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Finger Strengthening

Season 2 • 12/14/2006

In preparation for The Decemberists, Stephen learned the first ten seconds of "Stairway to Heaven."

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00:34

Intro - 12/13/06
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Tonight: Stephen finds his long-lost eagle son, foreigners complain that Americans aren't polite, and Doris Kearns Goodwin finally gets to meet a historical figure in person.
12/13/2006
01:28

Replenishing the Eggnog Supply
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Stephen stocks up the eggnog in December so he can nog out all year long. His doctor says he's got a mass of powdered nutmeg obstructing his lower intestine. Again.
12/13/2006
00:35

Charge Me Twice for Stephen
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The Stephen and Melinda Gates Foundation is working with your local cable provider to bring The Report to the truly needy, and the truly needy to Stephen's advertisers.
12/13/2006
06:15

Daniel Pinchbeck
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Daniel Pinchbeck believes the Mayan god Quetzalcoatl is making a comeback. Stephen wants to know who he is and why we should be excited about him.
12/14/2006
01:36

Caesar Honeybee or Tyrone Hunnibi?
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Some viewers were confused by Stephen's giving two different porn names during different interviews, so he clarifies the difference.
12/14/2006
02:02

Letter to Representative Jack Kingston
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Stephen admits it -- at the end of each week, he sends a letter to Rep. Jack Kingston telling him all the things he learned that week.
12/14/2006
00:40

Intro - 12/14/06
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Tonight: Who's responsible for losing the Iraq war (even though we're winning), the ethics of buying diamonds, and a drug advocate who knows the date of the end of the world.
12/14/2006
01:50

Blood in the Water - Bruce Tinsley's DUI
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Cartoonist Bruce Tinsley, who draws the comic strip "Mallard Fillmore," was arrested for DUI, and the left-wing media jumped all over it -- in that it was reported.
12/14/2006
03:33

The Word - Clarity
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The Kimberly Process tracks diamonds from mine to store to make sure that incoming diamonds are conflict free -- until they reach married couples.
12/14/2006
02:29

The American People Are to Blame
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Tom DeLay says the will of the American people is no longer behind the war in Iraq and Stephen agrees -- the public should be ready to chew what the president has bitten off.
12/14/2006
01:30

Finger Strengthening
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The Decemberists stole Stephen's Green Screen Challenge, he called them out, and they challenged him to a guitar solo contest -- so he's been practicing.
12/14/2006
01:22

The Jingle-Terns
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Stephen tried to get holiday song artists, the Jingle Dogs on his show but it didn't work out. So, he presents the Jingle-Terns, his caroling inters.
12/18/2006
00:31

Intro - 12/18/06
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Dick Cheney says goodbye to Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen takes some time to discus art and gets an idea from former head of General Electric Jack Welch.
12/18/2006
06:27

Jack Welch
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Stephen asks Jack Welch how he's making it on a fixed income and has him sign a copy of his book, "Winning," for his father-in-law.
12/18/2006
02:33

Profiles in Balls
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Dick Cheney had balls, but Nancy Pelosi doesn't -- although, she could.
12/18/2006
03:09

The Word - The Draft
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Stephen feels the draft should be reinstated so that America can go back to the days of Vietnam when they hated protesters more than the war.
12/18/2006
01:41

DIY Cold Medicine
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Stephen was sick all weekend and cold medicine wasn't doing the trick, so he reverse-engineered some crank and made some Sudafed which he snorted.
12/18/2006
03:44

Tip/Wag - Art Edition
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Stephen tips his hat to the exhibition "Bodies" and wags his finger at Picasso, Rodin and Nazi gingerbread men.
12/18/2006
07:07

Deepak Chopra
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Deepak Chopra talks to Stephen about life after death, maintaining a youthful biology and his book, which costs 24 dollars.
12/19/2006
06:22

Stephen Goes to Harvard
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The election on his mind, Stephen takes a trip to Harvard University, where he sets the students of the John F. Kennedy School of Government straight.
12/19/2006
02:47

Person of the Year
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With the power of the Internet in their hands, the Colbert Nation has become Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
12/19/2006
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