The Colbert Report

The Word - American History X'd

Season 8 • 01/31/2012

The Tennessee Tea Party wages a counter-offensive against founding father fact attacks.

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00:06

Sign Off - Shouting Goodnight
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Stephen shouts goodnight.
01/30/2012
03:12

GOP & the Hispanic Vote
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Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich for calling Spanish "the language of the ghetto."
01/30/2012
03:02

Colbert Super PAC - The Great Chase
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Stephen chases Jon Stewart through the streets of New York City and onto the set of "The View" to get the Colbert Super PAC back.
01/30/2012
06:11

ThreatDown - Barack Obama, Fundamentalist Flippers & Coked Up Diplomats
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Barack Obama plays the dirty political trick of being irresistibly appealing, the Navy trains dolphins to sweep for mines, and the U.N. receives 35 pounds of cocaine.
01/30/2012
05:37

Laurence Tribe
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Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe discusses the function of the Constitution and reveals his favorite amendment.
01/30/2012
02:48

Colbert Super PAC - Return of the PAC
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Stephen takes back his super PAC just in time for the FEC's financial disclosure deadline.
01/30/2012
00:06

Sign Off - "Biophilia"
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Stephen says goodnight and peruses Bjork's album "Biophilia."
01/31/2012
05:21

Bjork
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Bjork shows off her "Biophilia" album iPad app and explains what inspired her interactive multimedia collection.
01/31/2012
05:18

Newt Gingrich's Supporters
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Newt Gingrich picks up support from Herman Cain, Sarah Palin and fellow Newtketeer Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
01/31/2012
00:33

Intro - 1/31/12
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Newt Gingrich gains a powerful supporter, America gets a new look at its founding fathers, and Bjork performs a song.
01/31/2012
04:27

The Word - American History X'd
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The Tennessee Tea Party demands that textbooks remove references to the Founding Fathers' slave ownership and violence against Native Americans.
01/31/2012
00:31

Intro - 2/1/12
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Mitt Romney wins the Florida primary in a landslide, big news emerges about Americone Dream, and Ameena Matthews interrupts gang violence.
02/01/2012
04:58

Colbert Super PAC - Americone Dream Super Pack
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Ben & Jerry's releases a 2012 election year package that equates the dominance of Americone Dream with that of the Colbert Super PAC.
02/01/2012
01:35

Black History Celebration Moment
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Stephen briefly celebrates America's great black historical figures.
02/01/2012
06:57

Ameena Matthews
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CeaseFire's Ameena Matthews explores how her tough inner-city upbringing informs her work as a peacemaker among Chicago's gangs.
02/01/2012
00:07

Sign Off - Americone Dream Super Pack
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Stephen enjoys a scoop of 2012 election edition Americone Dream.
02/01/2012
06:40

Mitt Romney's Florida Victory
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Mitt Romney stomps Newt Gingrich in Florida with help from his negative ad campaign, and Newt Gingrich fights back with a robocall.
02/01/2012
00:09

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight and reminds viewers that The Report is taking time off.
02/02/2012
02:33

The Meaning of Groundhog Day
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Americans commercialize and groundhog up the ancient Christo-Pagan rite of Candlemas, completely losing sight of its true meaning.
02/02/2012
03:58

Colbert Super PAC - Thank You
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Stephen thanks the heroes for their donations and reveals how Colbert Super PAC will spend its $1 million.
02/02/2012
02:58

America's Biggest Super PAC Donors
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Super PACs haven't led to billionaires secretly buying democracy, they've led to billionaires publicly buying it.
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