Stephen Colbert

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Colbert originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theater when he met famed Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy series Exit 57.

Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted, gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. It was his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show, however, that first introduced him to a wide audience.

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Sommaire 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career in comedy 2.2 Strangers with Candy 2.3 The Daily Show 2.4 The Colbert Report 2.5 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner 2.6 Other work 3 Announced 2008 Presidential bid 4 Personal life 5 Awards and honors 6 Filmography 7 See also 8 Notes and references 9 External links

Early life

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Colbert sometimes comedically refers to his surname as French, but his family is actually of Irish descent.<ref name="dowd"/> Originally, the name was pronounced "KHOL-bert"; Colbert's father wanted to pronounce the name "Khol-BARE," maintaining the "KHOL-bert" pronunciation only out of respect for his own father. As a result, James Colbert offered his children the option to pronounce the name whichever way they preferred.<ref name="charlestonian"/> Stephen started using "Khol-BARE" later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University, taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him.<ref name="dowd"/>

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Career

Early career in comedy

While at Northwestern, Colbert studied with the intent of becoming a dramatic actor; mostly he performed in experimental plays and was uninterested in comedy. He began performing improvisation at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago as a part of Del Close's ImprovOlympic at a time when the project was focused on competitive, long form improvisation, rather than improvisational comedy. "I wasn't gonna do Second City," Colbert later recalled, "because those Annoyance people looked down on Second City because they thought it wasn't pure improv—there was a slightly snobby, mystical quality to the Annoyance people."<ref name="avclub"/> After Colbert graduated in 1986, however, he was in need of a job, and a friend who was employed at Second City's box office offered him work answering phones and selling souvenirs.<ref name="ign"/> Colbert accepted, and discovered that Second City employees were entitled to take classes at their training center for free.<ref name="avclub"/> Despite his earlier aversion to the comedy group, he signed up for improvisation classes, and enjoyed the experience greatly.

Shortly thereafter, he was hired to perform with Second City's touring company, initially as an understudy for Steve Carell. It was there he met Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, with whom he often collaborated later in his career. By their retelling, the three comedians did not get along at first—Dinello thought Colbert was uptight, pretentious and cold, while Colbert thought of Dinello as "an illiterate thug"<ref name="wiggingout"> Jevens , Darel

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www.salon.com/09/reviews/carvey1.html|title = Dana Carvey bites the hand that feeds him|first = Joyce|last = Millman|publisher = Salon.com|date = February 15, 1996|accessdate = 2006-11-25}}</ref> Colbert then worked briefly as a freelance writer for Saturday Night Live with Robert Smigel. Smigel also brought his animated sketch The Ambiguously Gay Duo to SNL from The Dana Carvey Show; Colbert provided the voice of Ace on both series, opposite Steve Carell as Gary. Needing money, he also worked as a script consultant for VH1 and MTV, before taking a job filming humorous correspondent segments for Good Morning America.<ref name="ign"/> Only two of the segments he proposed were ever produced, and only one aired, but the job led his agent to refer him to The Daily Show's then-producer, Madeline Smithberg, who hired Colbert on a trial basis in 1997.<ref name="mediabistro">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a238.asp|title = So What Do You Do, Stephen Colbert?|first = Jacqueline|last = Schneider|publisher = Mediabistro.com|date = May 6, 2003|accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref>//www.salon.com/09/reviews/carvey1.html|title = Dana Carvey bites the hand that feeds him|first = Joyce|last = Millman|publisher = Salon.com|date = February 15, 1996|accessdate = 2006-11-25}}</ref> Colbert then worked briefly as a freelance writer for Saturday Night Live with Robert Smigel. Smigel also brought his animated sketch The Ambiguously Gay Duo to SNL from The Dana Carvey Show; Colbert provided the voice of Ace on both series, opposite Steve Carell as Gary. Needing money, he also worked as a script consultant for VH1 and MTV, before taking a job filming humorous correspondent segments for Good Morning America.<ref name="ign"/> Only two of the segments he proposed were ever produced, and only one aired, but the job led his agent to refer him to The Daily Show's then-producer, Madeline Smithberg, who hired Colbert on a trial basis in 1997.<ref name="mediabistro">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a238.asp|title = So What Do You Do, Stephen Colbert?|first = Jacqueline|last = Schneider|publisher = Mediabistro.com|date = May 6, 2003|accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref>

