The Colbert Report

Against the Pundocracy

Season 1 • 10/24/2005

Stephen attempts to bring down the pundocracy.

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02:23

Russ Lieber - Candy and Air
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Radio host Russ Lieber becomes enraged when he finds out that Stephen has gotten his own television show.
10/20/2005
06:04

Jim Cramer
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Financial expert and "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer explains why it's beneficial to invest in foreign markets.
10/20/2005
04:14

Un-American News - The Foreign Press
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An English newspaper misunderstands the word "unlawful," Spanish television covers the Saddam Hussein trial, and Greek journalists use a quick-and-easy time-burner.
10/20/2005
02:28

The Word - Love Handles
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The Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act (known as the "Cheeseburger Bill") is passed, making it unlawful to sue corporations that sell fatty foods.
10/20/2005
04:08

Bring 'Em Back or Leave 'Em Dead - Inquisition
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Stephen is disappointed that his audience thinks the man who invented the Frosty should stay dead.
10/24/2005
02:12

Mug Shot
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Stephen Colbert advises Karl Rove, Jack Abramoff and Scooter Libby to start thinking about composition and lighting for their mug shot.
10/24/2005
06:31

Lou Dobbs
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Lou Dobbs thinks America needs to stop running trade deficits and fix its broken borders.
10/24/2005
01:47

The Word - Pussy
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Bush has got a tough hard slog with Harriet Miers, but pussying out now would send a signal of weakness to the homegrown insurgency trying to derail the process.
10/24/2005
00:10

Fract - The Wright Brothers
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Most people don't know that the Wright brothers were both American.
10/24/2005
00:36

Intro - 10/24/05
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Harriet Miers is under siege, great drinking cities are in danger and Lou Dobbs of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" appears on The Colbert Report.
10/24/2005
04:22

Against the Pundocracy
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Stephen strikes his first blow against the Schieffers, the Russerts and the Stephanopouli.
10/24/2005
01:56

Benjamin Shalom Bernanke
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You can tell by the way new Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke walks that he is an evolutionary leap forward from Alan Greenspan.
10/25/2005
00:41

Yet Another Day - Soup and Pets
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The Colbert morning show, Yet Another Day, looks into the hidden dangers of petting your cat.
10/25/2005
04:15

ThreatDown - Anti-Bacterial Soap
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Stephen counts down the threats from bears and eight-year-olds who kill bears.
10/25/2005
03:55

Greg Behrendt Fields Calls
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Greg Behrendt and Stephen Colbert offer relationship advice over the phone.
10/25/2005
00:34

Intro - 10/25/05
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Tonight's episode includes the Federal Reserve, David Copperfield, bears and author Greg Behrendt.
10/25/2005
02:52

The Word - Overrated
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Rosa Parks enriched our vocabulary by allowing us to call anyone who is the first person to do something the "Rosa Parks of whatever it is that person did first."
10/25/2005
05:27

Greg Behrendt
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Metaphorically speaking in terms of "Sex and the City," Greg Behrendt considers himself as a Charlotte by day and Samantha by night.
10/25/2005
05:53

Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Astrophysics is like jazz: it's the notes they don't play that matter.
10/26/2005
02:12

The Pulse
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Stephen comes down from his pedestal and interacts with real people like you.
10/26/2005
00:27

Intro - 10/26/05
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Coming up, Stephen interviews astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Charlize Theron continues her struggle for hot women's rights.
10/26/2005
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