When Colbert gets put up on a pedestal, it's got to be a bit unnerving for him.

Anthropologically speaking, people usually get put on a pedestal before human-sacrifice occurs. Observe how we call soldiers heroes before they're sent off to die. Also, consider the effect of of being popularly lionized on Kennedy, John Lennon and MLK.

The only way we can make him more at ease is by standing up ourselves, so his neck isn't sticking out so far above the rest of us.