Strangers with Candy

Main article: Strangers with Candy

During the same time frame, Colbert worked again with Sedaris and Dinello to develop a new comedy series for Comedy Central, Strangers with Candy. Comedy Central picked up the series in 1998 after Colbert had already begun working on The Daily Show. As a result he accepted a reduced role, filming only around twenty Daily Show segments a year while he worked on the new series.<ref name="ign"/>

online.tvguide.com/detail/movie.aspx?tvobjectid=281396&more=ucmoviereview|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref> Colbert served as a main writer alongside Sedaris and Dinello, as well as portraying Jerri's strict but uninformed history teacher, Chuck Noblet, seen throughout the series dispensing inaccurate information to his classes. Colbert has likened this to the character he played on The Daily Show and later The Colbert Report, claiming that he has a very specific niche in portraying "poorly informed, high-status idiot" characters.<ref name="25questions"/> Another running joke throughout the series was that Noblet, a closeted homosexual, was having a "secret" affair with fellow teacher Geoffrey Jellineck despite the fact that their relationship was apparent to everyone around them. This obliviousness also appears in Colbert's Daily Show and Colbert Report character.//online.tvguide.com/detail/movie.aspx?tvobjectid=281396&more=ucmoviereview|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref> Colbert served as a main writer alongside Sedaris and Dinello, as well as portraying Jerri's strict but uninformed history teacher, Chuck Noblet, seen throughout the series dispensing inaccurate information to his classes. Colbert has likened this to the character he played on The Daily Show and later The Colbert Report, claiming that he has a very specific niche in portraying "poorly informed, high-status idiot" characters.<ref name="25questions"/> Another running joke throughout the series was that Noblet, a closeted homosexual, was having a "secret" affair with fellow teacher Geoffrey Jellineck despite the fact that their relationship was apparent to everyone around them. This obliviousness also appears in Colbert's Daily Show and Colbert Report character.

www.metacritic.com/film/titles/strangerswithcandy?q=strangers%20with%20candy|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref>//www.metacritic.com/film/titles/strangerswithcandy?q=strangers%20with%20candy|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref>

The Daily Show

Main article: The Daily Show

Stephen Colbert joined the cast of Comedy Central's parody-news series The Daily Show in 1997, when the show was in its second season. Originally one of four "correspondents" who filmed segments from remote locations in the style of network news field reporters, Colbert was referred to as "the new guy" on-air for his first two years on the show, during which time Craig Kilborn served as host. When Kilborn left the show prior to the 1999 season, Jon Stewart took over hosting duties, also serving as a writer and co-executive. From this point, the series gradually began to take on a more political tone and increase in popularity, particularly in the latter part of the 2000 U.S. presidential election season. The roles of the show's correspondents were expanded to include more in-studio segments, as well as international reports which were almost always done in the studio with the aid of a greenscreen.<ref name="ign"/>

www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1126747,00.html}}</ref> Colbert developed a correspondent character for his pieces on the series. Colbert has described his correspondent character as "a fool who has spent a lot of his life playing not the fool"—one who is able to cover it at least well enough to deal with the subjects that he deals with.<ref name="ign"/> Colbert was frequently pitted against knowledgeable interview subjects, or against Stewart in scripted exchanges, with the resultant dialogue demonstrating the character's lack of knowledge of whatever subject he is discussing.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="steinberg">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/arts/television/12colb.html?ei=5088&en=262a857c34eb149f&ex=1286769600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print|title = The News Is Funny, as a Correspondent Gets His Own Show|first = Jacques|last = Steinberg|publisher = The New York Times|date = October 12, 2005|accessdate = 2006-07-13}}</ref> Colbert also made generous use of humorous fallacies of logic in explaining his point of view on any topic. Other Daily Show correspondents have adopted a similar style, and the convention of having more character-driven correspondent segments, with Stewart serving as a kind of straight-man foil, is now generally accepted as a part of the show's format.//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1126747,00.html}}</ref> Colbert developed a correspondent character for his pieces on the series. Colbert has described his correspondent character as "a fool who has spent a lot of his life playing not the fool"—one who is able to cover it at least well enough to deal with the subjects that he deals with.<ref name="ign"/> Colbert was frequently pitted against knowledgeable interview subjects, or against Stewart in scripted exchanges, with the resultant dialogue demonstrating the character's lack of knowledge of whatever subject he is discussing.<ref name="ign"/><ref name="steinberg">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/arts/television/12colb.html?ei=5088&en=262a857c34eb149f&ex=1286769600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print|title = The News Is Funny, as a Correspondent Gets His Own Show|first = Jacques|last = Steinberg|publisher = The New York Times|date = October 12, 2005|accessdate = 2006-07-13}}</ref> Colbert also made generous use of humorous fallacies of logic in explaining his point of view on any topic. Other Daily Show correspondents have adopted a similar style, and the convention of having more character-driven correspondent segments, with Stewart serving as a kind of straight-man foil, is now generally accepted as a part of the show's format.

