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* The 2006 White House Correspondent's Dinner - where he delivered scathing commentary ''feet'' away from his biggest targets.
{{quote| '''Colbert''': "Now, I know there are some polls out there saying [[George W. Bush|this man]] has a 32 percent approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in 'reality'. And reality has a well-known liberal bias. Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's two-thirds empty. There's still some liquid in that glass, is my point. But I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash."}}
** [[Your Mileage May Vary]]. To be fair, he was invited to do that. His act followed Bush and a Bush impersonator acting together and making fun of his own presidency. Is it really a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for a political comic to make political jokes at a dinner where he was invited in order to do exactly that, following other acts in which other comics did the exact same thing?
*** Yes, because regardless of whether the person that invited him knew that Colbert plays a character or not, they got far more than they bargained for. The event was a roast, they got pure unadulterated arson. Note how Bush laughed at the guy before Colbert, but wasn't laughing once Stephen launched his act. In fact, you could tell the Bush supporters in the room from his dissidents by who was laughing and who wasn't- and given who the event was for, most of them were supporters, but Stephen stayed true to the end, and yet all he did was point out the truth in a humorous tone the man in charge of the country. That takes gorram brass balls.
* Interviewing "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly, the man whom the show was generally parodying.
{{quote| '''O'Reilly''': "This is all an act!"<br />
'''Colbert''': "If you're an act, then what am I?" }}
** His appearance on ''[[The O 'Reilly Factor]]'' counts too. He even cracked up Bill's crew a few times.
* Running for the United States Presidency in the 2008 election - with (visible) corporate sponsorship.
{{quote| '''Colbert''': "It's time for another installment of ''Hail To The Cheese'': Stephen Colbert's Nacho Cheese Doritos 2008 Presidential Campaign...Coverage!"}}
** Notably, ''he was not actually being sponsored by Frito-Lay''.
* There was his "feud" with the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, started when fans of the Oshawa Generals junior hockey team threw teddy bears (for charity) on the ice during a game against the Saginaw Spirit<ref>Whose team mini-mascot, "Steagle Colbeagle The Eagle", was named after Colbert after fans stuffed the ballots. As a result, Colbert then started supporting the Spirit on the show, trashtalking rival teams during the Sport Report.</ref>. This culminated in ''Stephen Colbert Day'' in Oshawa after the Spirit defeated the Generals in a contest.
* Having his portrait displayed in the Smithsonian - next to the hall of Presidents. And also the bathroom.
{{quote| '''Colbert''': "And if you wish to see my portrait, then go to the National Portrait Gallery, take the stairs to the second floor, then go to the bathroom!"}}
* Taking ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' to Iraq in 2009 as part of the USO tour.
{{quote| '''[[Barack Obama]]''': "As Commander-In-Chief of the United States Armed Forces, I order you to ''[[Cool and Unusual Punishment|shave that man's head!]]''"}}
* As well, [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/148029/january-22-2008/it-s-all-about-stephen one segment] of his show described his father's real-life [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] - working with Coretta Scott King and Andrew Young to resolve the 1969 Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike.
{{quote| '''Colbert''': "And that hospital administrator was James T. Colbert, who had recently sired an heir - who would later grow up to become the greatest American alive." }}
* Having Al Gore to spontaneously dunk his head in a bucket of water just to show how hard it would be for people to adapt to a world covered in water (i.e. global warming).
* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/156555/may-05-2008/rain-dance-off Colbert's dance-off with Korean Pop Sensation and his arch-nemesis Rain].
* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256441/november-18-2009/the-word---grand-old-pity-party Calling] Sarah Palin's autobiography "a steaming pile of shit," then calling [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256442/november-18-2009/threatdown---quetzalcoatl--santa-claus---canadian-groin-kickers Quetzalcoatl] a pussy & refusing to apologize:
* Calling upon the Colbert Nation to help save the US speed skating team (the most successful US winter Olympic sport) when their chief financial backer went bankrupt.
