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Colbert's bookshelf




At the end of some episodes, Colbert places an object on one of his bookshelves to emphasize a point he's about to make. Often, he'll acknowledge the audience with surprise, as if he did not realize they were watching, often with a "Oh, Hello. Didn't see you there..." or something similar. Items Colbert has placed on his bookshelf include:



• Chewbacca figure
• Credit card offer
• Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
• Portrait of Harriet Miers
• Rock and Roll nativity scene
• Chocolate portrait of Viggo Mortensen
• The Omnisport Award for excellence in everything
• Video iPod*
• Silicone breast implant (removed)
• Ski boots and plane tickets*
• Boat motor*
• Piggy bank
• Dreamsicle
• DVDs of Road House and Next of Kin, which he rented and never returned (promptly removed after being reminded by himself that he would forget them if he left them there)
• Scale model of a Saturn V moon rocket
• The last telegram he ever received
• Colbert's DNA
• Polyhedral dice
• Middle third of a birthday cake
• Punch cards of the first spam E-mail message
• An honorary doctorate degree from Knox College, accompanied by photographs of Dr. Noah Drake, Dr. Gregory House, and Dr. Cliff Huxtable
• A "Biggie" sized cup from Wendy's
• A large collection of Cliff's Notes
• An issue of Highlights for Children
• Photograph of Buck O'Neil
• A jar full of lemons



Colbert also has a bookshelf with a "fiction" and "non-fiction" section. Watership Down and the Bible are in the "non-fiction" section, while The Origin of Species and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female are in the "fiction" section. A copy of Elie Wiesel's Night is duct-taped between the fiction and non-fiction sections.




*items only on camera and removed from shelf because Colbert emphasizes tax deductible job items

Colbert goes on to declare that he doesn't believe George Washington had slaves.

If I want to say he didn't that's my right, and now, thanks to Wikipedia *taps keyboard* it's also a fact.

Here's the fun part - Colbert actually did this. The Wikipedia articles on his show and George Washington were both edited by the user Stephencolbert to reflect the changes he declared on air as he tapped at his computer around 23:35 UTC - which is 6:35pm on the East Coast, during the taping of his show, hours before it aired.

It gets better.