Stephen Colbert and Our Family

Todd here. As the birth of our child approaches, I thought I'd share with you my thoughts about our evolving and increasingly perplexing relationship with Mr. Stephen Colbert, and "The Colbert Report."

We've been fans of Stephen's work and the show for many years. But things really heated up last year, when I helped out "my friend," George L., on his second place entry in the Stephen Colbert Green Screen Challenge. (Read more about it at starwars.com.)

George L.'s entry to Stephen Colbert's Green Screen Challenge
Visual Effects by ILM, Visual Effects Supervisors: Tom Martinek and Todd Vaziri

We were thrilled to visit the show in New York, and watch the taping in person, and meet Mr. Colbert, Mr. Truthiness, himself.

Todd and Kearsley / Tom, Michael, Todd, Joy, Alan and Lorelei

Michael, Kearsley, Todd, Stephen, Lorelei and Tom

But ever since that meeting, when Kearsley shook Mr. Colbert's hand, I've been noticing some odd events unfold.

For one, Kearsley and I shook Mr. Colbert's hand almost exactly nine months from Kearsley's due date.

As we all know, Mr. Colbert has a strong penchant for giving the thumbs up.

And in our 19 week ultrasound, our little one gave us a familiar gesture:


Plus, Mr. Colbert frequently points to his 'friends' when photographed. Lately, when posing for photographs with Kearsley and the little one, we have an uncontrollable urge to decidedly point towards the little peanut, inside the womb.

Fans of the show know how virile and potent is Mr. Colbert. He even sells his own man-root-essence surplus on the internet as "Stephen Colbert's Formula 401" (now only available in Russia).


So, what does all of this mean? I don't really know. But if our little one ends up looking like this child in Colbert's arms (for the cover of GQ), I suppose we'll have to consider the name 'Stephanie.'