Colbert: 'Clearly, Anonymous Hacked My Show' (VIDEO)

If you watched last Thursday's "Colbert Report" frame-by-frame (or on the Internet the next day) you might have seen a mysterious Guy Fawkes mask superimposed onto Stephen Colbert's face. On Monday night's show, Colbert finally got to address the mask known as the symbol of Anonymous, a "shadowy alliance of anarchist hackers" (as Colbert puts it) and expressed his utter surprise at what we suspected was a planned bit.

"Clearly, Anonymous hacked my show," Colbert said. "It's no surprise. I'm pretty sure they've been hacking my bathroom scale for years."

As for the suspicions that Colbert had "joined" Anonymous, Colbert put that rumor to bed right away:

"The only way I'd be a member of something called 'Anonymous' is if my name was Stephen Anonymous."

But Colbert isn't the only one getting "Pwned" by Anonymous, as if that's really what happened. Right after Colbert's "incident," Anonymous targeted the website of Americans For Prosperity, the Koch brothers' organization which supports Wisconsin Governor Walker's current fight against the unions there.

Watch the rest of the segment below to hear Colbert's advice for Anonymous on how they can really mess with the AFP website, and witness Colbert's message for his would-be hackers.

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Comments

[pbnyc59]

08:48 AM on 03/02/2011

The other coke brothers. Love this guy.

[Luna C666]

06:26 AM on 03/02/2011

Did colbert put the ? like the anonymous logo where his head was, or did he get hacked again?!? Lol

[GoldenDahling]

04:39 AM on 03/02/2011

I know what happened, it was lolcats anonymous, wearing their GUY PAWZ masks. Stephen you have been MEWed!

[ProudMilVet]

12:23 AM on 03/02/2011

Colbert's shtick is getting boring.

[TheOuroborus]

01:05 AM on 03/02/2011

Nope, you're wrong. He's spot on as always.

[Flokk]

08:29 AM on 03/02/2011

x2

[histdd]

05:23 AM on 03/02/2011

So watch something else. More Stephen for the rest of us!

[eucharius]

12:02 AM on 03/02/2011

As long as we don't have to watch rule 34 on Newt Gingrich.

[TaxpayingVoter]

01:43 AM on 03/02/2011

EWWWWWWWWW!

[roderickjanes]

01:54 AM on 03/02/2011

Mind bleach. Stat!

[surlybird]

09:53 PM on 03/01/2011

Always thought he might /b/ one.

[Jeanms 247]

10:08 PM on 03/01/2011

Rule 1 & 2 bud, you're a fail

[surlybird]

07:41 AM on 03/02/2011

By drawing attention to my simple statement that could easily have been a typo for anyone not belonging to a Supar Secrete Clubhaus you have shown yourself to be no more than a meme man. Give your card back at the door.

[ds101]

07:48 AM on 03/02/2011

Because it's a secret club, right?

[frenchybob]

09:14 PM on 03/01/2011

There is a new Axis of Evil in the world and it is populated by our oligarchs. If you think the gulf between the wealthy and middle classes is wide, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[onething]

02:39 AM on 03/02/2011

This is true. It needs to be seen, understood, and stopped.

[gabygz]

08:56 PM on 03/01/2011

Obviously an inside job. Anonymous has made it clear they don't like to waste their time.

[kingbarry]

08:33 PM on 03/01/2011

that means that he now has 2 viewers his mom and the hacker

[garystartswithg]

08:41 PM on 03/01/2011

and that is two more than you have on your rant channel you youtube.

[philp71]

01:18 AM on 03/02/2011

The Colbert Report has been nominated for four Emmys each in 2006, 2007 and 2008, two Television Critics Association Awards, and two Satellite Awards.

[if this goes on]

04:10 AM on 03/02/2011

won Peabodys (2)

[talilah33]

07:07 PM on 03/01/2011

Watched the interview with Scheuer from that day...what a waste. I love the show, but sometimes the format with Colbert's conservative character is just frustrating. Wish he's been on the Daily Show.

[okakura]

09:52 PM on 03/01/2011

Agree 100%. Colbert's show is terrific and very funny but...

...the interviews is just an improv vehicle for Stephen and a waste of guest talent (and viewer attention). All the guests do essentially is play 'straight man' to Colbert's know-nothing character.

[signgrrl]

10:04 PM on 03/01/2011

and yet, he always manages to make his point . . . .

[Bahne]

04:17 AM on 03/02/2011

You are right, those interviews often miss the mark, but occasionally some interesting and informative tidbits come out of them. If nothing else, he brings awareness to intellectuals in the world that have few other vehicles of mass promotion. I've certainly become aware of a few great authors from his show alone, that I would otherwise never would have discovered.

Jon Stewert does this to a degree, but you do get a bit more Hollywood from him. So while Colbert's interviews sometimes annoy the hell out of me, they do bring much needed awareness to some intellectuals of the world. And he does it in a more palatable manner than some of the other more dry and dreary outlets.

[balloonboyrama]

06:36 PM on 03/01/2011

K

[SavingLincoln]

03:44 PM on 03/01/2011

Colbert is the direct comedic descendant of Abraham Lincoln's humorist, Petroleum Nasby. Here's a pearl from PN: I didn’t put these thots uv mine upon paper for amoozement. There hezn’t bin anythin amoozin in Dimocrisy for the past five years. See more of Nasby's writings at http://www.savinglincoln.com/lincoln/

[Tails]

03:07 PM on 03/01/2011

If anything, Colbert is The Laughing Man.

[gourmand]

03:11 PM on 03/01/2011

Is that a Ghost in the Shell reference? Class!

[Tails]

03:17 PM on 03/01/2011

Indeed.

Anonymous could be a good example of a Stand Alone Complex.