Tragedies could change our lives. Most of the time, they result in our sadness rather than happiness. The tragedy that occurred in Stephen Colbert’s life, resulted in his sadness and depression at first; but after a few years, it made Stephen Colbert the man he is today; a successful standup Comedian and a writer. When Stephan Colbert was just 10 years old, his father James Colbert, and his brothers Paul and Peter Colbert, died on the Eastern Airlines Flight 212, when it went down and crashed in North Carolina. This horrible tragedy made Colbert the man he is today. "Joy can be hard . . . it's not the same thing as happiness," (Colbert). Stephen said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey; and no joy in Stephen’s life led to “a kind of social …show more content…
There he met comedians Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. With them, he created two shows that aired on Comedy Central: “The Sketch show Exit 57 and the poof after-school specials Strangers with Candy” (“Stephen”). Colbert started appearing in The Daily Show as a conservative correspondent, in 1997 right before Strangers stared airing on Comedy Central. There he meat Jon Stewart, who was the host, writer and co-executive of The Daily Show; But unlike Jon Stewart or any other TV hosts, Colbert developed a “humorless but hilarious persona he had perfected” (“Stephen”). Basically, Colbert impersonates a stereotypical extremist conservative. His character is extremely republican with his stage decorations that include a Captain America Shield, and a giant eagle statue. Later in the early 2000, Colbert’s Strangers and The Daily Show became huge hits, and resulted in his fame. Later on October 17, 2005, Colbert5 moved into a slightly different direction and started The Colbert Report (with a silent “t”). The show runs for 30 minutes aired on weekdays right after the Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 10:30 central. “The Show was instantly one of Comedy Central’s highest rated shows” (“Stephen”). It had over a million views on each episode and passed the Daily Show views. In 2006, Stephen