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ft to host the colbert report a spin off show satirizing personality driven political pundit programs he has also been featured in a number of other public performances most notably at the 2006 white house correspondents association dinner and as the author of the books i am america and so can you i am a pole and so can you and america again re becoming the greatness we never weren t colbert s performance attracted widespread critical attention and acclaim with a reviewer writing for time magazine calling it one of the greatest sustained performances in pop culture tv or otherwise 6 while a vulture reporter called him one of tv s greatest characters 7 on april 23 2014 the character appeared on the daily show to announce that he had clearly won television and would be ending the colbert report because he had met his goal this came after the real colbert announced that he would not be using the character when he replaced david letterman as the host of the late show on cbs in 2015 8 the final episode of the colbert report aired on december 18 2014 9 10 the character has made a few media appearances following the conclusion of the colbert report he made a cameo appearance in the house of cards season three episode chapter 27 which was released on february 27 2015 he returned for the august 6 2015 episode of the daily show to honor jon stewart on the final episode of stewart s original tenure on the series and has since made multiple appearances on the late show development and inspirations edit the dana carvey show edit colbert s earliest mainstream exposure came in the 1996 prime time sketch comedy program the dana carvey show while only lasting seven episodes it provided colbert with roles that would help forge his future onscreen persona this was largely due to its format of delivering sketch performances directly to the camera although they did not air several sketches inspired by the onion also had colbert playing a deadpan anchor delivering the news 11 in an interview with the new york times regarding the dana carvey show colbert noted if you have an opportunity to give it right to the audience there s a special connection that you make by looking at the camera upon the show s cancellation colbert was cast for the daily show by co creator madeleine smithberg this was thanks to his performance as a nauseated waiter on the dana carvey show 12 the daily show edit main article the daily show colbert appeared as a correspondent on the daily show between 1997 and 2005 during this time the comedian developed the character that would later form the basis for his colbert report persona one that its creator calls a fool who has spent a lot of his life playing not the fool 13 colbert frequently cites stone phillips whom he describes as having the greatest neck in journalism as a source of inspiration for the character as well as geraldo rivera because he s got this great sense of mission he just thinks he s gonna change the world with this report 14 as a correspondent colbert was regularly pitted against knowledgeable interview subjects fellow correspondent steve carell or host jon stewart in scripted exchanges which typically revealed the character s lack of knowledge of whatever subject he was discussing 5 other daily show correspondents have since adopted a similar style former correspondent rob corddry recalls that when he and ed helms first joined the show s cast in 2002 they just imitated stephen colbert for a year or two 15 the colbert report edit main article the colbert report in 2005 colbert left the daily show to host a spin off series entitled the colbert report a parody of personality driven political pundit programs such as fox news s the o reilly factor that center largely on the personal views of their hosts because of this enlarged role the personality and beliefs of the stephen colbert character have become more clearly defined over the course of the show complete with a fictitious backstory that has been revealed piecemeal in short monologues accompanying a part of the program the character colbert portrays in report originated as an amplification of his self important daily show correspondent as they developed the character and the show colbert and his staff began to look at some more specific models 16 bill o reilly whom the character affectionately nicknames papa bear 17 is the most commonly cited point of reference in a 2006 episode of the colbert report colbert remarked that if it wasn t for o reilly this show wouldn t exist 18 in adapting the character for the report colbert has also mentioned aaron brown anderson cooper sean hannity lou dobbs and joe scarborough as having an influence over his performance 19 20 references to the character s abuse of prescription drugs are believed to be an allusion to rush limbaugh s addiction to painkillers 16 the nightly in character guest interviews were initially of concern to colbert who worried his character s belligerent nature would be off putting to guests however he says that after the show s debut he found he was able to slide the intensity of his behavior depending on his interviewee s ability to respond to his aggressive approach colbert came to cite the interview segment as his favorite part of the show because it allowed him to improvise 21 colbert advised his guests to disabuse the character of his ignorance don t let me get away with anything don t try to play my game be real be passionate hold your ideas give me resistance give me traction i can work against 22 books and other media edit colbert is the central character in the 2007 book i am america and so can you co written with paul dinello and the writers of the colbert report i am america delves into what the character considers to be the most pressing issues facing america the book takes influence from the literary endeavors of the character s pundit models such as o reilly s the o reilly factor 2000 and hannity s deliver us from evil 2004 which colbert says he forced himself to read as a reference i am america is considered a pure extension of the report the written medium allowed the writers to employ different styles such as long format arguments that they could not have used on television you can actually spend 20 pages talking about religion whereas in the show two pages is about as long as we hold any one idea colbert explains in doing this the writers discovered things that the character cared about that they didn t know he cared about before 23 a character similar to colbert s daily show persona featured in the 2003 book wigfield the can do town that just may not by colbert dinello and amy sedaris russell hokes a self aggrandizing journalist was voiced by colbert in both stage performances of the text and the audiobook colbert likens hokes to his self important correspondent character but more extreme more self involved 24 colbert has also drawn a link between his character and jerri blank the protagonist of comedy central s strangers with candy 1999 2000 a show he created with dinello and sedaris there s a lot of jerri in the colbert report he was well intentioned just incredibly poorly informed and guided 25 non fictional elements edit certain elements of the character are drawn from the real colbert s personal life both the real colbert and the character were raised in charleston south carolina both are the youngest of 11 children both played dungeons dragons as teenagers and both are practicing