History Awesome / TheColbertReport

* November 11th: [[http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/uqricc/tip-wag---breitbart Stephen's takedown of Breitbart]] for attacking Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, then putting a half-hearted retraction [[NamesTheSame when they realized this was a different person than who they were attacking]].

* When Stephen interviewed Andrew Schlafly, he got his revenge on [[Wiki/RationalWiki Assfly]] taking his name out of his revision of the Bible by accusing him of inventing his own truth. We all knew it was true long before he said it, but the fact that Stephen said it to his face, [[RefugeInAudacity while still pretending to support him]], has to count for something.

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* In [[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House of Cards]] Season 3, Stephen Colbert interviews President Underwood. He also repeatedly mocks him, his project, and makes him look like a fool. Frank Underwood is a man who has destroyed, and killed, people for lesser offenses. Stephen Colbert got away with it, while in front of millions, ''to Frank's face.''
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-->'''Stephen:''' Yes. Obama's contradicting "The Jesus". ''(brings out a bible)'' And I, right now, would like to read to you what "The Jesus" said about homosexuality. [[spoiler:...I'd like to, but He never said anything about it.]]

* In [[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House of Cards]] Season 3, Stephen Colbert interviews [[spoiler: President]] Underwood. He also repeatedly mocks him, his project, and makes him look like a fool. Frank Underwood is a man who has destroyed, [[spoiler: and killed,]] people for lesser offenses. Stephen Colbert got away with it, while in front of millions, ''to Frank's face.''

* November 17th: [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/402700/november-17-2011/the-word---the-1- Colbert]] dropping a [[{{Anvilicious}} massive]] TakeThat laden [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped anvil]] in the ''Word'' segment "The 1%".

* August 28: In [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/53s26i/the-colbert-report-the-word---acid-flashback "The Word: Acid Flashback"]], Stephen [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped drops an anvil]] about how [[TwoDecadesBehind America's obsession with moral battles from the 1960s is blinding them from the problems of the present day]].

* [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/509747/the-colbert-report-smaug December 11th:]] Stephen's surprise guest, promoting ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', turns out to be... [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons the Dragon Smaug!]] Maybe you thought it would be Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, but, no, when Stephen Colbert said his guest was Smaug, he meant Smaug of the Lonely Mountain, Last of Morgoth's Firedrakes, chiefest and greatest of calamaties. They actually animated a gigantic CGI dragon poking his head into the studio to talk to Stephen!

* June 16th: As if [[AGodAmI each had created the other]] in its [[HallOfMirrors own warped image]], never in the history of television were a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits band]] and a late-night TalkShow more [[RoboticSpouse perfectly matched]] than {{Music/Devo}} and ''Series/TheColbertReport'' [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/312645/june-16-2010/devo as seen here.]]

* March 6th: Stephen tries to sing "Happy Birthday to You" in honor of its 90th anniversary, but when he can't because of copyrighting, Stephen sings a new song to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

** The final curtain call. It begins with Jon Stewart coming out to sing [[EarWorm an upbeat rendition of "We'll Meet Again"]] with Stephen, then it leads to [[BackForTheFinale nearly every guest and show staff person coming out to sing with him]].

* September 16, 2009: It seems criminal to give one to someone other than Stephen, but surely Jane Fonda deserves a major SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/262167/the-colbert-report----after-dark?current_video=86577 smooching Colbert on national television and taking him completely by surprise.]] She continues to rule the rest of the interview - from his lap, might I add - and prove that she may be the greatest example of GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave.
* November 18th: [[http://www.rawstory.com/2009/11/colbert-palin-steaming-pile/ Calling]] Sarah Palin's autobiography "a steaming pile of shit," then calling [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256442/november-18-2009/threatdown---quetzalcoatl--santa-claus---canadian-groin-kickers Quetzalcoatl]] a pussy & refusing to apologize:

* In [[HouseOfCardsUS House of Cards]] Season 3, Stephen Colbert interviews [[spoiler: President]] Underwood. He also repeatedly mocks him, his project, and makes him look like a fool. Frank Underwood is a man who has destroyed, [[spoiler: and killed,]] people for lesser offenses. Stephen Colbert got away with it, while in front of millions, ''to Frank's face.''

** The same congressman made headlines during the 2008 presidential election for describing UsefulNotes/BarackObama and his wife Michelle as [[UnfortunateImplications "uppity."]] On September 5, 2008, [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/180282/september-05-2008/better-know-a-district---lynn-westmoreland-update Colbert responded]] on the show by calling him a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "stupid cracker"]] and replaying the BKAD segment.

* January 22nd: [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/148029/january-22-2008/it-s-all-about-stephen One segment]] of his show described his father's real-life CrowningMomentOfAwesome - working with Coretta Scott King and Andrew Young to resolve the 1969 Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike.

* September 16, 2009: It seems criminal to give one to someone other than Stephen, but surely Jane Fonda deserves a major CrowningMomentOfAwesome for [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/262167/the-colbert-report----after-dark?current_video=86577 smooching Colbert on national television and taking him completely by surprise.]] She continues to rule the rest of the interview - from his lap, might I add - and prove that she may be the greatest example of GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave.

** Some of Colbert's previous instances of calling on the fans-naming a bridge in Hungary, getting a treadmill named after him, HIS OWN GODDAMN ICE CREAM- could also qualifiy as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311927/june-07-2010/oil-s-well-that-never-ends June 7th]]: Colbert begins by chastising President Obama for not outwardly showing his anger and frustration at the BP Oil Spill disaster and demonstrates how rolling up his sleeves represent how angry he is. Colbert ends up ripping his sleeves off completely and demanding that the BP C.E.O. Tony Hayward come out onto the stage. [[TakeThat A Tony Hayward]] look-alike appears and tries to explain things but Colbert ''kicks him in the nuts, drags him out of the studio, throws him down a flight of stairs, bangs his head in with a door, throws him off the roof of the studio, watches him be run over by his own SUV repeatedly by a sea turtle, then has a pair of seagulls eat him alive''. There are not enough words for how utterly hilarious and awesome this is. Forget every gag and joke there has ever been about Tony Hayward's ineptitude regarding the BP spill because this is without a doubt the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny best revenge joke]] ever on the subject.

** And from that, the entire first act of his January 12, 2012 show the next day, where he transfers control of his Super Pac to Jon Stewart so he'll be free to run for president, and the two of them flaunting how closely they work together, what good friends they are and how they can communicate through their TV shows, and thus can slip through legal loopholes forbidding presidential candidates and super [=PACs=] from directly coordinating their plans. Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny, awesome because, as Stephen demonstrated shortly before bringing out Stewart, this is pretty much how real life super pacs work.

* August 6th: After the disappointment that Music/DaftPunk wouldn't be on for Colbchella, he dances to [[AwesomeMusic Get Lucky]] in an elaborate montage featuring various celebrities and a bit of Jon Stewart. It must be seen to be believed.

-->'''Stephen:''' To look at that ad and not feel for the man (Creator/MichaelJFox), you'd have to be a [[RushLimbaugh cold, heartless sociopath]].

* June 23rd: How did Stephen Colbert get notoriously private and interview-averse [[TheWhiteStripes Jack White]] to relax during their interview? Have a Catholic trivia contest. [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ihqt34/the-colbert-report-exclusive---2011--a-rock-odyssey-featuring-jack-white---catholic-throwdown---uncensored It has to be seen to be believed]].