Colbert has appeared in several recurring segments for The Daily Show, including "Even Stephven" with Steve Carell, in which both characters were expected to debate a selected topic but instead would unleash their anger at one another. Colbert also commonly hosted "This Week in God," a report on topics in the news pertaining to religion, presented with the help of the "God Machine." Colbert also filed reports from the floor of the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention as a part of The Daily Show's award-winning coverage of the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Presidential elections; many from the latter were included as part of their The Daily Show: Indecision 2004 DVD release. In several episodes of The Daily Show, Colbert filled in as anchor in the absence of Jon Stewart, including the full week of 3 March 2002, when Stewart was scheduled to host Saturday Night Live. After Colbert left the show, the duty of filling in for Stewart was assumed by Rob Corddry until his departure in August 2006. Corddry also took over "This Week in God" segments, although a recorded sample of Colbert's voice is still used as the sound effect for the God Machine. Later episodes of The Daily Show have reused older Colbert segments under the label "Klassic Kolbert." Colbert won three Emmys as a writer of The Daily Show in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

The Colbert Report

Main article: The Colbert Report

www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060327fa_fact|title = Bill O'Reilly's baroque period.|first = Nicholas|last = Lemann|publisher = The New Yorker|date = March 27, 2006|accessdate = 2006-07-08}}</ref><ref name ="avclub"/> Colbert hosts the show in-character as a blustery right-wing pundit, generally considered to be an extension of his character on The Daily Show. Conceived by co-creators Stewart, Colbert, and Ben Karlin in part as an opportunity to explore "the character-driven news," the series focuses less on the day-to-day news style of the Daily Show, instead frequently concentrating on the foibles of the host-character himself.//www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060327fa_fact|title = Bill O'Reilly's baroque period.|first = Nicholas|last = Lemann|publisher = The New Yorker|date = March 27, 2006|accessdate = 2006-07-08}}</ref><ref name ="avclub"/> Colbert hosts the show in-character as a blustery right-wing pundit, generally considered to be an extension of his character on The Daily Show. Conceived by co-creators Stewart, Colbert, and Ben Karlin in part as an opportunity to explore "the character-driven news," the series focuses less on the day-to-day news style of the Daily Show, instead frequently concentrating on the foibles of the host-character himself.

www.medialifemagazine.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=121&num=778|title = The wit and sense of 'Colbert Report'|publisher = Media Life|first = Toni|last = Fitzgerald|date = October 20, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref> The series opened to strong ratings, averaging 1.2 million viewers nightly during its first week on the air. Comedy Central signed a long-term contract for The Colbert Report within its first month on the air, when it immediately established itself among the network's highest-rated shows.<ref name="renewal">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c33acca3-6b28-487b-9646-4dc75dc1fd7f|first = Charlie|last = Amter|title = Comedy Central Keeps Colbert|publisher = E! Online|date = November 2, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref><ref name=newsweek1>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9767517/site/newsweek/|title = Life, The Docudrama|first = Tom|last = Masland|work = Newsweek|publisher = MSNBC|date = October 21, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref>//www.medialifemagazine.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=121&num=778|title = The wit and sense of 'Colbert Report'|publisher = Media Life|first = Toni|last = Fitzgerald|date = October 20, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref> The series opened to strong ratings, averaging 1.2 million viewers nightly during its first week on the air. Comedy Central signed a long-term contract for The Colbert Report within its first month on the air, when it immediately established itself among the network's highest-rated shows.<ref name="renewal">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c33acca3-6b28-487b-9646-4dc75dc1fd7f|first = Charlie|last = Amter|title = Comedy Central Keeps Colbert|publisher = E! Online|date = November 2, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref><ref name=newsweek1>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9767517/site/newsweek/|title = Life, The Docudrama|first = Tom|last = Masland|work = Newsweek|publisher = MSNBC|date = October 21, 2005|accessdate = 2007-07-11}}</ref>

