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Stephen Colbert in National Portrait Gallery

by Annie Wu, posted Jan 16th 2008 9:26AM

Colbert portraitSince The Colbert Report's return, Stephen Colbert has been showing some clips of him wandering around Washington DC, trying to get somewhere prestigious to display his giant portrait (in a portrait in a portrait). After getting totally DE-nied by some ruby slipper-lovin' folks at the National Museum of American History, he put the portrait back on his back and trudged on, never giving up hope. Well, his hard work has paid off.

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For the next six weeks, his portrait will be in DC's National Portrait Gallery. It will be just outside of the Hall of Presidents, right in the hallway of the second floor bathroom. As a hardcore, slightly creepy Colbert fan living less than an hour away from the city, I am super happy to hear about this. I know the "painting" is really just a Photoshop filtered piece printed onto a canvas or something, but I'm still up for standing around anything Colbert has touched. Yeah, I told you it was creepy. Plus, I'm more likely to go to a museum in DC than Sticky Fingers in South Carolina to see the old portrait.

Also, posters of the old version of the fireplace portrait (in a portrait) are available here.

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Monica

I AM SO THERE!!!!

January 16 2008 at 8:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nathaniel

Wait... IT'S JUST PHOTOSHOP????????? I am heartbroken. Surely it is completely within their budget to hire an actual painter!

January 16 2008 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
onedollarwilliam

You might want to reconsider that. The ribs at the National Portrait Gallery are only so-so. ;)

It may have been for comedic affect, but I was a little upset at the way he was just written of by the gentleman from the Museum of American History. Stephen Colbert is definitely an important part of our National Heritage at this point. He is, for better or worse, the closest thing modern America has to Jonathan Swift; calling out the leaders and pundits using their own words and ideas against them. Someday I hope there is a worthwhile piece of Colbertia (tm) with the other media that has changed our country.

P.S. - Asking Mr. Glass if he was "a friend of Dorothy's" was hilarious.

January 16 2008 at 11:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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