Verkkothe brilliance of “the colbert report” is its refusal to dismiss or denigrate the religion with jokes that equate faith with idiocy or churchgoing with. Verkkojoe rogan had become extremely angered with one of his colleagues and went on stage with him to confront him after joke stealing accusations Verkkocolbert says he and his staff have come to relish the ticking clock. “that sense of urgency gets into the whole building, and it makes everybody get on their toes,” he. Verkkofor almost 25 uncomfortably hilarious and immediately divisive minutes, colbert performed as the titular character of his comedy central show,. Verkkocolbert has credited bill o'reilly for inspiring the character, calling him papa bear. o'reilly goes along with the joke, and has even brought colbert. Verkkostephen colbert struggled during a cooking segment with chef josé andrés, where the chef spontaneously grabbed him to dance, exacerbating his pain.