1. Stephen Colbert has emerged triumphant from childhood tragedy. To become a total geek.

In 1974, when he was 10, his father and two of his brothers were killed in an aeroplane crash. Colbert withdrew from his peer-group at school, and retreated into a private world, immersing himself in Tolkien books and the geek-centric role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.
["Stephen Colbert: the second most powerful idiot in America" via The Telegraph]

2. Stephen Colbert is musically talented…sort of, but mostly just a stoner.

By his late teens, he had emerged from his shell to discover some latent desire to become a performer, briefly fronting a Stones-like cover band… ‘I can’t remember what song we did…to be honest I was a little…’ – Colbert makes the gesture of toking on a joint.

These are from a lengthy and very interesting profile on him at The Telegraph, a great read for anyone who is curious what he’s like out-of-character (and yes, apparently Colbert is different in real life). Of course, it’s highly doubtful that I would also become famous if I took a few hits and donned my elven garb. That leads me to…

Reasons Stephen Colbert is NOT like the everyman
1. He has balls of steel, and will endure 20 minutes of unamused silence, alone at a podium, just for your viewing pleasure. Here’s a better version of the video on Google.