Man Learns That "Colbert Report" Is Satirical

Beacher City, Illinois – Local man, Bob, is a proud republican and talks often about how there are very few news outlets that provide information without a liberal bias. He will talk for hours about the left-leaning views of MSNBC, CNN and many other major news networks. He even dislikes the fact that many of the nation’s youth were getting their news from Democrat, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show. This is why, in 2005, Bob was thrilled that Comedy Central offered another view with their new show The Colbert Report.

“Finally,” he said. “There is a show that is entertaining and doesn’t have all of that liberal hippie crap in it.” He encouraged all that he knew on his MySpace account to check out the new show that followed The Daily Show. “Steven hits the nail on the head with an informative and humorous show that gives the nation its facts.”

It wasn’t until last Tuesday that Bob realized that the show was done tongue-in-cheek. He was heartbroken saying “All these years it has been satire? How could this be?” as he took down his home-made Threat Down Board that he assembled on the back of his kitchen pantry door. He had relied upon Colbert to provide him with his news and entertainment 4 days a week.

“I feel betrayed.” he said while alerting those in his Facebook group he dedicated to the show. “The rug has been pulled out from under us and the wool placed over our eyes once again.”

Friends would ask Bob, during his 6-year allegiance to the show, if he knew that it wasn’t really a “Republican show.” He would dismiss their claims and remained true to The Colbert Nation. When mentioning that Jon Stewart was a head writer for the program, he would often retort that “Jon Stewart must be a common Jewish name. Surely there are more than one Jon Stewarts in the world!”

Doubt did creep into Bob’s mind when the rally on the Washington mall was held last October. To see Colbert work so closely with Stewart to put this on was off-putting for Bob. But, he rationalized the event by saying “It is their way of showing that the two parties can work together for the common good. With them both on the same network, it was probably rather easy for the two shows to unite.”

Now Bob is wrestling with whether or not he will continue watching the show. “It has become habitual. Something that I look forward to four nights a week, unless they are in reruns again. It does have its merits. There are a lot of decent authors that are interviewed… I just don’t know. I should give it up the same way I gave up on my favorite actress, Whoopi Goldberg, when she opened her big mouth on The View.”