www.colbertnation.com/cn/stephens-bio.php|publisher = Comedy Central|accessdate =2007-06-15}}//www.colbertnation.com/cn/stephens-bio.php|publisher = Comedy Central|accessdate =2007-06-15}} </ref> The actual Colbert's career history in acting and comedy is often downplayed, however.

2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Main article: Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=4791|title = Stephen Colbert Has Brass Cojones|author = Morford, Mark|publisher = SF Gate|date = May 1, 2006|accessdate = 2006-06-01}}</ref>—in front of an audience the Associated Press called a "Who's Who of power and celebrity"<ref name="ap-2006.04.30">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043000147.html|coauthor = Associated Press|work=The Washington Post|first = Elizabeth|last = White|title = Bush Plays Straight Man to His Lookalike|date = April 30, 2006|accessdate = 2006-06-03}}</ref>—Colbert delivered a controversial, searing routine targeting the president and the media.<ref name="editor-and-publisher-2006.04.29">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.banderasnews.com/0605/wr-colbert.htm|publisher = Editor & Publisher|title = Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner—President Not Amused?|date = April 29, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-07}}</ref> In his politically conservative character from The Colbert Report, Colbert satirized the George W. Bush Administration and the White House press corps with such lines as://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=4791|title = Stephen Colbert Has Brass Cojones|author = Morford, Mark|publisher = SF Gate|date = May 1, 2006|accessdate = 2006-06-01}}</ref>—in front of an audience the Associated Press called a "Who's Who of power and celebrity"<ref name="ap-2006.04.30">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043000147.html|coauthor = Associated Press|work=The Washington Post|first = Elizabeth|last = White|title = Bush Plays Straight Man to His Lookalike|date = April 30, 2006|accessdate = 2006-06-03}}</ref>—Colbert delivered a controversial, searing routine targeting the president and the media.<ref name="editor-and-publisher-2006.04.29">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.banderasnews.com/0605/wr-colbert.htm|publisher = Editor & Publisher|title = Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner—President Not Amused?|date = April 29, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-07}}</ref> In his politically conservative character from The Colbert Report, Colbert satirized the George W. Bush Administration and the White House press corps with such lines as: www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/01/colbert/index_np.html|title = The truthiness hurts|first = Michael|last = Scherer|publisher = Salon.com|date = May 2, 2006|accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref>}}//www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/01/colbert/index_np.html|title = The truthiness hurts|first = Michael|last = Scherer|publisher = Salon.com|date = May 2, 2006|accessdate = 2006-10-22}}</ref>}}

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/05/02/BL2006050200755.html|accessdate = 2006-05-07|publisher = The Washington Post|title = The Colbert Blackout|first = Dan|last = Froomkin|date = May 2, 2006}}</ref><ref name="nocomment">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite 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name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302202.html|date = May 4,2006|title = So Not Funny|publisher = The Washington Post|last = Cohen|first = Richard|accessdate = 2007-04-15}}</ref> The video of Colbert's performance became an Internet and media sensation,<ref name="cnet">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6068398.html|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = CNET|title = Video of Presidential roast attracts big Web audience|date = May 3, 2006|author = Sandoval, Greg}}</ref><ref name="nytimes-2006.05.22">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.nytimes.com/2006/05/22/business/media/22colbert.html|title = That After-Dinner Speech remains a favorite dish|publisher = The New York Times|first = Noam|last = Cohen|date = May 22, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-22}}</ref> and ratings for The Colbert Report rose 37% in the week following the speech.<ref name="nypost">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, 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2006|accessdate = 2006-05-07|title = Stephen Colbert's Attack On Bush Gets A Big 'No Comment' From U.S. Media|first = Gil|last = Kaufman|publisher = MTV News}}</ref> Richard Cohen, also writing for The Washington Post, responded by claiming that Colbert did not get media attention because the routine was not funny.<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite 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Other work

