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| | runtime = 24 minutes | |||
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| | website = http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml | |||
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| '''''The Colbert Report''''' (] {{IPA|/koʊl.ˈbɛɹ ɹə.ˈpɔɹ/}})<ref> Or '''''Colber Repor'''''; Colbert leaves the ''t'' sound off ''Report'' to match the pronunciation of his surname, but will often overpronounce the ''t'' in other uses of the word - most commonly as in "a Colbert Report Special Repor''t''".</ref> is an ] ] ] on ] that stars comedian ], best known previously as a senior ] for '']''. ''The Colbert Report'' is a spinoff of ''The Daily Show'' that ] personality-driven ] programs, particularly ]' '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060327fa_fact|title=Bill O'Reilly's baroque period.|first=Nicholas|last=Lemann|publisher=The New Yorker|date=], ]|accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705|title=Stephen Colbert interview|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=], ]|accessdate=2006-07-10}}</ref> Like ''The Daily Show'', ''The Report'' critiques politics and the media, but focuses on the commentary of ], a right-wing, "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot" inspired by cable news personalities, particularly ].<ref name="NYTIMES25Q">{{cite news|first=Deborah|last=Solomon|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/magazine/25questions.html|title=Funny About the News|work=New York Times Magazine|date=]|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref><ref name="NewsweekTruthinessTeller">{{cite news| first=Marc| last=Peyser| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11182033/site/newsweek/| title=The Truthiness Teller| work=Newsweek| date=]| accessdate=2006-03-25}}</ref> ''The Report'' received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term '']''. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| The ''Report'' first airs following ''The Daily Show'' at 11:30 p.m. ] (8:30 p.m. ]), Monday through Thursday and then repeats are run the following day at 1:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m ET. In Canada, one can watch the show at 11:30pm ET Monday to Thursday on ], and at 12:35, on the broadcast network ]. | |||
| ===Origin=== | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Following the success of ''The Daily Show'' at the 2004 ]s, Comedy Central wanted to extend the ''Daily Show'' franchise.<ref name="NYMag1016">{{cite news|url=http://newyorkmetro.com/news/politics/22322/ |title=Stephen Colbert Has America By the Ballots |publisher=New York Magazine |date=2006-10-16 |last=Sternbergh |name=Adam |accessdate=2006-10-10}}</ref> Colbert, ], and ] (''The Daily Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s executive producer) supposedly came up with the idea for ''The Colbert Report'' after watching coverage of the ] lawsuit filed against ]. Jon Stewart's production company, ], developed the ''Report''. Colbert, Stewart, and Karlin pitched the idea of the show (reportedly with one sentence: "Our version of '']'' with Stephen Colbert") to ] chief ], who agreed to run the show for eight weeks without first creating a pilot.<ref name="USATodayLevin">{{cite news| title=First 'Stewart,' now 'Colbert'| last=Levin| name=Gary | url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-10-13-colbert_x.htm| publisher=USA Today| date=2005-10-13 |accessdate=2006-08-01}}</ref> | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' first appeared in the form of three fake ] for itself that aired several times on ''The Daily Show'', although the themes that would form the basis for the ''Report'' can be seen in some of the earlier bits performed by Colbert. The show debuted ], ], for an eight-week run under its initial contract. On ], ] based on the strong ] for the show's first two weeks, Comedy Central and Colbert announced they had signed for an additional year, through the end of 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17706,00.html?tnews| title=Comedy Central Keeps Colbert| first=Charlie| last=Amter| month=Nov 2| year=2005| publisher=E! Online News| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> | |||
| Before hosting ''The Colbert Report'', Colbert was the host of a fictional "Sunday morning chat show", ''The Colbert Gang'', a parody of the ] program '']'' which appeared in a segment called "Corporate Slogans" on the ''Daily Show''. The sketch featured ] ]s similar to the style of "The Wørd".<ref>''The Daily Show''. .</ref> | |||
| The ''Daily Show'' segment "Even Stevphen", in which Colbert played a conservative pundit verbally sparring with the more liberal ] in a "point-counterpoint" format, also prefigures ''The Colbert Report''. | |||
| ===Program format=== | |||
