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Screengrab (1 of 3)of old footage of Dr. Colbert filing a report about the metric system back when he was the midday anchor in WPTS in Patterson Springs, North Carolina. Source footage most likely copyright WPTS, 1987.

Dr. Colbert's report:
 * "What is a meter anyway? Instead of a front yard, will I have a front meter?  And these things, at the bottom of my legs, are they feet?  Or should I call them meters now?  Hey, I guess instead of inchworms, we'll have meterworms.  And you know what?  That's an awful big worm.  I say to "hectare" with the metric system.  This is one liter I don't want to follow."

"The Colbert Report", September 24, 2007.