Difference between revisions of "Stephen Colbert"

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-'''Stephen Colbert''' is a writer, a comedian, and an actor. Colbert is [[Catholic]] and an erstwhile Sunday school teacher<ref>http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/13/ask-tv-squad-stephen-colbert-teaches-sundayschool/</ref>, and a self-proclaimed [[liberal]]  [[Democrat]]. <ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/4 Rolling Stone Interview, Oct 31, 2006</ref>
-Colbert began his career at [[Comedy Central]] in the year 2000 on the show ''Strangers with Candy''. He later left in order to become a correspondent on ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'', where he began to build what would later be the character he would play on ''The Colbert Report''. He was well-regarded on the show and occasionally guest-hosted for Stewart.
-Due to his work on ''The Daily Show'', he won three [[Emmy Awards]] and two [[Peabody Awards]] along with the other writers.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170306/awards IMDB List of Stephen Colbert Awards </ref> <ref>http://128.192.29.189/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=151 List of 2007 Peabody Award Winners</ref>
-==''The Colbert Report''==
-In 2005, Colbert left ''The Daily Show'' in order to become the host of a spinoff, ''The Colbert Report''.
-In the show, Colbert plays a satirical right-wing political talk show host. This persona was largely based on [[Bill O'Reilly]], who has a friendly rivalry with the show. Colbert often performs as his television "character" in interviews on shows such as ''The View'' and during the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, where he made jabs at then-President [[George W. Bush]]; Bush was visibly upset when Colbert made the jabs.
-''The Colbert Report'' has a very loyal following which the Colbert character often uses for his various pranks. For example, in every public vote for naming something, Colbert urges his fans to vote for him. He also leads frivolous wiki-vandalizing campaigns, having requested viewers vandalize Wikipedia several times and Conservapedia (see Relationship with Conservapedia section later in the article).
-In his recurring segment "The Wørd", which is a parody of O'Reilly's "Talking Points", Colbert coined the word [[truthiness]] on the show's pilot, which refers to the quality possessed by statements which, though factually false, are repeated by supporters who feel in their hearts that they ''ought'' to be true, and regard it as quibbling to object to their falsehood.
-Colbert has poked fun at [[Wikipedia]] and its apparent democratization of truth. He has coined the word "Wikiality" (as opposed to "reality") and caused trouble for Wikipedia by suggesting that his listeners alter articles. In August of 2006, he encouraged users to state that the population of African [[elephants]] had tripled in the last decade. Colbert's point was that if enough people believe something, it becomes "the truth". Wikipedia responded by reverting and locking down the pages to prevent further vandalism.
-In 2006, Colbert appeared in character at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner making jabs at then-President [[George W. Bush]]. The President was visibly upset.
-Recently, Colbert had viewers write in his name to a public vote done by [[NASA]] to name a new room addition to the [[International Space Station]]. Colbert's cult-like followers won the contest for him with an astonishing 230,539 total votes, 40,000 more than NASA's choice of Serenity.,
-Stephen Colbert recently has gained attention in the media with his satirical mocking of [[Fox News]]'s [[Glenn Beck]]. Colbert has mocked Beck for claiming that [[Barack Hussein Obama]] is a racist and a socialist.
-In September of 2010, Colbert testified in character before Congress.
-==Relationship with Conservapedia==
-Conservapedia was mentioned on at least two episodes of ''The Colbert Report''. After learning about Conservapedia's [[Conservative Bible Project|initiative to remove "liberal bias" from the Bible]], Stephen Colbert urged his followers to insert him into the planned conservative rewrite as a Biblical figure.<ref>{{cite episode
- | title = The Colbert Report (October 7, 2009 episode)
- | series = The Colbert Report
- | serieslink = The Colbert Report
- | airdate = 2009-10-07
- | url = http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/251994/october-07-2009/tip-wag---conservapedia--louvre---honda-unicycle}}</ref> This was followed by mass vandalism by Colbert fans.<ref>[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Stephen_Colbert&diff=709438&oldid=709432 Example of vandalism on the Stephen Colbert article]</ref><ref>[http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1-8_%28Translated%29&diff=prev&oldid=709520 Example of vandalism on the Genesis 1-8 page of the Conservative Bible Project]</ref> Later on, he interviewed Conservapedia founder [[Andy Schlafly]].<ref>{{cite episode
- | title = The Colbert Report (December 8, 2009 episode)
- | series = The Colbert Report
- | serieslink = The Colbert Report
- | airdate = 2009-12-08
- | url = http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly}}</ref>
-==See also==
-*''[[The Colbert Report]]''
-*''[[The Daily Show]]''
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT: Colbert, Stephen}} <!-- please see [[Conservapedia:Manual_of_Style#Persons]] for information regarding this edit.-->
-[[Category:Actors]]
-[[Category:Television Show Hosts]]
-[[Category:Comedians]]
-[[Category: Liberals]]
-{{liberalism}}

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