The Colbert Report/Recurring Elements



The Colbert Report is the most truthy news program on television, everything else pales in comparison. Too bad Stephen can't see color.

=Essential Elements that create The Right Attitude= In order to better understand Stephen and by extension, his show, one must study the "Essential Elements" of both Stephen and The Report.
 * Staying "Hip and In-Tune" with The Kids
 * Keeping "Plugged-into" The Internets
 * Balls
 * Nailing Guests
 * The Heroes
 * Inability to pronounce foreign names
 * Denying Obvious Latent Homosexual Tendencies
 * Being Judgemental:
 * On Notice
 * Dead to me
 * Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger
 * The Threat Down
 * Stephen Colbert's Big Brass Balls
 * The Shelves of Honor
 * Honoring Oneself
 * The C Desk
 * The Axe Body Spray Interview Zone
 * I Called It
 * Opening credits
 * "Grippy" (October 17, 2005 - February 9, 2006)
 * "Megamerican" (February 21 – April 6, 2006)
 * "Lincolnish" (April 17 – ?)
 * "Superstantial" (? - Present)
 * Rushmorable (coming soon)

= F AOTR= In addition to having the Right Attitude, one must also have the right friends. AOTR stands for: "Acquaintance of The Report".
 * Bobby
 * Wilford Brimley
 * Charlene
 * Filliam H. Muffman
 * Alan
 * Tad, the Building Manager
 * Jimmy
 * Killer
 * The Prescott Group
 * Stephen & Melinda Gates Foundation
 * P.K. Winsome
 * Stephen Jr.
 * Daniel
 * Laurie
 * Meg

=Enemies of Freedom, The Report and America=
 * Russ Lieber

=Important Issues Dr. Colbert Discusses That No One Else Does=
 * The Threat of Bears to America
 * The Greatness of Papa Bear
 * Exactly How Good A Sandwich BLTs Really Are
 * The Freakishness of Oregon
 * The Greatness of Soledad O'Brien
 * The War On Christmas
 * The Ongoing, Unresolved Iranian Hostage Crisis
 * The Ontario Hockey League, specifically, the Saginaw Spirit

=Regular Educational News Segments= Since becoming a Doctor, Stephen feels it is important that people know what's important. Here is a short list of the segments all Americans should be taught in public schools.


 * "All You Need To Know"
 * the "Better Know" series
 * The Wørd
 * Formidable Opponent
 * Movies That Are Destroying America
 * The Da Colbert Code
 * Stephen Colbert's Sport Report
 * Colbert Report Special Reports

Freedom Trivia
Often, after a commercial break, a message is shown to the Heroes. The names are often portmanteaus: Sometimes it's a "Fract" (Freedom Fact), while other times it might be a drinking game, a "Friddle" (Freedom Riddle), a "Franagram" (Freedom Anagram), a "Frnap" (Freedom Snap), etc.

Others

 * "Gravitas-off"
 * Stephen Settles The Debate
 * "So Awful We Can't Bear to Show You",
 * "Around The World In 11.6 Seconds"
 * Bring 'Em Back or Leave 'Em Dead
 * "Un-American News"
 * This Week in History
 * "Campaign Against Humbuggery"
 * "Stephen Colbert's Balls &mdash; For Kidz"
 * "This Week in History"
 * "Was it Really That Bad?"
 * "The Craziest F#?king Thing I've Ever Heard"
 * "Stephen's Sound Advice"
 * Who's Honoring Me Now?
 * Who's Not Honoring Me Now?
 * "Who's Attacking Me Now?"
 * "Easter Under Attack"
 * "The Inbox"
 * "On The Phone"
 * Who's Riding My Coattails Now?
 * The Pulse
 * Stephen Colbert's Rioting Do's and Dont's
 * What Number Is Stephen Thinking Of?
 * South Pole Minute
 * Vilsack Attack

=Official Colbert Contributions to America's Marketplace=

Video Games, for The Kidz

 * "Stephen Colbert's World of ColbertCraft"
 * "Stephen Colbert's Escape From Skateboard Mountain"

Music

 * Stephen Colbert's Hiphopketball: A Jazzebration
 * Stephen Colbert's Hiphopketball 2: The Rejazzebration Remix '06.
 * Stephen and the Colberts' "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)"

Other Important Official Colbert Products



 * "Stephen Colbert's Scorn"
 * "ColBucks"
 * Formula 402 is the Doctor's seed for creating a new world of truthiness
 * Formula 401, the unrefrigerated version of Formula 402
 * Stephen's Written Word, Books Written by Stephen Colbert
 * Emergency Donkey Pinata

=See also=
 * List of The Colbert Report episodes
 * Truthiness
 * Stephen Colbert
 * The Daily Show

=External Sources=
 * Truth
 * Justice