{{quote| (the next day) You went to the ColbertNation website [[Epic Fail|and the "donate" button wasn't there]] but now it is and you guys raised ''[[Over Nine Thousand|$200,000!]]''}}
** As a token of gratitude, the Colbert "C" is now prominently displayed on the skaters' outfits
** This Troper believes that some of Colbert's previous instances of calling on the fans-naming a bridge in Hungary, getting a treadmill named after him, HIS OWN GODDAMN ICE CREAM-qualifies as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* After a White House Advisor named [[Meaningful Name|G Edward DeSeve]] spent twelve million dollars on a stimulus website & [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|pronounced Stephen's name wrong,]] Stephen ripped him a new one in a verbal smackdown that rivaled [[Family Guy (Animation)/Awesome|Quagmire's rant against Brian.]][http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/257750/december-07-2009/who-s-attacking-me-now----g--edward-deseve\]
* When Stephen interviewed [[Andrew Schlafly]], he got his revenge on [[Rational Wiki (Wiki)RationalWiki|Assfly]] taking his name out of his revision of the Bible by accusing him of inventing his own truth. We all knew it was true long before he said it, but the fact that Stephen said it to his face has to count for something.
* As someone from Memphis, TN, his interview with Harold Ford Jr was particularly satisfying.
* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264042/february-08-2010/sarah-palin-uses-a-hand-o-prompter In response to Sarah Palin defending Rush Limbaugh's use of "effing retard" as satire:] ''"SARAH PALIN IS A FUCKING RETARD."'' [[Badass|Stephen]] said it right into the camera. ''Hell'' yeah.
* Colbert's 6-minute interview with Joseph Cirincione, head of the Ploughshares Fund for nuclear disarmament, including a graphic pantomime of a nuclear blast, the reduction of current nuclear dilemma to a game of Marry/Boff/Kill(Marry, Sanction, Bomb), and actually getting his opponent to choose the "Bomb" option. The fact that Cirincione is such a good sport about it all adds to the fun. View the whole thing [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256925/november-30-2009/better-know-a-lobby---ploughshares-fund here.]
** [http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/best-of/the-colbert-report---better-know-a-/clip241563 Alternate link for Canadian tropers.]{{Dead link}}
* Speaking of Canada, EVERYTHING involved with the <s> 2010</s> '010 Vancouver Olympics, from crawling into NBC's fake fireplace to [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure|psychoanalyzing]] the US speed skating team to almost killing Lindsey Vonn with laughter on camera to getting Michael Bublé to sing the Canadian national anthem to the tune of the American national anthem (Bublé: I feel kind of dirty...).
* One of the show's early "Better Know a District" interviews, before anyone knew who he was, was with [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/70730/june-14-2006/better-know-a-district---georgia-s-8th---lynn-westmoreland Republican Congressman Lynn Westmoreland], who had done virtually nothing during his time in office except try to get the Ten Commandments displayed in federal government buildings.
{{quote| '''Colbert:''' Why was that important to you?<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' Well, the Ten Commandments is not a bad thing for people to understand and to respect.<br />
'''Colbert:''' I'm with you.<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' What better place is there to have something like that than in a judicial building, or a courthouse?<br />
'''Colbert:''' That is a good question. Can you think of [[American Churches|any better building]] to put the Ten Commandments in than in a public building?<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' No. ''[shot of Colbert's face, which is like, "really?"]'' I think if we were totally without them we might lose a sense of our direction.<br />
'''Colbert:''' What are the Ten Commandments?<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' ...What are all of them?<br />
'''Colbert:''' Mm-hmm.<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' [[Oh Crap|You want me to name them all?]]<br />
'''Colbert:''' Yes, please. ''[puts up his hands with his fists closed]''<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' Um... don't murder. ''[Colbert puts up a finger]'' Don't lie. ''[second finger]'' Don't steal. ''[third finger]'' Um... I can't name them all.<br />
'''Colbert:''' Congressman, thank you for taking time away from keeping the Sabbath day holy to talk to me.<br />
'''Westmoreland:''' ''[shaking his hand]'' Anytime, Stephen. }}
** The same congressman made headlines during the 2008 presidential election for describing [[Barack Obama]] and his wife Michelle as [[Unfortunate Implications|"uppity."]] [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/180282/september-05-2008/better-know-a-district---lynn-westmoreland-update Colbert responded] on the show by calling him a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"stupid cracker"]] and replaying the BKAD segment.
