Willie Shoemaker

Willie Shoemaker is a former race horse jockey and the current mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama, which is located in Colbert County.



Although he vehemently denies his depressed local economy is due to his heavy betting of city funds on horses which finished out of the money, he nonetheless welcomed The Stephen Colbert Museuem and Gift Shop to town.

Mayor Shoemaker is proof that with a firm handshake and a friendly "Attaboy," along with the monetary boost provided by a fiscal windfall like the Museum, anyone can be in charge of a rural town in Alabama.

"Attaboy," Mayor.