Colbert had one brother, Charles ( 1898 – 1971 ), who used the surname Wendling and served as her agent and business manager for a time.

Scenes from the movie were used in both A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

* Prescott Pharmaceuticals, a fictional medical company used by Stephen Colbert on the segment " Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA " on The Colbert Report

* The song is used on The Colbert Report during the X Did It!

The same title is used in a recurring segment on the show, in which Colbert dispenses dubious medical advice despite his degree being Doctor of Fine Arts.

His Abrégé chronologique ( 3 vols., 1667 – 1668 ) went through fifteen editions between 1668 and 1717 ; and he used it to attack the financiers, with the result that his salary as historiographer was diminished by Colbert.

* On the July 14, 2009 episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert used a Johnny-like character named Senator Wences to question Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearing.

The voices of Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy, and Hedy Lamarr are used.

In order to maintain the integrity of his philosophy of mercantilism, which required that all items used in the decoration of Versailles be made in France, Jean-Baptiste Colbert enticed several workers from Venice to make mirrors at the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs.

* At the Rally to Restore Sanity and / or Fear on October 30, 2010, Jon Stewart used the imaginary threat of " corbomite " in bottled water to illustrate how media figures ( personified by Stephen Colbert ) create and magnify fears in the public.

Colbert started a mercantile system which used protectionism and state-sponsored manufacturing to promote the production of luxury goods over the rest of the economy.

The piece is also used on The Colbert Report as the theme for the recurring segments Colbert Platinum ( on trumpet ) and Colbert Aluminum ( on kazoo ).

" The show's original opening title sequence began with an eagle diving past the host, following by images of Americana, stock footage of Colbert, and words describing Colbert flying by ( some of which have been used as The Wørd ).

* It has also been used in the episode of The Colbert Report that aired on May 23, 2007.

Thus, Alfred Sherwood Romer proposed it served as a snorkel, Martin Wilfarth that it was an attachment for a mobile proboscis used as a breathing tube or for food gathering, Charles M. Sternberg that it served as an airtrap to keep water out of the lungs, and Ned Colbert that it served as an air reservoir for prolonged stays underwater.

* The Colbert Report used Task Force 121 as an example of a " secret " task force in its television episode airing on 27 September 2010.

This definition was also used by Edwin H. Colbert and Robert L. Carroll in their textbooks of Vertebrate Palaeontology ( Colbert 1969, Carroll 1988 ).

The rows of freebooting grew bigger ; plundering raids, like those of Vera Cruz in 1683 or of Campêche in 1686, became increasingly numerous, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, elder son of Jean Baptist Colbert and at the time Minister of the Navy, brought back some order by taking a great number of measures, including the creation of plantations of indigo and of cane sugar.

Martin's work has been referenced in numerous arenas, from The Simpsons and Family Guy to The Colbert Report to Jonathan Lethem's 1999 novel Motherless Brooklyn, which describes in detail the Tourette's-afflicted protagonist's affinity for Martin's cartoons.

On Colbert's own show The Colbert Report, he has made numerous character breaks when performing alone, giggling over things such as his own suggestion of " Filliam H. Muffman " as a tabloid nickname for the relationship of William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman ; a news story about a giant inflatable dog turd that escaped its moorings and wrought destruction in England ; and various prop malfunctions, including a condom he blew up and then accidentally popped and a bottle of Manischewitz spilled behind his " news " desk.

He has made numerous appearances on TV and radio, including National Public Radio ( NPR ), PBS, The Rachel Maddow Show, Meet the Press, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Anderson Cooper 360 °, Hardball, Nightline, Real Time with Bill Maher, Fareed Zakaria GPS, and ABC Australia's Big Ideas.

Colbert has mobilized viewers to participate in numerous other such polls, including the Time 100 online poll, a contest to name an International Space Station module ( which Colbert did not ultimately win but received an honorable mention in the form of a treadmill ), and pressuring Sweden ’ s tourism bureau into giving Colbert access to the Twitter account @ Sweden.

