What do you think Stephen Colbert's life was like growing up the son of a poor Virginia turd miner?

Answer 1

Never heard of this turd miner!

Answer 2

according to wikipedia, his father died in a plane crash in 1974, when Stephen was ten years old. now don't you feel bad???

Stephen Colbert was born in Sumter, South Carolina and grew up on James Island, the youngest of eleven children in a Catholic family.[2][3] His father, James Colbert, was the vice president for academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina. His mother, Lorna Colbert, was a homemaker. In interviews, Colbert has described his parents as devout people who also strongly valued intellectualism, and taught their children that it was possible to question the Church and still be a Catholic.[4] The emphasis his family placed on intelligence as a desirable trait would lead Colbert to lose his Southern accent when he was still quite young. As a child, he observed that Southerners were often depicted as being less intelligent than other characters on scripted television; in order to sound more intelligent, he taught himself to imitate the speech of American news anchors from an early age.[5][6]

On September 11, 1974, when Colbert was ten years old, his father and two brothers, Peter and Paul, were killed in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 while it was attempting to land in Charlotte, North Carolina. They were reportedly en route to enroll the two boys at Canterbury High School in New Milford, Connecticut.[3][7] Shortly thereafter, Lorna Colbert relocated the family downtown to the more urban environment of East Bay Street. By his own account, Colbert found the transition difficult, and did not easily make new friends in his new neighborhood.[2] Colbert would later describe himself during this time as detached, lacking a sense of the importance of the things other children around him concerned themselves with.[8][6] He developed a love of science fiction and fantasy novels, especially the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, of which he remains an avid fan. During his adolescence, he also developed an intense interest in fantasy role-playing games, especially Dungeons & Dragons,[9][8] a pastime which he would later characterize as an early experience in acting and improvisation.[10]

Answer 3

Now why do you need to disrespect the guys father like that? Just because he pokes fun at the right wingers. Man, I can't stand Rush but I wouldn't disrespect his family by calling them turd miners.

Answer 4

A guy could get very rich selling any kind of sh-it to Democrats.
Look at Ted Kennedy.

Answer 5

Thumbs down to you and your weird obsession!

Answer 6

You tell me...takes one to know one.