Shelves of Honor

The Shelves of Honor are a featured area of The Eagle's Nest, where Stephen places items that commemorate, celebrate or merely serve as reminders of wonderfully American times. At the end of some episodes, Colbert places an object on one of his bookshelves to emphasize a point he's about to make. Often, he'll acknowledge the audience with surprise, as if he did not realize they were watching, saying "Oh, Hello. Didn't see you there..." or something similar.

Bookshelf Of Broken Dreams
One of the shelves is reserved for mementos of Supreme Court hopefuls who faded into the night.


 * A portrait of Abe Fortas
 * A portrait of Douglas Ginsberg
 * A portrait of Robert Bork
 * A portrait of Harriet Miers

The Shelves are divided into "fiction" and "non-fiction" sections. Watership Down and the Bible are in the "non-fiction" section, while On the Origin of Species and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female are in the "fiction" section. A copy of Elie Wiesel's Night is duct-taped between the fiction and non-fiction sections.

Colbert also raised his Saginaw Spirit # 1 jersey to the rafters of his TV studio, as he was undefeated and on top of his game, in a ceremony celebrating all he had given to the great sport of hockey.