--- title: Stephen Colbert on Alex Jones' War on Chobani Yogurt VIDEO description: In light of Chobani's lawsuit against Alex Jones, Stephen Colbert spent some time trying to get inside the mind of the Infowars host. canonical: https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-26T15:25:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:07.096Z og:title: Stephen Colbert's 'Alex Jones' Goes to War on Chobani og:description: Tuck Buckford makes his return og:url: https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert's 'Alex Jones' Goes to War on Chobani twitter:description: Tuck Buckford makes his return twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Brings Back His Alex Jones Character to Go to War on Chobani Yogurt > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2017 3:25 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2017 3:25 PM UTC In light of [Chobani’s recent lawsuit](http://time.com/4753235/hamdi-ulukaya-alex-jones-chobani-lawsuit-time-100-gala/) against Infowars head honcho [Alex Jones](http://time.com/4680118/stephen-colbert-trump-alex-jones/), [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4755665/stephen-colbert-soap-opera-sean-spicer/) spent some time trying to get inside the mind of the right-wing radio host. During Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert reprised his popular Tuck Buckford character to parody Jones, mocking the conspiracy theorist’s unique hosting style. “Alex Jones’ brand of fact-free truth-telling has been making him some enemies, like the powerful cabal known as Chobani yogurt — who is now suing Jones for claiming that their Twin Falls, Idaho, yogurt plant has been spreading ‘crime and tuberculosis,'” he explained. “To be fair, Crime & Tuberculosis is one of Chobani’s least favorite flavors…still better than pomegranate.” Colbert then aired his Buckford spoof, a bit that involved him smearing yogurt on his head to prevent people from reading his mind. “George Soros doesn’t want you to know the real value of yogurt,” he ranted. “That it’s a natural protein-rich gamma ray shield to keep the Clinton Foundation from reading your dreams.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Brings Back His Alex Jones Character to Go to War on Chobani Yogurt","datePublished":"2017-04-26T15:25:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:07.096Z","description":"Tuck Buckford makes his return","url":"https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","the late show","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4755763/stephen-colbert-alex-jones-chobani-yogurt/","name":"Stephen Colbert Brings Back His Alex Jones Character to Go to War on Chobani Yogurt"}}]}] ```