Random Colbert Trivia that the New Yorker Thought was Relevant Enough to Publish...

Stephen Colbert, one of eleven children, the father of three, a suburban guy, and deaf in one ear. “I had this weird tumor as a kid, and they scooped it out with a melon baller.”
The New Yorker, Issue of 2005-07-25

"Since Bill Murray’s departure for the movies, no one has done fatuous like Colbert does fatuous"
The New Yorker, Issue of 2005-07-25