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cOlbert's Book Club - Better Know a Salinger

Season 9 • 09/10/2013

J.D. Salinger's estate plans to publish five books he wrote in the final 45 years of his life.

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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
00:21

Sign Off - cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger's Glass Family
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Stephen thanks members of the fictional Glass family.
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
03:51

Barack Obama's Footgate & Secret Muslim Code
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Conservative radio host Andrew Shea King accuses Obama of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood because he put his foot on the Oval Office desk.
09/11/2013
02:56

America's Got Serious Reservations About This - Syria
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President Obama tries to sell Americans on a Syria strike, but Russia outmaneuvers the U.S. on a chemical weapons surrender plan.
09/11/2013
04:08

Sheryl Crow
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Grammy winner Sheryl Crow talks about country music and anti-war activism.
09/11/2013
03:09

New York City Mayoral Primary
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Anti-kitten Republican Joe Lhota moves to the general election, and Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio wins the gay vote against a lesbian.
09/11/2013
02:38

America's Got Serious Reservations About This - Syria - Rand Paul
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Senator Rand Paul says no to diplomacy, no to Obama's plan and no to regime change in Syria.
09/11/2013
02:54

Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed Photos
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Vladimir Putin writes an anti-American opinion piece in The New York Times and steals pictures from Stephen's Facebook page.
09/12/2013
07:04

Philip Mudd
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Former FBI Senior Intelligence Advisor Philip Mudd talks about Al Qaeda, Syria, Colin Powell's WMD speech and enhanced interrogation techniques.
09/12/2013
07:39

Better Know a District - Washington's 7th - Jim McDermott
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Congressman Jim McDermott edits the Pledge of Allegiance, supports gay marriage and throws a large salmon Stephen's way.
09/12/2013
03:16

Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed on U.S. Intervention in Syria
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Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizes Obama for promoting American exceptionalism in his Syria speech.
09/12/2013
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
09/12/2013
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