# Stephen Colbert's childhood

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436 "2005-09-26T03:40:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/21 "2005-09-27T13:48:46Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> That’s beyond awful.

I find it _very_ darkly humorous that it happened on September 11.

/me runs from the stoning

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/22 "2005-09-27T14:08:29Z")

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Pretty awful stuff. I can’t imagine what kind of influence losing all of your older male role models would have on a ten year old.

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**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/23 "2005-09-27T16:50:07Z")

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> [@CynicalGabe](#):
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> Would it be in bad taste for me to suggest that the crew of that plane sound like they would make excellent Dopers?

Doper Pilot: So did you read that thread in MPSIMS about the resturant restrooms?  
Doper Co-pilot: Yeah, remind you of any place we know?  
Together: The First Class lounge at BWI!  
Doper Co-pilot: Totally, and you know it’s only a matter or time before **lieu** pops in and posts something disturbingly funny.  
Doper Pilot: Roger that. [Talking into radio] Tower, we are making our final approach and we’ve brought pie, over.  
Doper Co-pilot: Hey, where’d those trees come from?  
::end transmission::

I’m so going to hell, but at least I’ll know some people there.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/24 "2005-09-27T18:19:53Z")

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> [@Mathochist](#):
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> I find it _very_ darkly humorous that it happened on September 11.

I noticed that, but I don’t see the humor.

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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/25 "2005-09-28T14:07:14Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Pretty awful stuff. I can’t imagine what kind of influence losing all of your older male role models would have on a ten year old.

Obviously you become a fake news anchor.

_shudder_

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**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/26 "2005-09-28T14:35:47Z")

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> [@Mathochist](#):
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> I find it _very_ darkly humorous that it happened on September 11.

At the time that was the 1 year anniversary of the military coup in Chile which put Pinochet in power.

Not generally a good day to get out of bed, that Sept. 11…

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/27 "2006-01-16T22:40:45Z")

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New info: This thread is cited as a source for the very subject asked about in the OP on [Colbert’s wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Colbert)

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-childhood/323436/28 "2006-01-16T23:41:46Z")

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Ahead of the _New York Times_, even. :smack:

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