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l as being personally unpleasant 58 92 retirement from television edit on april 10 2014 it was announced that the real life colbert would be replacing david letterman as the host of cbs s the late show in 2015 it was also announced that the colbert report would be ending and colbert would not be using the character on the cbs show 8 following the announcement the character made a special surprise appearance on the april 23 2014 episode of the daily show to report that it has become clear to him that he has won television and changed the world the goal he originally set out to do and thus no longer feels the need to continue he expressed interest in taking over the late show after letterman retired but could not because they already gave it to some fat guy 59 60 during the final episode colbert accidentally kills lifelong friend and colleague grimmy in the final segment of cheating death after which he becomes immortal and uses his powers to fuel a star studded celebrity singalong of we ll meet again before boarding a sleigh driven by santa claus abraham lincoln and the man with all the answers 61 at the end of the show colbert tosses back to stewart at the daily show implying that the show s existence was just an extended correspondent report for the program 62 on the july 18 2016 episode of the late show with stephen colbert colbert is revealed to have been living with a now retired stewart in a remote cabin in a forest in the skit the real colbert visited stewart asking him to explain how donald trump became the 2016 republican nominee for president perplexed stewart turned to colbert the character who briefly returned to television to deliver an edition of the wørd explaining trump s appeal before turning the show back to that other guy the real colbert 63 on the july 27 episode the real colbert claimed that cbs s then sister company viacom had informed cbs that the character stephen colbert was their intellectual property and could not appear on the late show he then introduced stephen colbert s identical twin cousin a possible allusion to the patty duke show stephen colbert as a new member of the late show team 64 colbert stated the difference between him and the other colbert is they have birthmarks of the opposite olsen twins he returned for a w e rd segment on the late show on january 19 to beg obama to stay in office 65 a segment of the wørd appeared on the late show again in january 2023 66 presidential campaigns edit colbert 08 edit main article stephen colbert 2008 presidential campaign colbert dropped hints of a potential presidential run throughout 2007 with speculation intensifying following the release of his book i am america and so can you which was rumored invariably by colbert himself to be a sign that he was indeed testing the waters for a future bid for the white house colbert staunchly refused to confirm or deny his candidacy stating he had not yet made up his mind and must first talk the possibility over with his family colbert confirmed his presidential ambitions on his october 16 2007 show 67 stating his intention to run both on the republican and democratic platforms but only as a favorite son in his native south carolina in an interview with larry king he revealed that as his running mate he would consider mike huckabee who himself jokingly offered colbert the vice presidential position 68 69 he also speculated on the possibility of a colbert putin or colbert colbert ticket colbert abandoned plans to run as a republican due to the 35 000 fee required to file for the south carolina primary on november 1 2007 it was announced that he would not appear on the democratic primary ballot either after being deemed ineligible by the south carolina democratic party executive committee 70 several days later he announced that he was withdrawing from the race saying that he did not wish to put the country through an agonizing supreme court battle 71 the show went on hiatus immediately after this as a result of the writers guild of america strike when it returned to air on january 7 2008 without a writing staff the character justified his absence by stating that he had taken some time off to have a good cry about his failed presidential attempt he said that he had returned to air in celebration of huckabee s success in the iowa caucus something for which he considers himself personally responsible as huckabee has appeared on the report on numerous occasions to invite colbert to be his running mate 72 despite having withdrawn from the presidential race colbert continued to be referred to as an active candidate in the marvel universe colbert 08 paraphernalia appeared in the artwork of various marvel comics 73 and colbert himself teamed up with spider man in the october 2008 comic amazing spider man 573 74 on november 5 2008 marvel announced that its fictional newspaper the daily bugle was reporting colbert s victory over both john mccain and barack obama 75 several hours later marvel released a second daily bugle article correcting its initial reports stating that while colbert had won the popular vote obama had secured more electoral votes thus winning the presidency oops our bad said marvel s then editor in chief joe quesada of the confusion we completely forgot the marvel universe reflects what happens in the real world 76 2012 exploration for president of the united states of south carolina edit see also colbert super pac during the september 28 2011 episode of the colbert report colbert with the help of his lawyer set up his own 501 c 4 organization similar to american crossroads 77 as a super pac the organization can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations unions and other groups as well as wealthy individuals 78 79 with colbert as president of the colbert super pac the pac ran several political ads prior to the ames straw poll the first ad titled episode iv a new hope told iowans to write in rick parry instead of rick perry 80 81 and the second ad behind the green corn supported parry as well 82 83 during the january 12 2012 episode of the colbert report colbert announced his plans to form an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for his possible candidacy for president of the united states of south carolina in the process he transferred control of the super pac to jon stewart renaming it the definitely not coordinating with stephen colbert super pac since according to colbert s lawyer trevor potter it would definitely be illegal for colbert and stewart to coordinate their efforts in super pac activities a cbs news report called colbert s run essentially a joke saying the real significance of colbert s announcement may be the spotlight it puts on super pacs into which donors can pour unlimited money in order to support or attack candidates and thus influence election outcomes super pacs were made possible by the 2010 citizens united supreme court decision that effectively classified money as speech 84 colbert s timing was too late for his name to be added the south carolina primary ballot and south carolina law would not allow for write in candidates polling showed that 21 of the potential republican primary electorate reported they would be more likely to vote for former candidate herman cain who remained on the ballot if that vote served as encouragement for colbert 85 herman cain received 6 338 votes in the south carolina republican primary which was more than all the other withdrawn candidates received