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Sea-Tac's Christmas Trees Restored

Season 2 • 12/13/2006

The trees are back at Sea-Tac airport -- and Stephen fixed it.

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02:26

Who's Honoring Me Now? - Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year
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Despite criticism during the first ever episode of The Colbert Report, Merriam-Webster's dictionary is making "Truthiness" its Word of the Year for 2006.
12/12/2006
03:06

Shout Out! - Beef Hammer Flag
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Stephen gives a shout out to two soldiers stationed in Afghanistan who sent him an American flag flown during Mission Beef Hammer.
12/12/2006
00:28

Intro - 12/12/06
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America moves on from the Iraq Study Group report, Better Know a District returns, and Stephen advises gay sex columnist Dan Savage.
12/12/2006
03:11

The Word - Casualty of War
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The Iraq Study Group report stated that there is underreporting of violence in Iraq. Stephen wants to know, if we're underreporting it, why are we still reporting it so high?
12/12/2006
04:35

Stephen Jr.'s Christmas Miracle
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Despite a solar power snafu, Stephen Jr. has been located -- unfortunately in Canada.
12/13/2006
06:14

Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin tells Stephen that if Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he might be the host of The Colbert Report.
12/13/2006
03:36

The Word - It's a Small World
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Foreign tourists have more trouble entering the United States than any other country, so the U.S. Government is turning to Disney to re-imagineer the customs process.
12/13/2006
00:34

Intro - 12/13/06
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Tonight: Stephen finds his long-lost eagle son, foreigners complain that Americans aren't polite, and Doris Kearns Goodwin finally gets to meet a historical figure in person.
12/13/2006
01:28

Replenishing the Eggnog Supply
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Stephen stocks up the eggnog in December so he can nog out all year long. His doctor says he's got a mass of powdered nutmeg obstructing his lower intestine. Again.
12/13/2006
00:35

Charge Me Twice for Stephen
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The Stephen and Melinda Gates Foundation is working with your local cable provider to bring The Report to the truly needy, and the truly needy to Stephen's advertisers.
12/13/2006
02:38

Sea-Tac's Christmas Trees Restored
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On Monday, Stephen reported on Sea-Tac airport's decision to remove nine Christmas trees after a complaint by a local rabbi. Now the trees are back -- and Stephen fixed it.
12/13/2006
06:15

Daniel Pinchbeck
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Daniel Pinchbeck believes the Mayan god Quetzalcoatl is making a comeback. Stephen wants to know who he is and why we should be excited about him.
12/14/2006
01:36

Caesar Honeybee or Tyrone Hunnibi?
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Some viewers were confused by Stephen's giving two different porn names during different interviews, so he clarifies the difference.
12/14/2006
02:02

Letter to Representative Jack Kingston
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Stephen admits it -- at the end of each week, he sends a letter to Rep. Jack Kingston telling him all the things he learned that week.
12/14/2006
00:40

Intro - 12/14/06
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Tonight: Who's responsible for losing the Iraq war (even though we're winning), the ethics of buying diamonds, and a drug advocate who knows the date of the end of the world.
12/14/2006
01:50

Blood in the Water - Bruce Tinsley's DUI
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Cartoonist Bruce Tinsley, who draws the comic strip "Mallard Fillmore," was arrested for DUI, and the left-wing media jumped all over it -- in that it was reported.
12/14/2006
03:33

The Word - Clarity
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The Kimberly Process tracks diamonds from mine to store to make sure that incoming diamonds are conflict free -- until they reach married couples.
12/14/2006
02:29

The American People Are to Blame
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Tom DeLay says the will of the American people is no longer behind the war in Iraq and Stephen agrees -- the public should be ready to chew what the president has bitten off.
12/14/2006
01:30

Finger Strengthening
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The Decemberists stole Stephen's Green Screen Challenge, he called them out, and they challenged him to a guitar solo contest -- so he's been practicing.
12/14/2006
01:22

The Jingle-Terns
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Stephen tried to get holiday song artists, the Jingle Dogs on his show but it didn't work out. So, he presents the Jingle-Terns, his caroling inters.
12/18/2006
00:31

Intro - 12/18/06
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Dick Cheney says goodbye to Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen takes some time to discus art and gets an idea from former head of General Electric Jack Welch.
12/18/2006
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