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Dr.

As of right now, the lede begins with Dr. Stephen Tyrone Colbert. The Dr. appears to have been added because of the honorary degree that Colbert received from Knox College (Illinois). I could be wrong, but I do not think receiving an honorary doctorate properly confers the title of "Doctor" to people. For example, Bill Clinton has received a number of honorary doctorates, but he is still not referred to as Dr. Bill Clinton. Personally, I think referring to someone who has received an honorary doctorate as "Dr." is insulting to the people who have traditional, non-honorary doctorates (real doctorates, you might say).

I would argue the "Dr." at the beginning of this article was added to the article to add to the exalted cult status of Stephen Colbert. I think it should be removed. (A similar discussion occured over the use of "Sir".) JEN9841 (talk) 08:12, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Parity With Glenn Beck

The Restoring Honor rally has a full article, while "The March To Keep Fear Alive" [1] isn't even mentioned in this article, though an unrelated (okay, maybe slightly related) Internet campaign in favor of a "Truthiness" rally is.

oh, there is an article 2010 Stewart–Colbert rallies. Maybe that should be linked here?

Congressional hearings of 9-24

Anyone want to take a crack at adding his testifying at the congressional hearing on illegal immigrant workers in the US, and staying in character until his final statement?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/09/colbert-stays-in-character-at-congressional-hearing.html http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/colbert-humors-annoys-congressman-hearing-capitol-hill-stephen-jonathan-karl-11722655

It's all over the internet today, so it shouldn't be hard to find a lot more sources than this. 67.193.96.49 (talk) 09:05, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Given the viral news coverage, I think it also should have its own article like Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.--Sum (talk) 16:34, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tattoo

Does he really have a tattoo of a panther? He says he does, but he also says it "roams around" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.95.107 (talk) 18:56, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any mention of a tattoo in the article, if you could, could you please provide a link to where you found this information. Cheers, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 9:12pm • 10:12, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He said it in his interview with Cee-Lo. Why would anyone take what he says in character at face value? --Muboshgu (talk) 17:38, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it present in the article, if not then it's not worth adding to the article. —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 10:01am • 23:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not, nor should it be. --Muboshgu (talk) 23:05, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, glad that's been cleared. —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 1:26pm • 02:26, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update on awards

I'm new on Wikipedia and don't know how to use it. Stephen Colbert just got the first ever Golden Tweet award. We should add this in somehow...72.211.214.63 (talk) 07:59, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, it's not a minor achievement either. (posted by Venyas at 9:27am PST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venyas (talk • contribs) 17:27, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from 72.44.148.196, 19 January 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Colbert has appeared in several recurring segments for The Daily Show, including "Even Stephven" with Steve Carell,[37]; Please change "Even Stephven" to "Even Stevphen" as listed on The Daily Show website

72.44.148.196 (talk) 21:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done--JayJasper (talk) 21:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert's vandalism of Wikipedia

Really, we should not let him get away with that vandalism. No matterhow funny it may have been, there should have been at least a sentence about it!209.121.127.164 (talk) 21:37, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Spin City

It mentions near the beginning of the article that he made a guest appearance on the show "Spin City", but it's not listed anywhere in his filmography section. Does anyone know what year/episode/character, and if so can they fill it in? 173.171.125.27 (talk) 17:08, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]