The Colbert Report

Human Week

Season 5 • 08/05/2009

If the Discovery Channel really wants to frighten us, they should have Human Week.

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00:31

Intro - 8/3/09
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President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.
08/03/2009
04:57

The Word - Hippie Replacement
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Soon America's grassroots people-power movements will be rid of the one thing that's holding them back: people.
08/04/2009
06:24

Kurt Andersen
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According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.
08/04/2009
00:10

Sign Off - Love Makes the World Go Round
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Love makes the world go round, so stop hogging all the credit, physics.
08/04/2009
04:57

Colbert Bump Cocktail - David Wondrich
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David Wondrich serves Stephen drinks from the Great Depression and the Civil War, and invents a Colbert Bump cocktail.
08/04/2009
02:42

Merry Barackmas
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Karl Marx takes gifts from Stephen to give to lazy people who don't deserve nice things.
08/04/2009
08:11

2010 Midterms - Joe Sestak
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Joe Sestak is running against Arlen Specter for the Pennsylvania Senate seat so he can bring health care reform to all Americans.
08/05/2009
02:44

Bill Clinton's Personal Appearance
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Bill Clinton frees two journalists from North Korea, but Laura Ling leaves without her delicious sandwich.
08/05/2009
05:49

Kris Kobach
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Kris Kobach wants to fight illegal immigration on the local level and reward the people willing to come to this country legally.
08/05/2009
00:02

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
08/05/2009
03:13

Human Week
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Since sharks don't kill that many people, the Discovery Channel should replace their Shark Week with Human Week.
08/05/2009
06:03

Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep won't feel responsible if her role as Julia Child influences kids to think cooking is cool.
08/06/2009
00:34

Intro - 8/6/09
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Stephen reviews the movies that are destroying America and talks to Meryl Streep about her role as Julia Child.
08/06/2009
06:00

Yahweh or No Way - Dinosaur Adventure Land & Black Market Kidneys
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The founder of a creationist dinosaur theme park refuses to pay taxes, President Obama may be a secret Mormon, and a Jewish man trades kidneys on the black market.
08/06/2009
00:04

Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report, everybody.
08/06/2009
02:27

Back to School With Jeremih
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Chicago Public Schools officials appoint Jeremih, the guy who sings "Birthday Sex," as their new back-to-school spokesman.
08/06/2009
04:32

Movies That Are Destroying America - Summer
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"G.I. Joe" helps the French, and "Orphan" doesn't go far enough in reversing the harmful stereotype that adoption is good.
08/06/2009
05:42

Barbara Boxer
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Barbara Boxer's new novel, "Blind Trust," is about a liberal California senator involved in a scandal, but it's not a veiled confession.
08/10/2009
00:33

Intro - 8/10/09
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Vladimir Putin returns to the spotlight, and Stephen interviews Barbara Boxer with deaf suspicion.
08/10/2009
04:54

Cold War Update - Cuba & Topless Putin
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Obama stops a pro-democracy ticker, Cuba runs out of toilet paper, and Vladimir Putin goes topless on his Siberian vacation.
08/10/2009
00:15

Sign Off - Encore
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It can't be the end of the show, so Stephen's going to stick around and see if he does an encore.
08/10/2009
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