| Typically, Colbert starts each episode with teasers for the show's topics and guest, followed by a verbal ] that promotes the show. (For example, using a ] metaphor: "Go out ten yards and button-hook to the left. I'm going to hit you with a perfect spiral of the truth. This is ''The Colbert Report''.") Then the show's opening titles sequence begins, with images of flag waving, Colbert striking poses and words describing Colbert flying by. Originally, the last word to fly past Colbert was ''grippy'', but it has changed to ''megamerican'', ''lincolnish'', and, as of October 2006, ''superstantial''. The sequence ends with a computer-generated eagle swooping towards the foreground. | |||
| The general flow of segments after the opening titles is: | |||
| * The initial run-through of the day's headlines, similar to ''The Daily Show'' but with a pseudo-] spin; | |||
| * "The Wørd" (sic), which juxtaposes Colbert's commentary with ironic bullet points on-screen; | |||
| * A middle segment that varies, normally a visual presentation or skit. Often, these skits are parts of recurring segments, like "]", "Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger," "Stephen Colbert's Formidable Opponent," and "The Threatdown". Colbert will occasionally bring out "the big boards", which consist of two boards listing groups, individuals, historical periods, animals, objects, etc. that he finds objectionable. One of these boards is called "On Notice", and the other is called "Dead to Me". | |||
| * An interview with a guest, who is initially kept in the background as the camera focuses on Colbert doing a victory trot through the studio; | |||
| * A closing statement by Colbert, occasionally accompanied by a new item placed on his bookshelf. | |||
| ===The Eagle's Nest=== | |||
| ] | |||
| The studio in which ''The Colbert Report'' is taped was used for ''The Daily Show'' before that show was moved in July 2005 to a new location. The set for ''The Colbert Report'' is called "The Eagle's Nest" and it reflects and facilitates Colbert's self-aggrandizing. | |||
| The set has two main areas: the desk area, which contains the desk at which Colbert hosts most of the show, and the guest interview area to the right, where his guest for the evening sits to be interviewed. The walls on either side of the desk area contain bookshelves which house seemingly random collections of objects. From time to time, Colbert honours someone or something by adding a representative object to the bookshelves. The interview area has another bookshelf on one side, and a fireplace (with a video image of a flickering fire) on the other. On the rear wall is a false window. To the right of the interview area, beyond what is normally caught on camera is a ] which is used for comedy pieces, such as "Formidable Opponent". | |||
| On the show's first episode, Colbert pointed out several of the references to himself in the set. Some of the references include: The show's name high above his desk, the shadow of the name on the wall behind, on a plasma screen on the front of his desk, on the desk itself on either side of the plasma screen, on the chaser lights at the foot of the raised desk area, and light projections on the floor of the set; the desk itself is shaped like a giant ''C'' when seen from above. | |||
| Colbert often points out his ] and ]s (from ''The Daily Show'') located on a mantelpiece behind the interview area. Originally above the mantelpiece was a portrait of Colbert standing in front of the same mantel with a different portrait of himself over it. On the show's first anniversary, the portrait was replaced by one of Colbert standing in front of the mantel with the first portrait above it. Colbert claimed that the portrait will be changed every year to add another level of depth. | |||
| The graphics used throughout the show and the studio itself are saturated with ] (including the official ''Colbert Report'' flag, named "Flagsworth") and other patriotic imagery, including an eagle's nest ] placed to the side of Colbert's desk and ]s shown in many places throughout the show. The scene outside the false window behind the interview area was originally a shot looking down over a core of skyscrapers, with the lights of a large city extending to the horizon. Early in 2006, the background changed to a view from the crown of the ], with the points of its crown and its torch in the foreground. In late 2006, the show began rotating the original two designs and a new third design. The new window depicts a set of cathedral-style stained-glass windows containing images of bald eagle heads, the initials ''C'' and ''R'', and the shield portion of the ]. | |||
| In an interview with '']'', Colbert explained that much of the design for his set was inspired by ]'s '']''. "All the architecture of that room points at ]' head, the entire room is a ]," Colbert said. "On the set, I'd like the lines of the set to converge on my head. And so if you look at the design, it all does, it all points at my head...there's a sort of ] burst quality about the set around me."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705| title= | |||
| Stephen Colbert Interviewed by Nathan Rabin| month=January 25| year=2006| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> | |||
| ==''Stephen Colbert'' character== | |||
| {{details|Stephen Colbert (character)}} | |||
