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Stephen Colbert: Bill O'reilly
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On June 27, 2007, Colbert fell and broke his wrist during a taping of his show. The host was seen wearing a cast and getting celebrities (New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Katie Couric, Bill O'Reilly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Tim Russert, Tony Snow and Brian Williams) to sign it. The celebrity-signed cast was then auctioned off on eBay, fetching $17,200 with proceeds ... benefiting the Yellow Ribbon Fund.
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The character Colbert portrays in Report originated as an amplification of his self-important Daily Show correspondent. As they developed the character and the show... Colbert and his staff began to look at some more specific models.[6] Bill O'Reilly, whom the character affectionately nicknames "Papa Bear", is the most commonly cited point of reference. In a 2006 episode of The Colbert Report, Colbert remarked that, "if it wasn't for [O'Reilly], this show wouldn’t exist."[7] In adapting the character for the Report, Colbert has also mentioned Aaron Brown, Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs and Joe Scarborough as having an influence over his performance.[8][9] References to the character's abuse of prescription drugs are believed to be an allusion to Rush Limbaugh's addiction to painkillers.[6]
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Colbert began his year by facing off against his inspiration, Bill O'Reilly. In one afternoon, Colbert and the Fox News commentator traded guest appearances on each other's shows in an exchange Colbert called "a meeting of the guts."
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What Mr. Smith did not anticipate, he said, was that Mr. Colbert's nearly 20-minute address would become one of the most hotly debated topics in the politically charged blogosphere. Mr. Colbert delivered his remarks in character as the Bill O'Reillyesque commentator he plays on "The Colbert Report," although this time his principal foil, President Bush, was just a few feet away.
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Bill O'Reilly is a fool for agreeing to appear with Stephen Colbert. For one thing, Colbert wields irony like a knife and O'Reilly isn't smart enough to figure out how to disarm him. Every minute the two are together, you can almost hear Colbert laughing at him.
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A transcript of Colbert and Shrum’s conversation follows. Colbert’s show is designed as a satirical homage to Bill O’Reilly and usually makes fun of conservatives and certainly Shrum knows this. Even so, he’s dead serious about his Bush-stole-Ohio charge.
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