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The Word - Spectacle

Season 1 • 12/01/2005

Death is just life to the extreme.

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05:30

Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Katrina vanden Heuvel is a proud liberal who is considered mainstream on her stances in ending the war in Iraq and on national health care.
11/30/2005
02:50

The Word - Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay
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Pope Benedict decrees that men who have not had homosexual encounters for three years have only "transitory" homosexual tendencies and still qualify to be priests.
11/30/2005
00:08

Fract - Nobody Messes with House
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The actor who plays "House, M.D." is British, but he plays an American.
11/30/2005
00:38

Intro - 11/30/05
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Stephen discusses Bush's plan for victory in Iraq, learns about America's 10 sexiest union organizers and talks to Congressperson Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
11/30/2005
01:09

Around the World in 11.6 Seconds - Media
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Stephen reports the international news in 11.6 seconds.
11/30/2005
00:30

Intro - 12/1/05
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In tonight's episode, Stephen weighs the merits of your new face transplant.
12/01/2005
04:49

Richard Clarke
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Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke discusses his new book of fiction, "The Scorpion's Gate."
12/01/2005
02:15

Giant Gold Washer
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The Winter Olympics are Stephen's favorite time of the every four years.
12/01/2005
01:31

Face Transplant
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Stephen honors the heroes who toil to plump our sunken cheeks, hoist our drooping buttocks and thread serrated plastic sutures through the fatty layers beneath our necks.
12/01/2005
04:04

Tip/Wag - Seattle
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Something crashes in Seattle, and this time it's not Windows 98.
12/01/2005
04:50

The Word - Spectacle
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The threat of lethal injection is the number one reason Stephen hasn't murdered anyone yet.
12/01/2005
04:03

Kennedy Center Honors
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Stephen doesn't understand why Ted Kennedy gets to decide who the best artists are in this country.
12/05/2005
02:37

This Week in History - December 4th-10th
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Prohibition ended when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment -- no surprise considering the booze-drenched land of debauchery Utah has become.
12/05/2005
01:51

Colbert Nation Citizen Award
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Lock your doors and windows, America. There's an escaped criminal on the loose.
12/05/2005
05:21

Maureen Dowd
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Maureen Dowd proves that when you send a woman to do a man's job, they wind up abolishing men.
12/05/2005
01:50

Apology
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Bobby breaks away from the pack in the horserace of shame.
12/05/2005
03:49

The Word - XMas
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Wishing a non-believer "Merry Christmas" is no different than inviting a foreign exchange student to a Fourth of July barbeque
12/05/2005
00:37

Intro - 12/5/05
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Tonight, Stephen covers the Kennedy Center awards and asks Maureen Dowd if he's necessary.
12/05/2005
05:53

Anderson Cooper
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Stephen is getting tired of all the comparisons between himself and Anderson Cooper.
12/06/2005
02:35

The Word - Backsies
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The free ride is over now that corporations are adopting the beloved childhood ritual of backsies.
12/06/2005
00:31

Season of Giving
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Stephen frowns on nameless acts of charity because they're the coward's way out.
12/06/2005
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