| ]The fictional Stephen Colbert character drives the show's focus on "bluster and personality". The character is a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-class idiot" inspired by the TV personalities of ], ] and ].<ref name="USATodayLevin" /><ref name="NewsweekTruthinessTeller" /> Colbert's character is right-wing, egomaniacal, fact-averse, God-fearing, and super-patriotic. He claims to be a ] or ], but uniformly despises ]s and almost always agrees with the actions and decisions of ] and the ]. | |||
| The character's self-aggrandizing style includes frequent promotion of an extensive range of fictional merchandising and products, including his sci-fi novel ''Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure'' (the title is probably in part a reference to ]), documentary ''Stephen Colbert's Hiphopketball: A Jazzebration'', fragrance ''Stephen Colbert's Scorn'', and even a jar of his own semen, ''Stephen Colbert's Formula 401''.<!--The part about the semen is 'true'. It was inspired by a mysterious sperm donor know only as 401 it was in the news a while back. long story short, it is not vandalism, if you have seen the show enough you'd know--> Colbert has also successfully incited his viewers, "Colbert Nation", to vote for him in various public naming polls: Colbert has won contests for naming a ] and the mascot of the ], an ] team.<ref name="NYMag1016" /><ref name="ABC12Spirit">{{cite news|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=hockey&id=4615914 |title=Spirit notch victory, unveil mini-mascot |date=2006-10-01 |accessdate=2006-10-11 |publisher=ABC12.com}}</ref> A Spirit # 1 jersey bearing Colbert's name hangs from the rafters of the television studio, near the news desk. | |||
| Colbert's character has been described as a "caustic right-wing bully"<ref name="NYMag1016" />. On the interview segment of the show, Colbert frequently attempts to "nail" his guest by using various ]s to prove them wrong. However, when interviewing guests with whom he agrees, Colbert may be gregarious and ingratiating. | |||
| Despite his bluster, Colbert's character also demonstrates a notable ] of ]s, which he refers to as "godless killing machines without a soul". Bears often top his "threat downs", lists of the greatest threats facing America. This bear phobia was inspired by Colbert's real-life fear of bears as a child{{cite-needed}}. | |||
| ==Motifs (recurring themes)== | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' presents various recurring themes that help define the show. | |||
| ===Truthiness=== | |||
| {{See|Truthiness}} | |||
| ] announces that "The WØRD" of the night is ''truthiness'', during the premiere episode of ''The Colbert Report''.]] | |||
| In "The WØRD" on the first episode of the ''Report'', Colbert featured the term ''truthiness'', which he defined as "The quality by which one purports to know something emotionally or instinctively, without regard to evidence or intellectual examination". In December 2005, the ''New York Times'' selected ''truthiness'' as one of nine words that captured the ] of the year, and in January 2006, the ] announced that ''truthiness'' was selected as its 2005 Word of the Year.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.americandialect.org/Words_of_the_Year_2005.pdf| month=January 6| year=2006| title=Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year by American Dialect Society| format=PDF| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> On August 27, 2006, the in an unprecedented move named two words from the same show – ''truthiness'' and '']'' – both coined by Colbert, as the top television buzzwords of 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=televisionNews&storyID=2006-08-27T165048Z_01_N27277446_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-EMMYS-WORDS-DC.XML | title="Truthiness," "Wikiality" named TV words of year | publisher=] | date=August 27, 2006 | accessdate=2006-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.languagemonitor.com/wst_page11.html | title='Truthiness' and 'Wikiality' Named Top Television Buzzwords of 2006 Followed by 'Katrina', 'Katie,' and 'Dr. McDreamy' | publisher=Global Language Monitor | date=August 27, 2006 | accessdate=2006-08-28 }}</ref> | |||
| Colbert has since made frequent reference to the widespread influence of ''truthiness'' since he introduced it, while carping on media accounts of ''truthiness'' that neglect to identify him as its source. Truthiness has since been discussed, several times in many cases, in the ''New York Times'', the '']'', '']'', the '']'', the '']'', '']'', ], the ], '']'', '']'', '']'', ]'s ''Word Watch'' with Kel Richards and '']'', and on ]'s '']'', ]' '']'', and '']''. In January 2006, ''truthiness'' was featured as a Word of the Week by the website of the ] English Dictionary. | |||
| ===Relation to ''The O'Reilly Factor''=== | |||
| Generally, the Stephen Colbert character and ''The Colbert Report'' are parodies of ] and his '']'', respectively. New episodes of ''The Colbert Report'' are scheduled in the same time slot as rebroadcasts of ''The O'Reilly Factor'' while ''Colbert'' rebroadcasts are scheduled during new ''O'Reilly'' shows.<ref name=showing>{{cite news | first = Nicholas | last = Lemann | title = Fear Factor | url = http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060327fa_fact | format = Free | work = The New Yorker | date = 2006-03-20 | accessdate = 2006-09-03}}</ref> | |||
