Someday, Aliens May Clone Stephen Colbert

(CBS/AP)  Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on.

The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday. In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert's genes for an "Immortality Drive."

"I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the end of 2001," Colbert said in a statement, referring to the 1968 landmark science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Garriott, one of few private citizens to travel into space, is collecting material for a time capsule of human DNA, a history of humanity's greatest achievements and personal messages.

The host of "The Colbert Report" will essentially be preserved so that aliens can clone him.

"In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA," Garriott said in a statement. "Is there a better person for us to turn to for this high-level responsibility?"

Among the other luminaries whose digitized genetic material will be sent into space are Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Johnson, "American Gladiator" champion and wrestling star Matt Morgan and television writer Melvyn Sherer, whose credits include "Married With Children" and "Laverne and Shirley."

[urboydigger]

Vechibless -

Is your name Gary Busey?

[adillon70]

For goodness sakes, doesn''t CBS have more important things to print than this baloney? What makes them think aliens would bother to clone ANY human? I think they are far too smart to recreate the human race, given the mess we have put this planet in!

[wl7bzh]

Once Colbert starts interrupting them every three minutes with some smart arse remark, aliens will be force to implement retroactive birth control. Cloning won''t get rid of the junior high school sense of humor in Colbert.

[choiceshaveconsequences]

If he''''s cloned they will have to send a chick too or the human race only gets another 70 years. Posted by truthislife1
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Oh, if you only knew. Stephen Co-bear is a very, very special person. Besides, when Earth aliens cloned George W. Bush, they only did one and I swear he''s been in office more than 70 years!

[truthislife1]

If he''s cloned they will have to send a chick too or the human race only gets another 70 years.

[missingamerica]

Well, Colbert is as good a choice as any, and a better choice than most.

At least he would make the story of how the Republicans destroyed all life on the planet funny.

[xraytwonine]

no, I can''t wait till aliens blast the living *** out of everyone

[dbor77]

Awesome!

[libsluv2spit]

well that is good news for aliens..they would think that humans are dumber than dirt

[libsluv2spit]

well that is good news for aliens..they would think that humans are dumber than dirt