Irish-American Celebrities
Stephen Colbert
The political satirist, writer, actor, and television host Stephen Colbert gained attention on the television sitcom Strangers With Candy, during with he was also working as a correspondent on the news parody program The Daily Show. After winning three Emmys as a writer on The Daily Show, Colbert gained his own spin-off, The Colbert Report, in which he hosts as a caricature of a conservative political pundit.
I remember when Colbert first started his show. Comedy Central would use the last few minutes of the Daily Show to have Jon Stewart and Colbert talk or, more commonly, argue. They were funny together. Then, when Colbert starting doing well enough, he gained his independence and soared to new heights. I can not imagine how hard, or how good of a satirist one must be in order to interview amazing people while staying in his character. In recent times, I was elated to see Colbert do an interview with author Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are amongst other wonderful books) just before Sendak passed away. It always a treat to see someone like Sendak reacting to Colbert's of-the-wall comments. We will always have his books, some of which I can recite by memory, but now I also have a moment in time with Sendak engraved in my mind. All thanks to Stephen Colbert.
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