| Colbert refers to O'Reilly as his mentor and affectionately calls him "Papa Bear"; however, this "affectionate" name is ] given that Colbert also has referred to bears as "godless killing machines without a soul". | |||
| When O'Reilly appeared on ''The Daily Show'' before the second episode of ''The Colbert Report'' aired, he began by commenting on the ''Report'': "Before we get started, somebody told me walking in here, you got some French guy on after you making fun of me?" In a subsequent '']'' interview, O'Reilly said that he "feels it's a compliment" to have Colbert parody him because Colbert "isn't mean-spirited" and does not "use platform to injure people".<ref name="NewsweekTruthinessTeller" /> In an open reply on-air, Colbert later said: "I like you too. In fact, if it wasn't for you, this show wouldn't exist." In another episode, Colbert said that imitation is a sincere form of flattery, and adds he is "flattered by Bill O'Reilly's imitation" of him. | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' features a commentary segment called "The Wørd" similar to O'Reilly's "Talking Points Memo". Like the "Memo", "The Wørd" features the commentator asserting a political point of view with a text screen graphic next to him. However, while O'Reilly's text serves to emphasize his points, Colbert's generally serve to provide an ironic counterpoint to his character's position. Additionally, Colbert parodies O'Reilly's references to his program as the "no spin zone" by inviting viewers of his show to "take a spin in the no fact zone." | |||
| ===Hungarian bridge campaign=== | |||
| {{See|Megyeri Bridge}} | |||
| ] in promoting the bridge contest.]] | |||
| In ], the ] launched an online call for public suggestions to name a ] over the ], just north of ]. Ministry officials said the ] would choose from among the three submitted candidates with the most votes, plus suggestions from "], ], ] and other experts".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060801/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_hungary_bridge;_ylt=AvtgRZjeCP4uwq1l.aL2kbys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-|title=Chuck Norris leads vote for Budapest bridge name|publisher=Yahoo News|date=] ]}}</ref> | |||
| Users offered hundreds of suggestions, among them the "'You Can Go To ] But Not Over This Bridge' Bridge" and the "] Bridge", which led the polling for some time. Colbert noted the effort with approval in his "Tip of the hat, wag of the finger" segment on ].<ref name=Tip>{{cite web | url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=UtjTt8RriTA | title = Colbert Report - Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger | accessmonthday = ] | accessyear = 2006 | author = gdo01 | date = 2006-08-09 | format = Video | work = Youtube.com }}</ref> | |||
| He continued to implore his viewers to vote for him the following weeks. On ], Hungarian news sites reported Colbert had won the first round of voting with 17,231,724 votes.<ref name=First_round>{{cite web | url = http://index.hu/gazdasag/magyar/colb060822/ | title = A seggfej Zrínyi előtt amerikai humorista nyerte a hídnévversenyt | accessmonthday = September 4 | accessyear = 2006 | date = 2006-08-22 | work = Index.hu | language = Hungarian }}</ref> That night, Colbert called off his voters.<ref name=apologies>{{cite web | url=http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=73378&ml_collection=&ml_context=show&allowMotherload=false&ml_gateway=&ml_comedian=none&poppedFrom=_shows_the_colbert_report_videos_most_recent_index.jhtml& | title=Colbert Report: Hungarian Bridge | author=Stephen Colbert | accessdate=2006-08-28 | publisher=Comedy Central }}</ref> He also noted that Hungary had changed the voting rules after the members of the Colbert Nation Forums developed a ] to stuff the ballot box. For the second phase, registration was required to cast a vote. Colbert also offered | |||
| apologies,<ref name=apologies/> spending a segment honoring Hungary, its history and its contributions to the world.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | url=http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=73377&ml_collection=&ml_context=show&allowMotherload=false&ml_gateway=&ml_comedian=none&poppedFrom=_shows_the_colbert_report_videos_most_recent_index.jhtml& | title=Colbert Report: Stephen Colbert Salutes Hungary | author=Stephen Colbert | accessdate=2006-08-28 | publisher=Comedy Central }}</ref> | |||
| On ], ] Colbert introduced his guest ]: Ambassador of the ] to the ]. The ] presented Mr. Colbert with a declaration certifying him as the winner of the second and final round of voting. The document bore the signatures of ] officials and the ]. Included in the text, as read by the ambassador, were two important conditions required for the name of the bridge to be made official. First, Colbert would have to be ] in ]. Colbert retorted by pronouncing the Hungarian name ''Nicholas Zrinyi'' (incorrectly referring to ]) and ''híd'' (meaning 'bridge' in Hungarian); Simonyi quickly certified him as fluent. | |||