Stephen Colbert is co-author of the satirical text-and-picture novel Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not, which was published in 2003 by Hyperion Books. The novel was a collaboration between Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello, and tells the story of a small town threatened by the impending destruction of a massive dam. The narrative is presented as a series of fictional interviews with the town's residents, accompanied by photos. The three authors toured performing an adaptation of Wigfield on stage the same year the book was released.<ref> Metz , Nina

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Colbert filled in for Sam Seder on the second episode of The Majority Report on Air America Radio, and has also done reports for The Al Franken Show. He performed the opening narration of the play Hedwig and the Angry Inch on a CD compilation of music from and inspired by the play and film. Colbert read the part of Leopold Bloom in Bloomsday on Broadway XXIV: Love Literature Language Lust: Leopold's Women Bloom on June 16, 2005 at Symphony Space in New York City.<ref name="TimeOut"/> He appeared in a series of TV commercials for General Motors, as a not-too-bright investigator searching for the elusive (and non-existent in real life) "Mr. Goodwrench." He also portrayed the letter Z in Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet, a 2005 video release.

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Announced 2008 Presidential bid

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On October 15, 2007, Colbert appeared on Larry King Live to discuss his new book, as well as rumors stating that he was interested in running for president.

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On October 29, 2007, Colbert took to the campaign trail in the South Carolina state capital of Columbia, and was presented with the key to the city by Mayor Bob Coble. Colbert declared to cheering crowds that "I love South Carolina almost as much as South Carolina loves me!", and that his slogan for improving the state in the 21st century will be "First to secede, first to succeed".

On the October 31, 2007 episode of The Colbert Report, Colbert announced that he would no longer be seeking a spot on the Republican Party ballot, primarily because he was unwilling to write a $35,000 check to the Republican Party, but also because spending more than $5,000 on his campaign would make him subject to greater levels of Federal Election Law. On the same episode, Colbert reaffirmed his bid for a Democratic ballot spot by displaying a photograph of himself holding a $2,500 personal check made out to the Democratic Party, as well as a notarized application form for the Democratic ballot.

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Personal life

Although by his own account he was not particularly political before joining the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert is a self-described Democrat.<ref name="smirk">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/09/AR2005100901551.html|title = TV's Newest Anchor: A Smirk in Progress|first = Howard|last = Kurtz|authorlink= Howard Kurtz|publisher = The Washington Post|date = October 10, 2005|accessdate = 2006-08-11}}</ref><ref name="EW">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,677356_3%7C21904%7C%7C0_0_,00.html|title = "Show" Off|first = Mandi|last = Bierly|publisher = Entertainment Weekly|date = July 22, 2006|accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref> In an interview at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Institute of Politics, he stated that he has "no problems with Republicans, just Republican policies."<ref name="Google Video">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5550134133036374310|title = A Conversation With Stephen Colbert|publisher = Harvard Institute of Politics|date = October 01, 2006|accessdate = 2007-06-06}}</ref> He is also a practicing Roman Catholic,<ref name=TimeOut/> as well as a Sunday school teacher.<ref>Interview with Stephen Colbert on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. NBC (June 14, 2006).</ref><ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/03/colbert_seeks_r.html|title = Colbert Seeks Rapport With GOPers|first = Marc|last = Ambinder|publisher = The Hotline|date = March 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-08-13}}</ref>

Colbert lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert, who appeared with him in an episode of Strangers with Candy as his mother. She also had an uncredited cameo as a nurse in the series pilot, along with a credited one (as his wife, Clair) in the Strangers with Candy movie. McGee-Colbert actually met Jon Stewart, later a good friend of Colbert, before she met her husband in 1990. The couple have three children: Madeline, Peter, and John, all of whom have appeared on The Daily Show.<ref name="child">time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.child.com/child/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/child/story/data/colbert.xml|title = The King of Comedy|first = Marisa|last = Milanese|publisher = Child|date = March, 2004|accessdate = 2006-08-11}}</ref> Colbert prefers, however, that his children not watch his show, The Colbert Report, saying, "Kids can't understand irony or sarcasm, and I don't want them to perceive me as insincere."<ref>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.

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Awards and honors

Colbert was the recipient of three Emmy Awards as a writer for The Daily Show in 2004, 2005, and 2006, along with the rest of the Daily Show writers. He was also nominated for three Emmys for The Colbert Report in 2006, including "Best Performance in a Variety, Musical Program or Special," which he lost to Barry Manilow. Manilow and Colbert would go on to jokingly sign and notarize a revolving biannual "custody agreement" for the Emmy on the Colbert Report episode aired on October 30, 2006. He lost the same category to Tony Bennett at the 2007 Emmys.

