Def Leppard, Bad Company Jokes Flow as Stephen Colbert’s Twitter Feed is “Hacked” by VH1 Classic

Stephen Colbert poked gentle fun at some classic rock bands on Twitter as an extension of a comedy bit on Comedy Central’s ‘The Colbert Report’ the other night (Feb. 21). Def Leppard, Bad Company and Meat Loaf were among those satirized.

In a segment that dealt with the recent hacking of Burger King’s Twitter account, Colbert noted that MTV and BET had fake-hacked each other’s account in a cross-marketing publicity stunt between the two networks, which are both owned by Viacom (as is Comedy Central). “The only thing more shocking would have been if one of them had shown a music video…we were duped by vertically integrated platform synergies,” he joked.

After consulting with “Glenn,” his “Director of Teen Outreach and Internet Security,” Colbert learned that his show’s account (@StephenAtHome) got hacked by another Viacom property, VH1 Classic. For the next eight hours, Colbert’s 4.5 million subscribers received tweets about many of the acts whose videos are shown on the network, accompanied by the hashtag “#VH1ClassicHack.”

“I just hope we can fix this terrible security breach before it increases brand awareness for our interconnected entertainment platforms,” he said.

Below are some of the tweets sent out by Colbert.

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Finally found out the one thing Meat Loaf won’t do for love! Now how can I UN-find it out? #itinvolvestheloaf #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

As Robert Palmer said, Might as well face it, I’m addicted to cross platform synergy! #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Styx and the Stones may break my bones, but who cares?! Crank it up and rip off the knob! #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Uh-oh. Just got some sugar poured on me. #Ilovehearingimpairedjunglecats #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

(Long wailing guitar solo that ends with guitarist rubbing his groin on the camera lens) #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Due to their advanced age, Bad Company now just feels like making soup. #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Nope! It’s a network playing the hits of the 70s-80s-90s & years in between! #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

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The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades. Also due to a nasty case of pink-eye.#VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Watched videos from Berlin, Asia, Chicago. Still can’t find my luggage, thinking maybe Toto took it to Kansas. #VH1ClassicHack

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 22, 2013

Source: Def Leppard, Bad Company Jokes Flow as Stephen Colbert’s Twitter Feed is “Hacked” by VH1 Classic