Colbert to Paste BN: 'I enjoy your circles'

He likes us! Right now, he likes us!

"Oh, Paste BN? I enjoy your circles," Stephen Colbert told Paste BN's Marco della Cava backstage, fresh off his show's dual Emmy win.

For years, Colbert has poked gentle, hilarious fun at "The" Paste BN. When the paper unveiled its new circle logo last fall, the ribbing ratcheted up to a riotous level. Colbert claimed Paste BN could now only report news that's "circular in nature ... whether it be about planets, tractor tires, the Wheel of Fortune, pizza, bagels, pizza bagels or Cee Lo Green's head."

But under no circumstances could the paper report on a calamity of any other geometric nature. To wit: "If SpongeBob SquarePants ever chokes on a Dorito at the Pentagon, you won't read about it in The Paste BN."

The paper answered the challenge with a deftly drawn logo that managed to shove SpongeBob, the Pentagon and a triangular chip (mostly) into one circle, proving that yes, we could cover all, well, angles of the news.

Seems like Colbert has finally come around to the circle, too.