The Colbert Report

Intro - 12/5/05

Season 1 • 12/05/2005

Why must we honor people so lazy they spread their achievements over a lifetime?

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Richard Clarke

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

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Giant Gold Washer

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

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Face Transplant

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

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Tip/Wag - Seattle

Something crashes in Seattle, and this time it's not Windows 98.
12/01/2005
04:03

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Kennedy Center Honors

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

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This Week in History - December 4th-10th

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

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Colbert Nation Citizen Award

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

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Maureen Dowd

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

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Apology

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

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The Word - XMas

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

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Intro - 12/5/05

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

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Anderson Cooper

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

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The Word - Backsies

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

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Season of Giving

Stephen frowns on nameless acts of charity because they're the coward's way out.
12/06/2005
07:00

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Better Know a District - Virginia's 8th - Jim Moran

There is nothing Stephen can do to get Jim Moran to take a swing at him.
12/06/2005
00:09

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Fract - The Star Spangled Banner

It's a common misconception that Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."
12/06/2005
00:38

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Intro - 12/6/05

Stephen Colbert introduces tonight's topics, including Americans dying poor and ABC's new anchors. Plus, Representative Jim Moran and Anderson Cooper stop by.
12/06/2005
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Intro - 12/7/05

Tonight, Stephen sits down with Congressional Quarterly columnist Craig Crawford and previews the war on Christmas.
12/07/2005
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The Word - Hell, No!

Americans aren't willing to just give Hugo Chavez their hearts and minds, but they'll trade them for oil.
12/07/2005
04:46

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Burritos Happy Holidays

Stephen finds a blatant example of anti-Christmas secularism run amok.
12/07/2005
05:33

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ThreatDown - Threats

Another terrorist attack is "inevitable" now that the 9/11 Commission has told the terrorists it is.
12/07/2005
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