| The second criterion was for Colbert to be ]. Colbert protested, but the ambassador presented him with a ] and ] (]), noting that this would allow Stephen to enter Hungary at any time, ]. He also brought attention to the ] of King ], the first King of Hungary, on the 10,000 HUF bill. Finally Simonyi implied that the question of Colbert's ineligibility by virtue of being alive might be resolved if Colbert were to accept an invitation to visit the ] in ]. Opening ceremonies are scheduled to take place in ]. | |||
| On ] ], it was announced that the bridge will be named "Megyeri Bridge", although this proposal didn't make it to the second round. According to the ], this name was chosen because the bridge connects ] with ]. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.online.rtlklub.hu/hirek/hazank/?id=0609231745|title= The M0 Bridge named as Megyeri Bridge|publisher=RTLKlub.hu|date=], ]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' drew an unusual amount of media anticipation prior to its premiere, including from '']'', ]'s '']'' and '']'', ], and '']''. '']'' alone ran three articles on the ''Report'' before its debut, and has made repeated references to ''The Colbert Report'' since then.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/arts/television/04come.html| title='Daily Show's Personality Gets His Own Platform| first=Jacques| last=Steinberg| month=May 4| year=2005| publisher=New York Times| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> For example, ] referred to Colbert's "Dead To Me" board as a metaphor in her column, saying that ] "should take a page from Stephen Colbert and put the slippery ] on her 'Dead to me' list".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://select.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/opinion/14dowd.html| title=Oprah! How Could Ya?| first=Maureen| last=Dowd| month=January 14| year= 2006| publisher=New York Times| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' drew 1.13 million viewers for its premiere episode, 47% higher than the average for that time slot over the previous four weeks and a full 98% of the viewership of ''The Daily Show'', which itself has Comedy Central's second-largest viewership, behind '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/servlet/an/comedy/2/20051108/TCN_PR_20051108/?hub=ComedyReleases| title= "Canada, You're on Notice!"| month=November 8| year=2005| publisher=The Comedy Network| accessdate=2006-09-14}}</ref> Further, in 2006, the first year of the Report's eligibility, Colbert's show was nominated for four ] (as of August 27), including nominations for the show itself and for Colbert as host. | |||
| Averaged over its opening week, the ''Report'' had 1.2 million viewers per episode, more than double the average for the same time the previous year, when the time slot was occupied by '']''. The premiere week of ''The Colbert Report'' also coincided with the second-highest-rated week of ''The Daily Show'', behind the week leading up to the ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C271%7C98227%7C1%7C%2C00.html| title= | |||
| 'Colbert,' Cartoons Break Big for Comedy Central| month=October 24| year=2005| publisher=Zap2it| accessdate=2006-03-23}}</ref> | |||
| The ''Report'' rapidly became an internet phenomenon due to a vast number of clips of it being posted onto ] by fans. The ''Report'' subsequently made references to ] in jokes and launched a "green screen challenge" (where fans submitted their own manipulated clips of ] fighting various enemies). On ], 2006, however, ] asserted its copyright over ''The Colbert Report'' clips that were over 5 minutes in length. As a result, ''The Colbert Report'' vids have plummetted from being some of the most watched on ], with tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of viewers, to virtual non-entities with only a couple of hundred viewers.{{cn}} | |||
| ===Presented as non-satirical journalism=== | |||
| ====Huffington Post==== | |||
| In May, 2006, a fake guest blogger on the political news site ] filed a satirical which, feigning ignorance of the ''Report'''s satirical nature, criticized Colbert's journalistic style and questioned "why this Republican pundit Colbert is on Comedy Central". The site subsequently issued an for the satirical post. The "guest" blogger was actually regular columnist, ], who adopted the fictional character of a "vitriolic progressive blogger" named ] while he "travelled". | |||
| ====Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust==== | |||
| Also in May 2006, the ] Legal Defense Trust posted a video of ''The Colbert Report'' on its website and sent out a mass email urging DeLay supporters to watch how "Hollywood liberal" ] "crashed and burned... when promoting his new attack on Tom DeLay."<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/delay.JPG</ref> The video features Colbert asking questions such as "Who hates America more, you or Michael Moore?"<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/delay-colbert/ </ref> The Trust's email describes its content as "the truth behind Liberal Hollywood's" film about DeLay, and characterizes the ''Colbert Report'' clip with the headline, "Colbert Cracks the Story on Real Motivations Behind the Movie". | |||
