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1. r on 15 Sep 2006 at 6:27 PM #
   
   

   He didn’t actually get the bridge named after him since the Hungarian gov’t said that one of the qualifications for naming is that the person honored must be dead. He was invited to budapest by the ambassador though.
2. Kit Peters on 15 Sep 2006 at 8:33 PM #
   
   

   So does this mean that Chuck Norris is dead?
3. Improvoker | Stephen Colbert Gets Bridge Named After Him on 16 Sep 2006 at 12:15 AM #
   
   

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4. catharsis » happiness vs sadness. on 16 Sep 2006 at 9:21 PM #
   
   

   [...] esoterica: married.. f’ing means married e.coli outbreak. virgin atlantic bans laptop batteries i wanna do streetwars or maybe.. cruel2bekind amdlive rocks me. atm reprogrammed for mas dinero wow.. sex is better for women how to sell – lessons learned polar bears are drowning stephen colbert gets a bridge named after him amazon video bullshit [...]
5. Say It Ain’t So Steve-O! « A Moron In A Hurry on 28 Oct 2006 at 12:33 AM #
   
   

   [...] Looks like YouTube was DMCA’d by Viacom over clips from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.  Unfortunately for Colbert, he makes heavy use of his stuff being online, most recently the Green Screen Challenge, so it will be interesting to see if he reacts to Viacom’s recent move.  Colbert is actually all over making his show about more than just watching TV: he has built a sense of community around his persona.  For example, throughout August he campaigned for users to vote for him in a Hungarian bridge naming contest and he ended up winning.  The clip is quite funny, with the Hungarian Ambassador to the US coming on the show to proclaim him the winner, but the clip has been pulled.  While it may have the right to pull these clips off YouTube, to actually do so is so dumb that I fail to grasp how it makes any economic sense for Viacom, especially since it’s too late for it to try and get an equity stake in YouTube.  The last thing Colbert needs is for his fans to turn on him, which is exactly what may happen thanks to Viacom. [...]
6. perez-fox.com » Chasing Unicorns on 30 May 2007 at 4:56 PM #
   
   

   [...] public, it goes terribly wrong. Consider, if you will, those Chevy ads of the recent memory. Or the bridge in Hungary that was named “Stephen Colbert”. In other words, the results are [...]
7. r on 15 Feb 2010 at 1:39 AM #
   
   

   He didn't actually get the bridge named after him since the Hungarian gov't said that one of the qualifications for naming is that the person honored must be dead. He was invited to budapest by the ambassador though.