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Kitten Subway Crisis & The New York City Mayoral Race

Season 9 • 09/05/2013

Republican Joe Lhota is the only pro-dead kitten candidate in the NYC mayoral race.

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Gary England
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Meteorologist Gary England locates Tornado Alley on a map and defends residents of Oklahoma.
09/04/2013
04:44

Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh - Steve Coll
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Steve Coll details President Obama's "limited military action" plan for Syria.
09/04/2013
00:07

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen spins out of his chair.
09/04/2013
04:54

Perfect Polly
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A plastic parakeet brings retirees all the joy of owning a real parakeet -- like chirping, perching and more chirping.
09/04/2013
00:34

Intro - 9/4/13
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Congress debates taking action in Syria, technology breeds robotic companions, and meteorologist Gary England knows tornados.
09/04/2013
05:47

Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh
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Only 29% of Americans want the U.S. to attack Syria -- which, on the plus side, means that 29% of Americans know there is a place called Syria.
09/04/2013
03:30

John Prine
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Folk legend John Prine recalls his time working as a mailman and explains why he's opposed to twerking.
09/05/2013
03:34

cOlbert's Book Club & The Couch Bunker
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Stephen assigns any book by J.D. Salinger except "Catcher in the Rye" and touts the latest product in home protection.
09/05/2013
00:35

Intro - 9/5/13
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Christine Quinn and Bill de Blasio vie for New York City mayor, gun owners get good news, and acoustic legend John Prine joins Stephen.
09/05/2013
04:40

Smile File - Ariel Castro & The Eric Bolling Sunshine Express
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Fox News' Eric Bolling recommends that more prisoners should hang themselves like Ariel Castro to save taxpayer dollars.
09/05/2013
05:00

Kitten Subway Crisis & The New York City Mayoral Race
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Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota goes after the key anti-kitten demographic after two lost kittens shut down America's largest transportation system.
09/05/2013
02:52

Egypt's Stork Bust
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With tensions running high in Egypt, everyone suspects everyone else of espionage, including birds.
09/09/2013
03:04

Ronald Reagan on the Syrian Conflict
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Conservatives like Bill O'Reilly have an unconditional ability to know what Super Reagan would do at any given time.
09/09/2013
05:59

Billie Jean King
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King talks about her 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs.
09/09/2013
04:57

Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles
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Disability rights activists support gun permits for the blind, bigger pants make Stephen feel thinner, and recent articles ruin the fun in dissected human cadavers.
09/09/2013
03:42

Syrian Conflict Action Plan
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Congress knows that the only thing less popular than attacking Syria is Congress, so clearly, Congress must approve an attack on Syria.
09/09/2013
00:09

Sign Off - Spider Reagan
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Stephen plays with political action figures.
09/09/2013
05:44

cOlbert's Book Club - Tobias Wolff & "The Catcher in the Rye"
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"This Boy's Life" author Tobias Wolff explains why he prefers Holden Caulfield to J.D. Salinger's Glass family.
09/10/2013
03:57

cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger
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America chooses not to attack Syria, and Stephen gets ready to discuss the biggest initials in 20th century literature.
09/10/2013
05:49

cOlbert's Book Club - Shane Salerno on J.D. Salinger
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"Salinger" author and director Shane Salerno talks about J.D. Salinger's lost love Oona O'Neill and the reason for Seymour Glass' suicide in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."
09/10/2013
04:56

cOlbert's Book Club - Better Know a Salinger
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J.D. Salinger flunked out of school his sophomore year because he hadn't read the sophomore book assignment -- because he hadn't written it yet.
09/10/2013
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