The Colbert Report

Intro - 7/15/09

Season 5 • 07/15/2009

America gets more permissive gun laws -- bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks.

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Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee organized a sex strike among women until the Liberian civil war ended.
07/14/2009
05:10

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The Word - Guns, Credit, and Corn

The American government can use the defense budget to pay for health care and just turn sick people into a weapons program.
07/14/2009
04:51

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Senator Wences Questions Sonia Sotomayor

Senator Wences asks Sonia Sotomayor the tough questions while still maintaining cultural sensitivity.
07/14/2009
00:05

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Sign Off - The Pitcher in the Oat

Stephen reads his J.D. Salinger tribute prequel, written under the pseudonym, J.D. Stephenger.
07/14/2009
03:22

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Raise High the Rage Beams

If J.D. Salinger doesn't come on the show, Stephen will publish his prequel, "The Pitcher in the Oat," under the pseudonym J.D. Stephenger.
07/14/2009
05:30

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Difference Makers - Doug Jackson

Thanks to State Senator Doug Jackson, it's now legal to carry a concealed weapon into a bar in Tennessee.
07/15/2009
05:58

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Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff discusses the downfalls of operating the world like a corporation and how to weaken corporate influence.
07/15/2009
03:48

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Tip/Wag - Assassination Squads, Biblical History & Gay Penguins

The CIA shuts down its assassination program, Texas wants Christianity taught in history, and two male penguins end their relationship.
07/15/2009
03:30

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Stephen Wants to Be the Worst Person in the World

Stephen tries to make it onto Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" list by slapping a baby with a puppy.
07/15/2009
00:13

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Sign Off - No Man Is a Failure

No man is a failure who has friends, unless his friends are failures.
07/15/2009
00:23

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Intro - 7/15/09

There's bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks, and Douglas Rushkoff lets Jews and Freemasons off the hook.
07/15/2009
05:16

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The Word - Neutral Man's Burden

Sonia Sotomayor's personal background should be neutralized the way Band-Aids were when they reached out to minorities.
07/16/2009
00:34

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Intro - 7/16/09

Stephen is emotionally dead inside, and Ed Andrews should write about teen vampires if he wants to get out of debt.
07/16/2009
03:14

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The Memy Awards

Stephen announces the nominees for the Memy Awards' one and only category: Outstanding Individual.
07/16/2009
04:45

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Edmund Andrews

Edmund Andrews explains how he fell victim to the mortgage crisis as a New York Times economics reporter.
07/16/2009
05:28

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Cheating Death - Diabetes Dogs, Chocolate Milk & Swearing in Pain

Dogs help fight diabetes, chocolate milk replaces sports drinks, and swearing after an injury alleviates pain.
07/16/2009
00:14

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Sign Off - Stephen Wins

If you've had half as much fun watching the show as Stephen has had doing it, then he's had twice as much fun.
07/16/2009
02:27

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Walter Cronkite Remembered

Walter Cronkite's passing doesn't get the kind of cable news attention Stephen believes it deserves.
07/20/2009
00:04

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Sign Off - Goodnight

That's it for The Report.
07/20/2009
05:20

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Sport Report - Jessica Simpson, Olympic Brothel & Bud Light

Tony Romo breaks up with Jessica Simpson, an Olympic hopeful opens a brothel, and Stephen loves the taste of Bud Light.
07/20/2009
03:57

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Reverse Racism - Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized.
07/20/2009
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