I just found out something WAY COOL.

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Stephen Colbert's comedy was heavily influenced by someone I had a long relationship with - he passed away some time ago, but I recently read a piece on Colbert where he talked about his influence.

Heh....

[demdiva]

1. Wow that is cool

How did Stephen know him / know of him?

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2. Through his written material and his SNL work. I just never considered

Colbert's age, but of course he must have been very savvy at a young age - should have guessed from the savageness of his parody. My guy was considered to be the humorist who took comedy from search and destroy to stalk and slash - pretty dark. LOL

[demdiva]

3. Dark, but a wonderful legacy!!!

I assume he was a democrat :)

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5. His dad was a Repub, but that was the old-fashioned sort from long ago.

My guy laughed at all politics, was pretty liberal, and he ended up married to a lesbian - of course, I always told him he was a lesbian trapped in a man's body, and that was long before Jerry Springer's show. LOL

[demdiva]

6. He sounds like an interesting character!

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4. I can't believe I didn't know Colbert was a Second City-er!

I'm from Illinois / lived in ChiTown