Before The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report,
Stephen Colbert worked with
Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello on Exit 57, a half hour TV comedy
series. ^
Some consider Colbert an achingly-funny actor; others do
not.
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Edit the following sentences to correct any errors in
hyphenation. If a sentence has no
errors, write correct after it. Check a dictionary if necessary.
Answers to even-numbered
items can be found at the back of the book.
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1. The Colbert Report, a spinoff of The Daily Show, launched in
late 2005 and ended in 2014.
2. Stephen Colbert played a caricature of a conservative host of
a talk-show.
3. Colbert was forty one years old when he launched his own
show.
4. On The Daily Show, Colbert created the role of a
self-important correspondent.
5. Most of the humor on The Colbert Report was political, but
not all: a recurring joke was
about Colbert’s deepseated fear of bears.
6. The program’s No Fact Zone promoted nonfacts.
7. Colbert had a one man crusade against the Supreme Court’s
decision that corporations
have the same rights as people when contributing to political
campaigns.
8. Colbert is still a highly-prized performer on college
campuses.
9. He is also well known as a devout Roman Catholic who teaches
Sunday school.
10. The show had a nine year run on Comedy Central.
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