The Colbert Report

Fract - Middle Name

Season 2 • 04/25/2006

A Fract about Stephen's real name.

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04:35

Hugh Hewitt
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Hugh Hewitt thinks the Republicans are aiming at an electoral iceberg and they need to turn the ship around quickly.
04/24/2006
00:21

Sign Off - Chatty Cathy
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Stephen had a report on pork barrel politics prepared, but Hugh Hewitt spoiled it.
04/24/2006
06:05

Money & Politics: The Machine That Ain't Broke
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Stephen thinks you can measure a candidate's character in dollars.
04/24/2006
00:32

Intro - 4/24/06
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Tonight, Stephen talks to conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt and wonders if we should take money out of politics.
04/24/2006
04:24

Contacting John Lennon
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This is the kind of science Stephen likes -- the kind with the word "pseudo" in front of it.
04/25/2006
00:27

Intro - 4/25/06
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In tonight's episode, David Lee Roth fails as a radio host, Arlen Specter proposes an oil tax and Stephen talks God with author Sam Harris.
04/25/2006
06:40

Sam Harris
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Sam Harris reminds Stephen that we're all atheists with respect to Poseidon.
04/25/2006
00:29

Sign Off - Bush Clock
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It's almost midnight on the East Coast, which means soon there will be only 999 days left in the Bush presidency.
04/25/2006
02:51

The Word - Panama
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Like the Bush administration, celebrities should never try anything new.
04/25/2006
05:26

ThreatDown - Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks' latest movie questions the divinity of Jesus -- not to mention, what's with the hair?
04/25/2006
00:05

Fract - Middle Name
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In 1983, Stephen legally changed his middle name.
04/25/2006
06:40

Better Know a District - Georgia's 11th - Phil Gingrey
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Representative Phil Gingrey won in Newt Gingrich's old district when voters confused their last names.
04/26/2006
00:36

Intro - 4/26/06
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In tonight's episode, "The Star Spangled Banner" is translated into Spanish, and Sebastian Junger discusses his cheery book on the Boston Strangler.
04/26/2006
05:06

Sebastian Junger
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Sebastian Junger is even more rugged in person than he appears on the back of his books.
04/26/2006
04:11

Armed and Ready
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"Hannity & Colmes" have the bomb, and Stephen is not about to let that stand.
04/26/2006
03:16

The Word - English
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Our national anthem is now a ditty for immigrants to sing as they stream across our broken borders.
04/26/2006
00:17

Sign Off - Yellowcake
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Stephen has slam dunk intelligence on Joe Scarborough's nuclear program.
04/26/2006
02:09

Snow: Informer
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With the appointment of Tony Snow as White House Press Secretary, Stephen positions himself for a job in Homeland Security.
04/27/2006
07:02

Bill Kristol
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Neocon Bill Kristol makes some friends on the Upper West Side with a prediction that the Democrats will take the House in the upcoming election.
04/27/2006
03:04

All You Need to Know - Sleight of Hand
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Stephen demonstrates how David Copperfield escaped a mugging without losing his belongings.
04/27/2006
01:36

Sign Off - The NFL Draft
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Stephen looks forward to a nice relaxing weekend where he can watch wall-to-wall coverage of the NFL's ode to slavery.
04/27/2006
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