History Awesome / TheColbertReport

* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/372156/january-25-2011/amy-chua hard-ass to her face]], and generally mocks her [[EducationMama parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.
* The epic [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/377119/march-10-2011/colbert-pac-ad ColbertPAC ad]], in response to Governor Tim Palenty's ad

* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/372156/january-25-2011/amy-chua hard-ass to her face]], and generally mocks her [[EducationMama parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.

* And his response to Big Hollywood's blog posts about said rant is a slightly lesser CMOA: "For the record, I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman whose experience as a failed Vice Presidential candidate, half-term governor, and eight-episode reality show star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.”

* It seems criminal to give one to someone other than Stephen, but surely Jane Fonda deserves a major CMOA 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 MostTriumphantExample of GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave.

* When Stephen interviewed AndrewSchlafly, he got his revenge on [[RationalWiki Assfly]] taking his name out of his [[WallBanger 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 has to count for something.

* And his response to Big Hollywood's blog posts about said rant is a slightly lesser CMOA: "For the record, I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman whose experience as a failed Vice Presidential candidate, half-term governor, and eight-episode reality show star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.”
* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/372156/january-25-2011/amy-chua hard-ass to her face]], and generally mocks her [[EducationMama parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.

*** No, it really doesn't. All it takes is lack of manners. There was nothing anyone could do if he delivered critical commentary at a roast legally, and he was already getting hate mail from most republicans so you can't chalk it up to that.

* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a hard-ass to her face, and generally mocks her [[EducationMama parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.

* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a hard-ass, and generally mocks her [[EducationMama parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.

* January 26 2011. Colbert calls [[MyBelovedSmother "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" author Amy Chau]] a hard-ass, and generally mocks her [[KnightTemplarParent general parenting attitude]], all while remaining perfectly civil.

* And his response to Big Hollywood's blog posts about said rant is a slightly lesser CMOA: "For the record, I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman whose experience as a failed Vice Presidential candidate, half-term governor, and eight-episode reality show star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.”

* January 18, 2011. Colbert calls out Mika Brzezinski for complaining about Sarah Palin getting too much attention in the media. The awesome part is not what he said against her, but the total [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/371413/january-18-2011/mika-brzezinski-experiences-palin-fatigue criticism he gave about the relevance of Sarah Palin,]] without missing a single beat.

* January 3rd, 2011. Colbert calls the Susan G Komen for the cure out on spending over a million in donor funds annually on [[FrivolousLawsuit Frivolous Lawsuits]] against other cancer charities that use "for the cure" in their title, while acting like he was praising the decision.

* When one of his employees found a credit card belonging to someone connected to Goldman Sachs, Colbert offered to return the card if the man came on the show to defend Wall Street bonuses. He then threatened to reveal one number on the card until the card holder came on the show. Goldman Sachs then sent him a letter demanding he return the card, which he said he would do...after he copied it.

* The show's origin. After struggling to find a show to follow TheDailyShow (Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Weeked at the DL, etc.), the producers of TDS pitched an idea: Stephen Colbert parodying Bill O'Reilly. That one phrase got the head of Comedy Central to OK the show for a two month run. ''Without ever filming a pilot''.

* The October 30, 2010 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity_and/or_Fear Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear]] was one huge [=CMoA=] for him ''and'' Jon Stewart.

* The December 20, 2006 episode (sorry for breaking the order). Stephen (sort of) and [[TheDecemberists Chris Funk]] are in a guitar solo contest. The musicians have a [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/79951/december-20-2006/shreddown---the-judgment jam session]] at the end, playing the show's theme.

* The topic: Attacks on US troops no matter how we react to the Mosque/Koran burning. The Word: Mutually Assured Coercion. The skit: '''''[[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/359126/september-14-2010/the-word---mutually-assured-coercion DR STRANGELOVE PARODY.]]'''''

* June 7th, 2010: 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.

* As well, one segment of his show described his father's real-life CMoA - working with Coretta Scott King and Andrew Young to resolve the 1969 Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike.

** He, or rather, the Colbert Nation, got [[http://a1926.g.akamai.net/downloadstor.download.akamai.com/10768/comedy/colbert/ColbertNation_Certificate.jpg an official army commendation]] for his efforts.

* The entire Sept. 8, 2010 episode. To celebrate the official pulling of every combat troop from Iraq, his entire studio audience consisted of soldiers from every branch of the military who made it home in one piece (as well as two live feeds of soldiers still overseas). Not only were the veterans in attendance given a proper hero's welcome, each was supplied with a cold bottle of American beer and a hot dog. Serving the hot dogs? ''Vice President Joe Biden.'' And believe it or not, all that is [[BeyondTheImpossible just the tip of the awesome iceberg.]]

* The September 8, 2010 episode features an audience consisting entirely of US soldiers returning from Iraq. Not only did he set live grass in the studio for their feet (as a reprieve from the sand of Iraq) and serve them beer, but he gave them hot dogs served in person by Vice-President Biden. Not only a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, but a CrowningMomentOfFunny and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming all in one.

** He said if Favre came out of retirement again, he'd "gouge his eyes out with a sharpened broom handle." Sure enough, two weeks later, Stephen plays a clip of the press conference where Brett Favre once again comes out of retirement. The next shot is of Stephen sharpening a broom handle. Made even more brilliant by his deadpan delivery of the line "It's eye-kebob time."

* After a White House Advisor named [[MeaningfulName G Edward DeSeve]] spent [[BeyondTheImpossible eighteen million dollars]] on a stimulus website & [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pronounced Stephen's name wrong,]] Stephen ripped him a new one in a verbal smackdown that rivaled [[CrowningMoment/FamilyGuy Quagmire's rant against Brian.]][[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/257750/december-07-2009/who-s-attacking-me-now----g--edward-deseve]]

* Having Al Gore to spontaneously dunk his head in a bucket of water just show how hard it would be for people to adapt to a world covered in water(i.e. global warming).