manufacturer run by the Benedek brothers, Attila, Csaba and Árpád. Their website can be found at:

http://www.fibenare-guitars.com or http://www.fibenare.hu
 

The eagle-headed "Steagle" guitar made by the Benedek brothers' Fibenare Guitar Manufacture