Shelves of Honor

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Shelves of Honor
is an essential component of
The Colbert Report studio atop the Statue of Liberty

"Oh, hi! I didn't see you there." TheShelves of Honor are a featured area ofThe Eagle's Nest, where Stephen places items that serve as reminders of wonderfully American times. At the end of some episodes, Dr. Colbert places an object on one of his bookshelves to commemorate an especially noteworthy event.

Viewers are encouraged to create a similar shrine in their homes or places of business to immortalize Dr. Colbert.

[edit]Items on The Shelves of Honor

ΤΓΡ fraternity paddle
Chewbacca action figure
Credit Card Application (replaced theConstitution)
Stephen Colbertpumpkin
Rock and Rollnativity scene
Cardboard Box
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
Chocolate portrait ofViggo Mortensen (eBay Item# 4791736422)
TheOmnisport Award for excellence in everything
Various items in need ofTax Exemption^[1]

Video iPod
Ski boots and plane tickets
Boat motor

Siliconebreast implant (removed)
Piggy bank
Dreamsicle
DVDs ofRoad House andNext of Kin^[2]
Scale model of aSaturn V moon rocket
The lasttelegram he ever received
Stephen Colbert's DNA
Polyhedral dice

A carton of Narlboro cigarettes (much cheaper than Marlboros)
Middle third of a birthday cake
Punch cards of the first spam E-mail message
Anhonorary doctorate degree fromKnox College, accompanied by photographs ofDr. Noah Drake,Dr. Gregory House, andDr. Cliff Huxtable
A "Biggie" sized cup fromWendy's
A large collection ofCliff's Notes
An issue ofHighlights for Children
Photograph ofMichael Jordan dunking
Photograph ofBuck O'Neil
A jar full of lemons
Microwave oven stolen fromThe O'Reilly Factor green room with a meltedAl Franken action figure on its glass turntable
Captain America's indestructible shield of Wakandan vibranium
Stephen's favorite childhood toy,Captain Lead, a 40 pound bar of lead.
Mouldering stovepipe hat
An egg inside a milk bottle, to honor the passing ofMr. Wizard (placed between Dr. Colbert's honorary doctorate and a scale model of theTen Commandments tablets)

[edit]Bookshelf Of Broken Dreams

One of the shelves is reserved for mementos of Supreme Court hopefuls who faded into the night.

A portrait of Abe Fortas
A portrait of Douglas Ginsberg
A portrait ofRobert Bork
A portrait ofHarriet Miers

[edit]Books

The many books on the Shelves are divided into "fiction" and "non-fiction" sections.Watership Down and theBible are just some of the tomes in the "non-fiction" section, while Tom Clancy'sDebt of Honor andRed Rabbit along withOn the Origin of Species andSexual Behavior in the Human Female and many others are in the "fiction" section. A copy ofElie Wiesel'sNight is duct-taped between the fiction and non-fiction sections.

[edit]Special Items

Colbert also raised hisSaginaw Spirit # 1 jersey^{Episode #277} to the rafters of his TV studio, as he was undefeated and on top of his game, in a ceremony celebrating all he had given to the great sport ofhockey.

an extremely valuable edition of Amazing Spiderman comic # 573 signed by bothDr. Colbert andJoe Quesada ^{Episode #479} as bait to induceBarack Obama to visit.

Dr. Colbert symbolically retired theboiling frog metaphor at the end ofThe Greatest Administration Ever (January 19, 2009) by placing the skeletal remains of the frog that he had been boiling since the administration began on the shelf^{Episode #500}

[edit] References

↑ These items were only on camera a few moments to allow Colbert to count them as tax-deductible work expenses; they were then removed from the shelf.
↑ He rented these DVDs but never returned them. He promptly removed both after being reminded by himself that he would forget them if he left them there.

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