catholics 13 colbert s own interest in and knowledge of religion science fiction and j r r tolkien s the lord of the rings story will often show through in the report his character has a chocolate portrait of viggo mortensen who portrayed aragorn in peter jackson s the lord of the rings films in a place of honor on his shelf mortensen briefly reprised the role of aragorn in the report s september 13 2007 episode 13 26 he also owns a sting sword presented to him by peter jackson 27 colbert occasionally mentioned his real life siblings on the show in one episode he placed his brother ed a lawyer who advises the international olympic committee on notice for refusing to grant the show the rights to air footage of a dispute between two american speed skaters 28 ed later appeared at the start of the february 22 2010 edition advising stephen on how to cover the vancouver winter olympics since his character does not have the television rights to the games footage from the richmond olympic oval was used after stephen was named a special advisor to the u s speedskating federation generally journalists covering the olympics do not have access to the venues unless their employer has the rights to olympic tv coverage citation needed when his sister elizabeth colbert busch declared her intention to run for congress he mentioned the event later when she was nominated to run against mark sanford and the msnbc show morning joe declared their support for sanford and mentioned colbert he defended his sister s campaign in an appearance at harvard university in 2006 colbert revealed that his character s fear of bears was in part inspired by a recurring dream he has had in which a bear is standing between him and his goal 22 the character s phobia which was initially referenced in the show s first threatdown skit was originally slated to be a fear of alligators by the time the report went to air the alligator story was several weeks old and the writers chose to use a more recent news item involving a bear in its place 23 after colbert received an honorary doctor of fine arts from knox college the show began listing his name in the ending credits as dr stephen t colbert d f a even though using both the honorific prefix and post nominal letters is incorrect during the show the character will sometimes refer to the degree and the qualifications he mistakenly believes it bestows upon him 29 in may 2007 colbert was voted the second most influential person in the world in a time magazine online poll the first spot was taken by rain a young k pop star with a large following in asia and the united states colbert then declared rain his arch nemesis and began mentioning him frequently on the report colbert filmed a satirical music video poking fun at rain s popular single how to avoid the sun and referencing several stereotypical south korean dishes and products the one sided feud eventually culminated in colbert challenging rain to a competition on air after telling colbert not to quit his day job rain appeared in a short segment on the show where he competed in and won a dance dance revolution dance off with colbert 30 both have been defeated by shigeru miyamoto in recent polls 31 though they still continue to be strong contenders as of on june 21 2007 colbert broke his left wrist on the set of the report while performing his warm up for the show 32 this quickly became a regular source of comedy on the show as the self absorbed character requested his audience send flowers launched a campaign against hollywood s supposed glorification of wrist violence and began a wrist awareness campaign with wriststrong silicone bracelets 33 on august 23 2007 the cast was removed on air and was put up for auction to the general public complete with celebrity signatures on ebay where it achieved a winning bid of 17 200 34 all of the proceeds from both the cast and the bracelets were donated to the yellow ribbon fund 35 in an interview with the buffalo news colbert said the weird thing about my character even on the show is sometimes i say what i mean it doesn t matter to me that the audience doesn t know when that is 36 on june 19 2013 colbert returned from an unplanned break of several days following the death of his 92 year old mother lorna colbert the emotional colbert started the show with a tribute to his mother in which he presented a brief biography of her life in photos accompanied by his eulogy of her 37 titles and styling edit over time the character has accumulated multiple titles and styles of address which can be summarized as her excellency the rev sir doctor stephen tyrone b mos def colbert dfa heavyweight champion of the world featuring flo rida la première dame de france he was granted an honorary doctorate of fine arts by knox college in 2006 38 giving him the title of doctor and use of the suffix dfa c this title was featured regularly during the recurring segment cheating death with dr stephen t colbert dfa on april 7 2009 colbert asked to be knighted by queen noor of jordan 39 who bestowed him with the title of sir colbert became an ordained minister on june 2 2011 granting himself the title of reverend 40 yasiin bey gave colbert permission to use his stage name mos def on october 5 2011 41 after mike tyson failed to appear for a scheduled interview with colbert on july 23 2013 colbert declared himself heavyweight champion of the world by default 42 and granted himself use of the title the asterisk denotes that he did not defeat tyson in an actual boxing match during the segment i tried to sign up for obamacare on october 23 2013 43 his name on the aca form included featuring flo rida her excellency was added to the title after colbert was seated next to michelle obama at a white house state dinner in february 2014 in which the then president of france françois hollande was not accompanied by a partner because it is customary that the first lady of a visiting nation is seated next to the first lady of the united states colbert proclaimed himself first lady of france on february 12 2014 44 fictional biography edit colbert avatar colbert s fictional history is not always rigidly adhered to by the show s writers the comedian himself says that my character s history may not always be perfectly consistent there s my bio and there s my character s bio and then there s my character s history which is slightly different than my character s bio 45 his early life prior to becoming host of the colbert report is expanded upon in i am america and so can you like the actor who portrays him stephen t colbert is the youngest of 11 children born into a devout catholic family the character s family was so devout in fact they sent their teenage son to an exorcism day camp located in canton ohio after they discovered he liked dungeons dragons in his in character appearance on the o reilly factor colbert stated that he is of irish descent and only adopted the french pronunciation of his surname to get the cultural elites on his side 46 colbert has made conflicting statements regarding his middle name which he has at different times stated to be tyrone colbert s actual middle name tiberius like that of captain james t kirk lee harvey 47 and qxyzzy 48 the character has said he was regularly beaten up in high school and by the time he left for college he was determined never to be a victim again as such on the first day of his freshman year he walked into class and punched the first person he saw unfortunately this happened to be his ...