Naperville profiled on Colbert Report

Sort of, anyway. In his “Hometown Hero Town” spot, Stephen glowingly reviewed Naperville for a recent news story that profiled a tow truck service to tow you and your car home if you’re drunk. As Stephen noted, the cost is $85, but it’s $65 if you have a reservation. “Finally, folks, you can schedule your incapacitations. So thank you, Naperville, it’s so rare to promote road safety and binge drinking at the same time.”

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/syndicated_player/index.jhtmlIn our quest to reclaim our rightful place as the #1 city to raise a family (last year’s #2 spot was such a disappointment!), clearly the local businesses are pulling out all the stops.

(Hat tip to Bowen for letting me know about this, I missed it last night.)

3 responses to “Naperville profiled on Colbert Report”

  1. […] new downtown Naperville towing service has become the source of jokes for its pitch that if you get too drunk they’ll tow your car and take you home – but if you […]

  2. Wow! Thanks for blogging this. I just heard the trailer for it on comedy central but then they no longer had that sequence up. I can't believe it hurt them at all back when you could see Colbert & Dawkins on YouTube…

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