Denver Diaries: A day at Invesco

Posted at 1:40 PM on August 26, 2008 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)
Filed under: The political conventions, The political conventions

MPR's information technology expert John Nicholson provides today's construction update from Invesco Field:

And engaged in a little star gazing while he was at it, capturing Anderson Cooper with who we believe to be Ratt.

Here, Cooper appears to be asking for a ride back to his hotel.

I don't really know who Ratt is, but, John, if you want to hang out there for a few days until Bruce Springsteen shows up, that'd be OK with me.

Holding the final night of the convention at Invesco Field is a big gamble, the Wall Street Journal reported today. There's so much money being poured into this that a rainstorm could ruin the entire convention for the Obama campaign.

However, the forecast says after some thunderstorms this afternoon, the hot weather will disappear and a cool front -- I'll defer to the Colorado people to tell me what constitutes cool in August in Colorado -- will settle in for the week and provide a more desirable backdrop on Thursday.

Update 1:55 p.m. MT - Colleague Steve Mullis says (in the comments section) these are the cast of The Daily Show, and -- in fact -- now that he mentions it, even I recognize Rob Riggle, the one guy remaining besides Jon Stewart and John Hodgman who still makes me laugh.

Nicholson provides a better photo:

Now I'm worried about Ratt? Where's Ratt?

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Comments (4)

I'm not sure who the guy on the left is, but the other three are Rob Riggle, Aasif Mandvi and Larry Wilmore of 'The Daily Show.'

Posted by Steve Mullis | August 26, 2008 2:17 PM

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Steve M, the guy is orange is Wyatt Cenac, the newest Daily Show correspondent.
These pictures are great- thanks for sharing, Bob!

Posted by Max | August 26, 2008 3:29 PM

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I miss Ed Helms.

Posted by Bob Collins | August 26, 2008 5:57 PM

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If only Jon, Rob, and the Hodge get a laugh out of you, you haven't been watching enough. ;^)

Awesome photos: thanks.

Posted by Magdolene Lives | August 27, 2008 2:02 PM

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