The Colbert Report

Formidable Opponent - Business Syphilis

Season 4 • 10/02/2008

The market is infected with a terrible credit disease.

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02:43

Campbell's Soup Stock
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Stephen's shares of Campbell's stock are going to put him on easy street.
10/01/2008
00:29

Intro - 10/1/08
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Is the news media too aggressive? Anybody accuses Stephen of that he'll punch them in the throat.
10/01/2008
00:08

You Snooze, You Lose
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If you're just joining us, the show starts at 11:30.
10/01/2008
05:43

Colbert Teen Talk - Voter Abstinence
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It's okay to like somebody, but you don't have to vote for him.
10/01/2008
05:10

Dave Levin
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KIPP schools co-founder Dave Levin says over 80% of the kids he started with are now enrolled in college.
10/01/2008
00:36

Intro - 10/2/08
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A debate between candidates for the most powerful office in the land -- Dick Cheney's.
10/02/2008
00:12

That's All She Wrote
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A lot of Stephen's writers are women.
10/02/2008
06:25

Shakespearean Candidates - Stephen Greenblatt
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Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt discusses the Shakespearean parallels of Obama, McCain and Palin.
10/02/2008
05:29

Naomi Klein
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Naomi Klein wants us to be prepared for leaders to take advantage of us in moments of crises.
10/02/2008
03:13

Stephen Shoots an Audience Member
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Stephen takes the media heat off Sarah Palin by shooting an audience member.
10/02/2008
04:25

Formidable Opponent - Business Syphilis
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Business syphilis infects the market after a corporate orgy.
10/02/2008
00:35

Intro - 10/6/08
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The vice presidential debate: Stephen's impartial, but gosh darn it, he thinks it was pretty doggone good.
10/06/2008
06:15

Jim Cramer
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Jim Cramer talks about who's to blame for the economic crisis, and where to invest now.
10/06/2008
04:54

Un-American News - Financial Edition
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Vladimir Putin's just jealous because America is winning the economic meltdown race.
10/06/2008
04:36

The Word - Maverick Without A Cause
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If you want real candidates of change, go with the team that is so committed to a brighter tomorrow they won't discuss what happened yesterday.
10/06/2008
00:19

Life Drawing Lesson
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There's time for one more Stephen Colbert Life Drawing lesson.
10/06/2008
02:44

OJ Simpson Guilty
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Stephen has to get himself locked up with OJ Simpson so he can bust him out.
10/06/2008
04:23

ThreatDown - Zombies
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We must stop these college jerks from trivializing the threat of the undead.
10/07/2008
04:58

Nate Silver
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Nate Silver takes the same predictive capability he uses in baseball and applies it to the presidential election.
10/07/2008
00:33

Intro - 10/7/08
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Barack Obama has his own TV channel -- it's called MSNBC.
10/07/2008
04:31

Stephen's Town Hall
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Stephen and his audience rap with no biased media filter between them.
10/07/2008
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