combined 86 on the next episode of the colbert report broadcast on january 23 2012 colbert boasted about passing the 1 threshold and for cain receiving many more votes in south carolina than in iowa and new hampshire colbert then announced that he would no longer be exploring a run for president of the united states of south carolina characteristics edit described as a caustic right wing bully 87 an arch conservative blowhard 88 and by his creator and namesake as a well intentioned poorly informed high status idiot colbert is egomaniacal xenophobic and fiercely anti intellectual he claims to be politically independent like his idol bill papa bear o reilly although in fact the character fawns over the bush administration and the republican party and frequently asks his guests george bush great president or the greatest president following the election of barack obama in 2008 colbert continued his right wing views but stated he would support our new president as long as he remains popular the real colbert emphasizes that his character is genuinely well meaning and wants to do the right thing but does not have the tools to achieve it because he has no curiosity he doesn t like to read and he won t listen to anybody except the voices in his head 89 colbert is deeply self centered and takes everything personally a trait which is reflected in his discussion of the news and current events according to the comedian there s nothing too large that doesn t involve him every news story is really about him everything he cares about is a news story because he cares about it this is expressed in his frequent attacks on and feuds with well known figures such as the decemberists sean penn conan o brien rain barry manilow tony bennett and don rickles the latter three of whom beat out colbert for best individual in a variety or music program at the emmys the comedian equates these feuds with bill o reilly s culture wars 16 central to colbert s personality is his rigid belief that what i say is right and nothing anyone else says could possibly be true 20 regardless of any evidence to the contrary he discussed this in the report s first wørd segment using the term truthiness as he explained what he perceives to be the difference between those who think with their head and those who know with their heart 90 he has further gone on to ascribe truthiness to other institutions including wikipedia which he believes upholds his view that reality can be determined by consensus opinion and often encourages viewers to use wikipedia to change reality colbert believes that if a majority of people want something to be true that thing therefore must become the truth for instance after months of scoffing at global warming colbert suddenly reversed his position conceding its existence only due to the box office success of an inconvenient truth a sign that the free market has spoken colbert describes himself as racially color blind to the point of being unable to visually identify a person s race 91 explaining now i don t see race people tell me i m white and i believe them because i own a lot of jimmy buffett albums 92 his race blindness is a recurring joke and this statement is often repeated on the show with different punch lines 93 for this same reason he believed that he was black when he had an emotional breakdown after watching obama s inauguration video he later qualified these statements in his book stating when i say i don t see race i mean i don t see black people but i can spot a mexican at a hundred paces 49 despite all these claims colbert often boasts that he has a large number of token minority friends including jon stewart as his jewish friend and oprah winfrey as his black friend although in the photos shown these friends appear decidedly uninterested in him he has stated a similar inability to distinguish between the sexes claiming to only see an american this comes in contradiction of his own sexist behavior for instance calling only on men during an open discussion with his audience on women s issues the comedian has said that he likes playing weak characters and particularly revealing weaknesses in high status figures 94 during the course of the show he will frequently peel back the colbert character s apparent bravado to expose a very weak inner core in one instance colbert demands one of his staff members subject him to simulated waterboarding only to break down into pleas for mercy upon hearing a water bottle cap popped 95 in another episode he criticizes the today show cohost matt lauer for saying that it s unacceptable for men to cry only to sob hysterically upon learning that katie couric has left the show these status shifts occur commonly and constitute a central component of the show s comedy 22 colbert frequently uses his show as a platform for promoting his own fictional merchandise including colognes 96 science fiction novels 97 medication 98 and his own sperm 99 2009 visit to baghdad iraq edit colbert receives an army haircut from four star general ray odierno during filming colbert arrived in baghdad iraq on june 5 2009 to film a week of shows called operation iraqi stephen going commando the episodes were filmed june 7 9 2009 sponsored by the uso united service organizations 100 al faw palace s rotunda was used for the filming of operation iraqi stephen colbert had a suit tailored for him in the army combat uniform pattern and went through an abbreviated version of the army s basic training regimen 101 the suit was specially tailored by brooks brothers 102 as a tribute to bob hope colbert brought a golf club on stage a hope trademark 100 the first episode included an interview with coalition forces commanding general ray odierno which was interrupted by u s president barack obama obama stated that if colbert really wanted to be a soldier along with his attendance to basic combat training he needed to have his hair shaved off obama then ordered general odierno to shave that man s head 103 general odierno then began to shave colbert s head the job was finished during the commercial break by one of colbert s staff members one army major said that shaving of the hair is an amazing show of support that was very touching 104 the episode also featured a message to the troops from u s senator john mccain with a friendly reminder to always remember to clean your muskets a lesson he claimed to have learned at valley forge as a reference to old age jokes that he faced during the 2008 presidential election 104 several other prominent politicians including former presidents bill clinton george h w bush and george w bush along with vice president joe biden and then alaska governor sarah palin recorded messages for the troops that were aired in subsequent episodes other appearances edit white house correspondents association dinner april 29 2006 58th primetime emmy awards presenter august 27 2006 night of too many stars an overbooked benefit for autism october 15 2006 friendly neighborhood spider man 15 december 20 2006 the o reilly factor in character interview january 18 2007 59th primetime emmy awards presenter september 16 2007 meet the press in character interview as presidential candidate october 21 2007 60th primetime emmy awards presenter september 21 2008 the amazing spider man 573 october 15 2008 74 105 late night with conan o brien february 4 2008 and february 17 2009 united states house judiciary subcommittee on immigration policy and enforcement september 24 2010 106 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