Stephen Colbert: Memorable moments
Stephen Colbert has been announced as the successor to host “The Late Show” after David Letterman retires in 2015. Watch Colbert in action in some memorable “Colbert Report” moments below.
- 1
With one more episode of “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert has been busy cleaning out the studio.
- 2
In its final days, “The Colbert Report” is getting creative with its guest bookings.
- 3
Stephen Colbert may be in complete control of his New York studio, but on Monday he hosted “The Colbert Report” in Washington, D.C.
- 4
In case you were wondering, Stephen Colbert has been a “Star Wars” fan longer than everyone else, thanks to a special preview screening of “A New Hope” he got to attend when he was in the eighth grade.
- 5
Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison can take credit for a lot of things, including writing some fantastic novels in her career, but no one would have ever thought to blame her for Obamacare.
- 6
Stephen Colbert is ending his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” in one month, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still interested in grabbing those all-important Nielsen ratings.
- 7
Sometimes a news story is so ridiculous that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert can’t help but lead off with it on “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.”
- 8
Stephen Colbert, or at least the character he plays on “The Colbert Report,” is not anyone’s idea of an environmentalist.
- 9
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hasn’t been seen in three weeks, and many are speculating his absence has a lot to do with his love of rich cheeses.
- 10
Hillary Rodham Clinton has been everywhere promoting her new memoir “Hard Choices” and not answering the question of whether she’s planning to run for president in 2016.
- 11
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has launched her own online channel, appropriately titled the Sarah Palin Channel.
- 12
Today is Jay Carney’s last day as White House press secretary for the Obama administration, and for one of his final interviews he sat down with Stephen Colbert to share his frustrations and regrets about the job.
- 13
Usually, Stephen Colbert asserts his dominance over his guests.
- 14
In his first night on the air since a campaign to #CancelColbert erupted on Twitter Thursday night, Stephen Colbert spent nearly his entire show Monday night responding to charges of racial insensitivity.
- 15
Stephen Colbert embraced his inner conservative attack dog when he interviewed actor John Malkovich on his show Tuesday night.
- 16
President Obama’s appearance on the Funny or Die sketch series “Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis” on Tuesday has become a viral sensation, with over 14 million views already.
- 17
Satirist Stephen Colbert is under fire for what some people are calling a racist tweet sent from the account of his show, “The Colbert Report.”
- 18
Ronan Farrow stopped by “The Colbert Report” on Tuesday night for a confab about the youth generation and just who exactly is the target demo for his new MSNBC show -- hint, it doesn’t exclude grandmothers leaving church collection early.
- 19
The next U.S. presidential election isn’t until 2016, but many in the media are speculating heavily that Hillary Rodham Clinton has a real shot at the Oval Office.
- 20
February is widely known as Black History Month, and Stephen Colbert chose to celebrate it in the strangest way possible on Thursday’s show: with an animated short for a proposed TV show known as “Laser Klan.”
- 21
The language barrier can sometimes be a stumbling block when it comes to humor, especially with the ironic jujitsu Stephen Colbert performs in his interviews nightly on “The Colbert Report.”
- 22
Russia’s anti-gay laws have been a source of concern for many Americans heading into the Olympic Games, but Stephen Colbert appears to have the solution.
- 23
Al Jazeera America anchor John Seigenthaler visited “The Colbert Report” Tuesday night, and though he surely knew what to expect from a Stephen Colbert interview, this one was particularly brutal — and brutally funny.
- 24
For those who missed it, Fox News host Megyn Kelly hosted a segment on her show on Wednesday discussing a Slate article in which the author suggested that Santa Claus be depicted as a penguin -- a more inclusive figure than a pink-skinned white guy.
- 25
Monday night on “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert addressed a serious topic: global climate change, with a serious guest, Harvard environmental scientist David Keith.
- 26
There are few Roman Catholics more prominent in the media than Stephen Colbert, so it makes sense that the “Colbert Report” host would jump all over reports that Pope Francis sneaks out of the Vatican at night, disguised as a regular priest, to minister to the homeless.
- 27
- 28
Former senator and sweater-vest enthusiast Rick Santorum stopped by “The Colbert Report” on Tuesday night where he and fellow Catholic Stephen Colbert discussed the Republican’s foray into wholesome movie-making with “The Christmas Candle” and his plans for 2016.
- 29
Stephen Colbert addressed the erroneous “60 Minutes” report regarding the Benghazi attacks and the subsequent apology on “The Colbert Report” on Monday night, but when Colbert attempted to discover just who was behind that apology, he got sucked into his own web of misreporting.
- 30
On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert couldn’t wait to address the growing crack smoking scandal that’s engulfing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
- 31
A lot of TV anchors got in the Halloween spirit Thursday, from George Stephanopoulos as an astronaut on “Good Morning America,” to Kelly Ripa twerking through the morning as Miley Cyrus.
- 32
The government shutdown thwarted Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le’s plans to get married at the Jefferson Memorial, but on Thursday night they got something perhaps even more memorable: a wedding officiated by none other than Stephen Colbert.
- 33
Basking in the post-finale glory, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan was the guest on “The Colbert Report” on Monday night.
- 34
“The Colbert Report” finally put an end to “The Daily Show’s” 10-year winning streak at the Emmys on Sunday night, claiming the title of outstanding variety series for the first time.
- 35
Stephen Colbert has made a career out of conducting uncomfortable interviews, but on Thursday he brought new meaning to the term “cringe-worthy” when he sat down with former intelligence official Philip Mudd.
- 36
By now, Stephen Colbert’s dislike of bears is well known.
- 37
Vladimir Putin could learn a thing or two from Johnny Cummings, the openly gay mayor of the tiny but tolerant coal town of Vicco, Ky.
- 38
For Stephen Colbert’s sake, let’s hope Emmy voters have been tuning in to his show the last few days, because there’s no denying the host is on a hot streak.
- 39
Stephen Colbert became the talk of the Internet on Wednesday after a star-studded dance party to the Daft Punk hit “Get Lucky” went viral.
- 40
Daft Punk failed to make a scheduled appearance on “The Colbert Report” on Tuesday night, causing host Stephen Colbert to complain to his audience that he, and they, had been “daft punk’d.”
- 41
Sure, the president was on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday, but it was Stephen Colbert who easily had the most memorable moment of the night.
- 42
Already proving himself to be one publicity savvy baby, Prince George Alexander Louis came into the world late enough on Monday that most late-night shows weren’t able to fully lampoon the media circus surrounding his birth.
- 43
Royal baby fever is spreading.
- 44
The man who introduced “truthiness” to the lexicon has a new word for us all: “truthinews.”
- 45
Stephen Colbert opened his show Wednesday night with a moving tribute to his mother, Lorna Tuck Colbert, who died last week at the age of 92.
- 46
Sometimes it pays to have your own talk show.
- 47
As regular viewers know, “Better Know a District” is one of the most reliably hilarious recurring segments on “The Colbert Report” -- that is, the few times a year Stephen Colbert manages to get a member of the House of Representatives to sit for an interview that’s virtually guaranteed to make him or her look a tiny bit ridiculous.
- 48
Wednesday on “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert bashed the Senate for voting against a bipartisan bill that would have modestly expanded the background checks required in some firearm sales.