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* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/341408/july-27-2010/kevin-kline July 27, 2010:] Stephen Colbert...vs. ''Kevin freaking Kline'' on who can out-pronunciate each other. Followed by who can act out famous Shakespeare characters the best ''using only facial expressions and grunts.''
* His [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/343110/august-03-2010/laura-ingraham interview with Laura Ingraham], in which he managed to call her writing banal, cliched, and filled with "hideous, hackneyed racial stereotypes" to her face, ''while still pretending to support her.''
{{quote| "What are the odds that Barack Obama’s private musings would completely and perfectly match up with the narrative that the right is trying to push about him?"}}
* Saying that if Brett Favre unretires ''again'', he'd kill him with his bare hands.
** He said if Favre came out of retirement again, he'd "gouge his eyes out with a sharpened broom handle." Sure enough, two weeks later, Stephen plays a clip of the press conference where Brett Favre once again comes out of retirement. The next shot is of Stephen sharpening a broom handle. Made even more brilliant by his deadpan delivery of the line "It's eye-kebob time."
* The entire [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/352253/september-08-2010/intro---9-8-10 Sept. 8, 2010 episode.] To celebrate the official pulling of every combat troop from Iraq, his entire studio audience consisted of soldiers from every branch of the military who made it home in one piece (as well as two live feeds of soldiers still overseas). Not only were the veterans in attendance given a proper hero's welcome, each was supplied with a cold bottle of American beer and a hot dog. Serving the hot dogs? ''Vice President Joe Biden.'' And believe it or not, all that is just the tip of the awesome iceberg.
** He, or rather, the Colbert Nation, got [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707142249/http://a1926.g.akamai.net/downloadstor.download.akamai.com/10768/comedy/colbert/ColbertNation_Certificate.jpg an official army commendation] for his efforts.
* The topic: Attacks on US troops no matter how we react to the Mosque/Koran burning. The Word: Mutually Assured Coercion. The skit: '''''[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/359126/september-14-2010/the-word---mutually-assured-coercion DR STRANGELOVE PARODY.]'''''
* The December 20, 2006 episode (sorry for breaking the order). Stephen (sort of) and [[The Decemberists|Chris Funk]] are in a guitar solo contest. The musicians have a [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/79951/december-20-2006/shreddown---the-judgment jam session] at the end, playing the show's theme.
* The October 30, 2010 [http[wikipedia:Rally to Restore Sanity and//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_and/or_Fearor Fear|Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear]] was one huge CMoA for him ''and'' Jon Stewart.
* The show's origin. After struggling to find a show to follow [[The Daily Show]] (Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Weeked at the DL, etc.), the producers of TDS pitched an idea: Stephen Colbert parodying Bill O'Reilly. That one phrase got the head of Comedy Central to OK the show for a two month run. ''Without ever filming a pilot''.
** The show's origin dates even before that: the concept started as a series of fake promos on The Daily Show, before they decided to make it into an actual show.
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* January 3rd, 2011. Colbert calls the Susan G Komen for the cure out on spending over a million in donor funds annually on [[Frivolous Lawsuit|Frivolous Lawsuits]] against other cancer charities that use "for the cure" in their title, while acting like he was praising the decision.
* January 18, 2011. Colbert calls out Mika Brzezinski for complaining about Sarah Palin getting too much attention in the media. The awesome part is not what he said against her, but the total [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/371413/january-18-2011/mika-brzezinski-experiences-palin-fatigue criticism he gave about the relevance of Sarah Palin,] without missing a single beat.
