Stephen Colbert's character 'Tuck Buckford' likely inspired fellow performance artist Alex Jones

If Alex Jones is 'performance art', so is Tuck Buckford.
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Samantha Scelzo
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Stephen Colbert's character 'Tuck Buckford' likely inspired fellow performance artist Alex Jones
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InfoWars radio show host Alex Jones is in a custody battle at the moment, but his lawyer might have just the claim to get his children back.

His lawyer is now claiming that Alex Jones is "playing a character" and "is a performance artist."

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert isn't quite convinced this is grounds for having children, but he does feel for him. He, for a time, also played a satirical right-winged character. The one, the only...

Tuck Buckford.

Watch as Colbert relives the good 'ol days with a clip of Brain Fight with Tuck Buckford, which most likely (definitely) inspired Jones' "performance art."

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Samantha Scelzo

Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.


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