This gets better and better. As a Dickinson geek fan I was wondering when the poem would come up. And as a mythology geek fan, I was bouncy over the Urashima Taro reference! That's the Colbert (uh, Colbert, not "Colbert") we know and love (at least one of them), the mythology geek fan who referenced "The Judgment of Paris" on his show (I keeled over in a fog of geek bliss/ had a nerdgasm when that aired).

And Stephen explaining to "Jon" about his existence?

*!much delighted flailing!*

And flinging in my two coins (like in the Biblical story? That was always my favorite) about the faith reference, as a (relatively, at least on the subject of my faith) sane person of faith (just not Christianity) raised by a sane person of faith (which happened to be Catholicism, but as I reassure everyone, that's not the reason I converted, I have nothing but respect for real Christians), it's always nice to see that portrayed. ^_^

ADDENDUM: ...pretended to be related to Hitler...

*Christopher Lowell-level squealing*

I might very well love that sketch best of all Stephen's TDS bits. Not only for the obvious Jon/Stephen interaction, but the exquisite quotability.

"It was dark, I was drunk, and it was delicious!"