--- title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Alex Jones in "Brain Fight" Parody description: Stephen Colbert debuted his bran new impression of right-wing conspiracy theorist Info Wars' host Alex Jones on The Late Show canonical: https://time.com/4744165/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-parody/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-18T12:35:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T09:17:25.000Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Is Back as a Conservative Host Youv'e Never Met og:description: Meet Tuck Buckford, "a skeleton in angry meat" og:url: https://time.com/4744165/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf341174b6ca8bd79/6988c34acf40a8eb80c4748b/brainfight.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BrainFight og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Is Back as a Conservative Host Youv'e Never Met twitter:description: Meet Tuck Buckford, "a skeleton in angry meat" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf341174b6ca8bd79/6988c34acf40a8eb80c4748b/brainfight.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Is Back as a Conservative Host, But Not the One You'd Expect by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:17 AM UTCPublished: Apr 18, 2017 12:35 PM UTC  by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:17 AM UTCPublished: Apr 18, 2017 12:35 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4726479/louis-c-k-on-trump/) debuted a brand new impression of the fiery conspiracy theory-peddling InfoWars host Alex Jones on Monday night’s [_The Late Show_](http://time.com/4686999/stephen-colbert-trump-congress-address/). An attorney for Jones recently argued that that the host is “[playing a character](http://time.com/4743025/alex-jones-infowars-divorce-donald-trump/),” when he is running his show. “He is a performance artist,” the lawyer said during a hearing related to Jones’ ongoing custody battle, the [Austin](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/travis-county-custody-case-jury-will-search-for-real-alex-jones/rnbWzMHnFCd5SOPgP3A34J/)[ _American-Statesman_](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/travis-county-custody-case-jury-will-search-for-real-alex-jones/rnbWzMHnFCd5SOPgP3A34J/) reported. But Colbert didn’t buy the argument from the Trump-endorsed radio personality. “If Alex Jones really is a character, then President Trump got phished hard,” Colbert said. “Everybody knows that for many years I played a satirical right-wing character,” the late-night host continued, adding that knows a thing or two about about faking it for the camera from his days on Comedy Central’s _Colbert Report_. Colbert then debuted a clip of his own Jones spoof, introducing himself as Tuck Buckford. “I’m a skeleton in angry meat. I’m a warrior. I’m a king,” he raged with growing fury on the parody show _Brain Fight_. 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