| On ], ], Colbert retaliated on his show by conducting an "Exclusive Fake Interview" with DeLay. It was done by splicing three different interviews with DeLay on different networks to put him in a bad light. Colbert ended the "interview" by saying "I do hope you enjoyed my manipulation of your words". | |||
| ====Robert Wexler==== | |||
| On ], ], Colbert took to task some television networks – specifically '']'', NBC's '']'' and ABC's '']'' – for taking out of context comments made by ] Congressman ] on ''The Colbert Report'' (e.g., "I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do"). Wexler had made the comments in response to a suggestion by Colbert to "say some things that would really lose the election for you if you were contested." As of the show's airing, Wexler was running for re-election unopposed. Colbert said that Wexler "didn't mean a thing he was saying. He knew it was a joke, and he was confident enough to play along." | |||
| ===Awards=== | |||
| In 2006, ''The Colbert Report'' was nominated for four ]s, one more than its parent, '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2006emmys/PrimetimeNoms.php |title=The 58th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmys Nominations |publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |accessdate=2006-10-11 |date=2006-08-27}}</ref> However, ''The Colbert Report'' lost two of its Emmy opportunities to ''The Daily Show'' (of which Colbert received one as a then member of The Daily Show's writing staff).. Colbert also lost Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program to ] (who was nominated for a ] special), as an in-character Colbert angrily noted while presenting an Emmy later that night. | |||
| *Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program, Episode #110 | |||
| *Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program, Stephen Colbert | |||
| *] | |||
| *Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program | |||
| Additionally, the show was nominated for two ] Awards.<ref name=awards>{{cite web| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458254/awards |title=Awards for "The Colbert Report" (2005) | publisher=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2006-10-16}}</ref> | |||
| *Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy, Stephen Colbert | |||
| *Outstanding New Program of the Year | |||
| ''The Colbert Report'' was also nominated for two ].<ref name=awards/> | |||
| *Outstanding Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical, Stephen Colbert | |||
| *Outstanding Television Series, Comedy or Musical | |||
| ====Other honors==== | |||
| * On ], ], Colbert announced that he had been contacted by representatives of the ] seeking his permission to name a then unhatched ] after him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/31/DDGU9GJ5T21.DTL |title=Leah Garchik |last=Garchik |first=Leah |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2006-03-31 |accessdate=2006-10-16}}</ref> The eagle, affectionately dubbed "Stephen Jr." on the ''Report'', was hatched to be reintroduced into the wild as a part of the zoo's California Bald Eagle Breeding Program. Colbert celebrated its birth on-air on ], ], and updates on the bird's development have been featured on the show since. | |||
| * On ], ], Colbert received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from ];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.knox.edu/x12553.xml |title=Peter Bailey |last=Bailley |first=Peter |work=Knox College News |date=2006-06-09 |accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref> his credit as producer has been listed since that time as "Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170306/ |title=IMDb |last=IMDb |first=Database |work=IMDb |date=2006-06-09 |accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref> | |||
| * On ], ], the ], an ] hockey team in ], named its mascot "] Colbeagle the Eagle" in honor of Colbert.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.saginawspirit.com/ss/home.nsf/public/F1B124E7E7059E19852571FD0041E8B7 |title=Spirit |last=Spirit |first=Saginaw |work=Saginaw Spirit |date=2006-09-30 |accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref>Before the introduction of the mascot, the team was 0-3-0-1. However, since the Steagle was introduced the team has fared significantly better, going 17-3 (]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&id=0&leagueId=1 |title=OHL |last=Standings |first=OHL |work=OHL |date=2006-09-30 |accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> | |||
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| *, ''The New York Times'', ], ] | |||
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| *, Mediaweek, ], ] | |||
| *, '']'', ], ] ("What makes the portrayal so funny is that it rings so true...") | |||
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| *, ''The New York Times'', ], ] (misreports first Word of the Day as "Trustiness"; later publishes a correction, reports that it should have been "Truthiness") | |||
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