Stephen Colbert praises Kevin Vickers: 'To hell with Bruce Willis'

House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers has earnedpraise from across Canada for his dramatic takedown of the Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau. Now hes caught the attention of American comedian Stephen Colbert.

Colbert hosts a satirical news program on Comedy Central and used a four-minute and 32-second segment to praise Vickers well, in the comedians own style.

Colbert showed several clips of the CBCs Evan Solomon describing how Vickers discovered Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill and then shot him with his sidearm.

To hell with Bruce Willis. This Canadian just put, this guy, our neighbour to the north just put the eh in Yippee-Ki-Yay,' Colbert said on Thursday night on his Comedy Central television program, a reference to Williss famous line from his 1988 movie Die Hard.

The U.S. comedian then showed footage from the lengthy ovation that Vickers received from MPs the day after the shooting.

Colbert quipped, Look at that magnificent bastard;stoic, humble.Folks I have not been this moved by something this Canadian since the return of Degrassi.

He then apologized for all the terrible things he has said about Canada in the past such as maple-sucking moose humpers.

Colbert didnt, however, apologize for his 2012 description of Windsor, Ont., as the Earths rectum or suggesting in April that the United States could invade Saskatchewan.

The reaction to Vickerss actions has spurred praise far beyond Parliament Hill and the Colbert Report.

He has been hailed as a hero on social media and been celebrated in his hometown of Miramichi, N.B.

Vickers became the sergeant-at-arms in the House of Commons eight years ago after a varied career in security that included protecting foreign dignitaries and members of the Royal Family.