The Colbert Report

Simulated Mars Mission

Season 6 • 06/10/2010

Stephen will not let Russia beat America in the "pretending to go to Mars" race.

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05:52

Mark Frauenfelder
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Mark Frauenfelder demonstrates an all-knowing Twitter orb, the most useless machine and a cigar-box guitar.
06/08/2010
02:03

Helen Thomas's Reputation
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Helen Thomas gets the chance to be known as the cool old lady with the record for most beef consumed in an hour.
06/09/2010
00:12

Sign Off - 50 Hamburgers
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Stephen hands out the 50 hamburgers he wants Helen Thomas to eat.
06/09/2010
03:15

Shout Out - 7th EACCS
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Stephen displays the American flag that was flown by the 7th EACCS over the skies of Afghanistan.
06/09/2010
05:42

Sam Nunn
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Sam Nunn hopes to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists by getting cooperation from other nations.
06/09/2010
09:03

Formidable Opponent - Michael Oren
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Israeli ambassador Michael Oren defends Israel's flotilla raid and explains why he does not support an international investigation into the incident.
06/09/2010
00:05

Sign Off - Chocolate Syrup
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Stephen signs off with a bottle of chocolate syrup.
06/10/2010
08:46

Sport Report - Soccer Debate - Marc Fisher & Mark Starr
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Michael Jordan tries to bring back the Hitler mustache, while Marc Fisher and Mark Starr debate the merits of soccer.
06/10/2010
03:21

BP Stock Sinks
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BP may be a soulless corporate giant that could kill all life on the East Coast, but why is its stock going down?
06/10/2010
05:25

Alan Bean
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Alan Bean paints scenes from his time in space to leave behind stories that regular people don't know about.
06/10/2010
02:29

Simulated Mars Mission
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Stephen competes with Russia by placing his intern, Jay, in a state-of-the-art gym locker for 519 days.
06/10/2010
05:08

Smokin' Pole - The Quest For Arctic Riches: Canada & China
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Canada will soon become the foremost authority on caribou dung, and China purchases the world's largest icebreaker.
06/14/2010
03:47

America's Strained Relationship With England
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Until America re-establishes its relationship with Great Britain, English muffins will be called freedom muffins, and Brit Hume is Free Hume.
06/14/2010
00:07

Sign Off - The New Oxford American Dictionary
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Stephen says goodnight and reads from The New Oxford American Dictionary.
06/14/2010
05:33

Stephen Prothero
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According to Stephen Prothero, pretending all religions are the same doesn't serve to understand the world.
06/14/2010
04:54

Who's Not Honoring Me Now? - Tonys & MTV Movie Awards
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"Fela!" wins at the Tonys, Rain accepts MTV's badass award, and "truthiness" gets added to the dictionary.
06/14/2010
00:36

Intro - 6/14/10
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There's a new quest for Arctic riches, Stephen recaps the Tony Awards, and Stephen Prothero goes to Hell in seven religions.
06/14/2010
05:43

Carl Safina
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Carl Safina attributes the BP oil spill to the government protecting corporate greed instead of public interest.
06/15/2010
08:17

Testoster-Ruin - Hanna Rosin
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Stephen demands that lesbians stop creating good examples for our kids, microwaves his boxers and asks Hanna Rosin if men are still needed.
06/15/2010
00:06

Sign Off - Hot Boxers
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Stephen takes his hot boxers out of the microwave.
06/15/2010
00:31

Intro - 6/15/10
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Men may be an endangered species, there's a threat to the Gulf Coast, and Carl Safina needs to change the color of his Blue Ocean Institute.
06/15/2010
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