In 2005 and 2006 Colbert was nominated for Satellite Awards for his performance on The Colbert Report. He was also nominated by the Television Critics Association for a TCA Award for The Colbert Report in 2006. Colbert received two Peabody Awards for his work on The Daily Show: Indecision 2000 and Indecision 2004.

In January 2006, the American Dialect Society named truthiness, which Colbert featured on the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, as its 2005 Word of the Year. Colbert devoted time on five successive episodes to bemoaning the failure of the Associated Press to mention his role in popularizing the word truthiness in its news coverage of the Word of the Year.<ref name=ADO>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/truthiness_voted_2005_word_of_the_year/|title = Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year|publisher = American Dialect Society|date = January 6, 2006|accessdate = 2007-04-15}}</ref><ref name=newsweek2>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11182033/site/newsweek/|title = The Truthiness Teller|first = Marc|last = Peyser|work = Newsweek|publisher=MSNBC|date = February 16, 2006|accessdate = 2006-02-18}}</ref> On December 9, 2006, Merriam-Webster also announced that it selected truthiness as its Word of the Year for 2006. Votes were accepted on their website, and according to poll results, truthiness won by a five-to-one margin.<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235621,00.html|title = 'Truthiness' Pronounced 2006 Word of the Year|date = December 8, 2006|author=Associated Press|publisher = Fox News Channel|accessdate = 2007-05-10}}</ref>

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Time named Stephen Colbert as one of the 100 most influential people in 2006.<ref name="time100" /> In May 2006, New York magazine listed Colbert (and Jon Stewart) as one of its top dozen influential persons in media.<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16926/|title = The Influentials: Media|publisher=New York|date = May 15, 2006|accessdate = 2007-04-15}}</ref> On March 3, 2007, Colbert was named "Person of the Year" by the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.<ref>You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.

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Colbert was named "2nd Sexiest TV News Anchor" in September 2006 by Maxim Online, next to Mélissa Theuriau of France. He was the only man on the list.<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=2514&imgCollectId=121|title = TV's Sexiest News Anchors|publisher = Maxim Online|date = September, 2006|accessdate = 2006-11-22}}</ref> In November 2006, he was named a "sexy surprise" by People in the Sexiest Man Alive honors.<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/15/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main2183165.shtml|title = George Clooney Named 'Sexiest Man Alive'|publisher = CBS News|date = November 15, 2006|accessdate = 2006-11-16}}</ref> In the December 2006 issue of GQ, Colbert is also named one of GQ's "Men of the Year."<ref>time-blog.com/tuned_in/2006/05/stephen_colbert_and_the_death.html|title = Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room"|first = James|last = Poniewozik|date = May 3, 2006|accessdate = 2006-05-08|publisher = Time}}</ref> Writing six months later, New York Times columnist Frank Rich referred to Colbert's speech as a "cultural primary" and christened it the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.<ref name="nytimes-truthiness-bums">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//select.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05rich.html</ref><ref name="washpost-bubble-trouble">Modèle:Cite webwww.thestate.com/news/story/212594.html</ref><ref name="key2">Modèle:Cite web//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/11/07/BL2006110700726 5.html</ref>//men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_5188|title = Men of the Year 2006|work = GQ|publisher = Style.com|date = November 13, 2006|accessdate = 2006-11-15}}</ref>

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Shock Asylum	Dr. Dewalt	Short film
	The Daily Show	Correspondent Stephen Colbert
1999	Let It Snow	Happy Successful Guy	Also known as Snow Days
	Strangers with Candy (television)	Chuck Noblet
2000	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Myron Reducto, Phil Ken Sebben, The Eagle of Truth
2003	Nobody Knows Anything	TV Newsman
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Angry Tourist	Uncredited
2005	The Great New Wonderful	Mr. Peersall
	Bewitched	Stu Robison
	Outlaw Tennis	Announcer	Video game
	The Colbert Report	Stephen Colbert
2006	Strangers with Candy (film)	Chuck Noblet

See also

• Stephen Colbert (character)
• Wikipedia in culture

Notes and references

External links

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