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→The Colbert Report
In 2005, Colbert left "The Daily Show" to become the host of a spinoff, "The Colbert Report".
In 2005, Colbert left "The Daily Show" to become the host of a spinoff, "The Colbert Report".
In the show, Colbert plays a satirical right-wing political talk show host, largely based on [[Bill O'Reilly]], who has a friendly rivalry with the show.
In the show, Colbert plays a satirical right-wing political talk show host, largely based on [[Bill O'Reilly]], who is frstrated like a little boy at how awesome Colbert is.
"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.
"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.
Recently, Colbert had viewers write-in his name into 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.
Recently, Colbert had viewers write-in his name into 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.
Colbert is widely recognized as making all over conservative commentators, especially Glen Beck, look like whiny little girls.
== See also ==
== See also ==