{{quote| "I know you think this story has no purpose other than keeping Sarah Palin’s name in the headlines for another news cycle. I know you think she has nothing to offer the national dialogue and that her speeches are just coded talking points mixed in [[Delusions of Eloquence|with words picked up at random from a thesaurus]]. I know you think Sarah Palin is at best a [[TedSmall Name, Big BaxterEgo|self-promoting ignoramus]] and at worst a shameless media troll who will abuse any platform to deliver dog-whistle encouragement to a far right base that may include possible insurrectionists. I know you think her reality show was pathetically unstatesmanlike, and at the same time, I know you believe it represents the pinnacle of her potential. And that [[Attention Whore|her transparent desperation to be a celebrity]] so completely eclipsed her interest in public service so long ago that there would be more journalistic integrity on reporting on of the lesser Kardashians’ ass implants. I know, I ''know'' that when you arrive at the office each day you say a silent prayer that maybe--just maybe--Sarah Palin will at long last just shut up for just [[Precision F-Strike|ten fucking minutes]]. I know because I can see it in your eyes. Well guess what, Mika? That’s the gig. And it’s only January of 2011, kiddo. And you have a minimum of two more years of this ahead of you. You want to stay in this game? You dig deep. You find another gear. You show up to work every day and get your hair and makeup done. You slap on a smile, get out there on TV and repeat what Sarah Palin said on Hannity last night right into the lens. You know...''news''."}}
* And his response to Big Hollywood's blog posts about said rant is a slightly lesser [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: "For the record, I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman whose experience as a failed Vice Presidential candidate, half-term governor, and eight-episode reality show star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.”
* The epic [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/377119/march-10-2011/colbert-pac-ad ColbertPAC ad], in response to Governor Tim Palenty's epic totally-not-running-for-president-just-selling-a-book ad.
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* Getting his own PAC, even if we have no idea what he's going to do with it.
** You mean ''Super'' PAC.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115213611/http://www.viddler.com/explore/DESTROYA914/videos/19/ Colbert performing a suburban version of Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys.]
** [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/59061/february-09-2006/charlene--i-m-right-behind-you- Charlene (I'm right behind you)], which is, quite possibly the greatest [[Blatant Lies|love song]] of all time.
* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/402700/november-17-2011/the-word---the-1- Colbert] dropping a [[Anvilicious|massive]] [[Take That]] laden [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|anvil]] in the recent ''Word'' segment "The 1%".
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** Colbert on stage with Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, and Don Flemming singing "Goodnight Irene." Wow. This folk- singing Troper approves!
* [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/413071/april-23-2012/steve-doocy-s-subtext-reporting Colbert] deconstructs Steve Doocy's use of [[Subtext]].
{{quote| Colbert: I am an independent newsmen. Not some smug, self-satisfied brown-noser toting to the Republican establishment...unlike some people.}}
* An oldie but a goodie. The Word-[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/182364/october-30-2006/the-word---shameless Shameless].
{{quote| Colbert: To look at that add and not feel for the man (Michael J. Fox), you'd have to be a [[Rush Limbaugh|cold, heartless sociopath]].}}
* After a pastor claims that Obama's support of same-sex marriage goes against "the Jesus that he says he follows."
{{quote| Colbert: Yes. Obama's contradicting The Jesus. ''(brings out a bible)'' And I, right now, would like to read to you what The Jesus said about homosexuality. ...I'd like to, but he never said anything about it.}}
** Similarly, his [[Take That]] to North Carolina
{{quote| Colbert: So congratulations North Carolina! You struck a decisive blow for loneliness. And tonight, as you sleep beside your heterosexual lifemate, you can rest assured that all across your great state, a gay man or a lesbian woman, is crying themselves to sleep in solitude, and making your relationship stronger with every tear.}}
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