The Colbert Report

AJ Jacobs

Season 5 • 09/23/2009

AJ Jacobs followed all the rules of the Bible and tried to be the most rational person alive.

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00:06

Sign Off - Shofar Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight with his shofar.
09/22/2009
04:58

Shai Agassi
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Shai Agassi explains his electric car network that's modeled after cell phone plans.
09/22/2009
06:42

Tip/Wag - Guns on Amtrak, Fake Lesbians & Battleship Audition
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The Senate allows guns on Amtrak trains, fake lesbians push products, and Stephen auditions for "Battleship" with Jeff Goldblum.
09/22/2009
01:57

Atone Phone - Jon Stewart Calls to Apologize
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Jon calls 1-888-MOSS-LEW to apologize for not having paid for his bed of moss yet.
09/22/2009
00:27

Intro - 9/22/09
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The Senate votes to allow guns on trains, and Shai Agassi wants us all to drive electric cars.
09/22/2009
05:28

Atone Phone - Emmy Awards
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Stephen wants every Jewish member of the television academy to call and beg for forgiveness, which he will then deliver in the form of an acceptance speech.
09/22/2009
09:01

Capitalism's Enemy - Michael Moore
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Michael Moore fights capitalism and urges Senate Democrats to stand up for health care reform.
09/23/2009
01:35

Tom DeLay Dances With the Stars
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Tom DeLay looked so happy on the floor of "Dancing With the Stars" you'd think he'd just been arrested on charges of corruption.
09/23/2009
03:09

Lunatic Dictator Accommodations
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Let's put Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Muammar el-Qaddafi in New York City's finest hotels and drain their national treasuries with mini-bar charges.
09/23/2009
00:13

Sign Off - Thank You for Joining Us
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Stephen says thank you and goodnight.
09/23/2009
05:10

AJ Jacobs
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AJ Jacobs' life experiments include following all the rules of the Bible, trying to be the most rational person alive and radical honesty.
09/23/2009
05:30

Ken Burns
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Ken Burns believes if America didn't have national parks, the Grand Canyon would be lined with mansions and Yosemite would be a gated community.
09/24/2009
02:09

Atone Phone - Larry King Calls
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Larry King apologizes to Stephen for not giving him a chance to explain the terrible scandal that is sure to end his career.
09/24/2009
06:29

The Word - Blackwashing
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Prevent your valid criticisms of Barack Obama from being unfairly associated with racism by putting on a little blackwashing.
09/24/2009
03:50

Easter Under Attack - Peeps Display
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A woman must take down the marshmallow Peeps display from her apartment door or be evicted.
09/24/2009
00:21

Sign Off - Automated Desk
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Stephen wants his automated desk to take him home.
09/24/2009
00:33

Intro - 9/24/09
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The Republican Party is accused of racism, another holiday is under attack, and Ken Burns makes a documentary about national parks.
09/24/2009
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight, Conan
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Stephen says goodnight to Conan O'Brien as he comforts himself with Americone Dream.
09/28/2009
04:48

Sheryl WuDunn
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Sheryl WuDunn believes giving women loans and educating girls is the way to lift developing nations out of poverty.
09/28/2009
04:33

Atone Phone - Last Day of Apologies
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Paul Krugman apologizes for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics, and J.J. Abrams is sorry for making his hidden puzzle too difficult to solve.
09/28/2009
03:53

Do, Dump or Marry
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Glamour readers vote to dump Conan O'Brien, do Jimmy Fallon and marry Stephen.
09/28/2009
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