He has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows including 20 / 20, the Today Show, Charlie Rose, and The Colbert Report.

It follows the adventures of Ace and Gary, voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, respectively, two superheroes whose sexual orientation is a matter of dispute, and a cavalcade of characters preoccupied with the question.

Capra understood their dissatisfaction and tried to lighten the mood by having Gable play practical jokes on Colbert, who responded with good humor.

On the Colbert Report, guest John King ( of CNN ) mentions Obama ’ s " New World Order " after Stephen Colbert jokes about the media ’ s role in getting Obama elected.

The Fourth of July Parade in Colbert, the Danielsville Fall Festival, the Comer Christmas Parade, and the Madison County Agriculture Fair are just a few of the events that uphold the rural flavor of the South.

On March 20, 2007, he appeared on The Colbert Report to mediate in what Stephen Colbert ( or rather, his television alter-ego ) saw as Willie Nelson infringing on his ice cream flavor time.

This was immediately parodied on The Colbert Report the next day and the two show hosts engaged in a brief ice cream personality war.

An episode of The Colbert Report displayed what Colbert called a " Prophet Muhammad Carvel ice cream cake ", which depicted Fudgie the Whale with a turban.

Colbert built the last farmhouse at the site, with only the foundations of his ice house remaining.

Carr includes period details, such as descriptions of " sumptuous meals of turtle soup au clair, Creole eggs, broiled squab, saddle of lamb a la Colbert and ' a liter of smooth, dark Wurzburger ( beer ) that had a head as thick as whipped cream '".

In August 2007, Branson announced on The Colbert Report that he had named a new aircraft Air Colbert.

It was named for the Chickasaw leader Levi Colbert, who was also known as Itawamba.

The town was named after Benjamin " Frank " Franklin Colbert ( 1826 / 1828-1893 ), a Chickasaw and great-grandson of the Scots trader James Logan Colbert and his Chickasaw wife Minta Hoye, who had five sons.

The town was originally included in the Chickasaw Nation, and is believed to be named after the great Chickasaw chief and warrior, Itawamba Minco, who later acquired the name of Levi Colbert.

In the episode, authenticator James Bennett ( played by Stephen Colbert ) forges several documents in an attempt to ruin the Brother Jerome foundation, named for a religious figure being considered for canonization.

Until 1946 it was called Torcy after the Place de Torcy, named after Colbert de Torcy ( 1665 – 1746 ), who was a nephew of Colbert and a diplomat and Foreign Minister under Louis XIV.

In the season 4 episode " Everybody Hurts ", a sly Frenchman named Jean-Pierre Colbert cons Artie Bucco into temporarily lending him $ 50, 000 dollars for a business investment back in France.

* Colbert Railway Station in Limerick City is named after him.

* Con Colbert Road in Dublin is named in his honour.

* Colbert Street in his native Athea, Co Limerick is named after him as is the local community hall.

On January 7, 1874, Allison killed a gunman named Chunk Colbert.

Brush's novel Young Man of Manhattan was named the 9th best-selling novel of 1930 by Publishers Weekly and later that year was made into a film starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, and Ginger Rogers.

Colbert urging his viewers on the March 3, 2009 airing of The Colbert Report to vote for the node to be named after him.

On April 6, 2009, Stephen Colbert, in jest, threatened a lawsuit if the node was not named after him.

In November Simmons was named bench coach for the Padres under manager Bud Black, replacing Craig Colbert.

The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake.

In 2006, Colbert won an online poll to name a bridge in Hungary, although after a visit from the Hungarian Ambassador it was announced that the bridge would not be named after him.

On September 30, 2006, the Saginaw Spirit, an OHL hockey team in Saginaw, Michigan, named its co-mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle in honor of Colbert, despite the fact that it was spotted holding a Canadian flag during the anthem.