The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Central's The Daily Show hosted by Stephen Colbert. The show is a satirical spin on the conservative political punditry found on many 24-hour news channels such as The O'Reilly Factor.

Appearances
[[Video:The Colbert Report - Recap - 2012-03-14|thumb|300px|right|Recap of Kermit's appearance (full video here).]]
 * In a June 19, 2008 report that fruit has dethroned cookies as childrens' favorite snack food, Colbert blames Cookie Monster's abandonment of cookies and newfound love of fruit. After a montage of clips from Sesame Street as evidence to support the claim, Cookie Monster himself appears to explain to Colbert that he has not abandoned cookies, but rather learned to eat them as part of a balanced diet. Although he had many cookie-related episodes in the '70s and '80s ("Me like the Robert Downey, Jr. of cookies"), he explains that he always ate other food as well ("Me not picky"). Colbert argues that this showed he was against cookies and that he should wear a cookie lapel pin (a reference to Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin). Cookie Monster explains that "you no have to do that" and that Colbert is a "terrible role model." Cookie Monster ends the show by eating Colbert's Peabody Award. This clip has been released as a bonus feature on several Comedy Central DVDs, including South Park's The Cult of Cartman, Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil collection, and Mind of Mencia: Season 4 - Uncensored.


 * Kermit the Frog appeared on March 14, 2012, to promote the home video release of The Muppets.

Connections
Colbert's guest roster has included a range of people from the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, and elsewhere. Many of these guests have also worked with the Muppets on various occasions.

TV special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! song "Much Worse Things" was nominated at the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, versus "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus", from A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa. Both lost to Hugh Jackman's opening number at the 81st Annual Academy Awards.