The Colbert Report

The Word - Bard

Season 2 • 04/20/2006

Shakespeare was a bad influence, folks. Wake up.

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Caitlin Flanagan
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Stephen asks author and journalist Caitlin Flanagan, "What's the deal with chicks?"
04/19/2006
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Global Warming TV
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Stephen thinks global warming makes for horrible television.
04/19/2006
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Intro - 4/19/06
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In tonight's episode, global warming is real, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have a baby, and Caitlin Flanagan argues that a woman's place is in the home.
04/19/2006
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The Word - Save It
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The whole debate basically boils down to, "Is it hot in here, or is it just me?"
04/19/2006
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White House Press Secretary
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Stephen thinks it's about time we got rid of the White House press secretary.
04/19/2006
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Tip/Wag - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
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Stephen Jr. isn't just Stephen's eagle, he's the nation's eagle.
04/19/2006
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Better Know a District - Maryland's 4th - Albert Wynn
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Stephen thinks that Representative Albert Wynn and his people shouldn't be allowed to vote -- and by "his people," he, of course, means "federal employees."
04/20/2006
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Protecting Kids from Papers
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Stephen doesn't want Stephen Jr. reading the isolationist rants in American newspapers like the USA Today.
04/20/2006
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Ralph Nader
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Stephen and Ralph Nader discuss whether corporations are people too.
04/20/2006
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Intro - 4/20/06
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Tonight: juvenile delinquents reading Shakespeare, Ralph Nader and the shocking truth about Maryland's 4th District.
04/20/2006
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03:55

The Word - Bard
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Teaching kids Shakespeare will just make them more violent.
04/20/2006
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06:32

Duke-obilia Auction
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Stephen is excited that disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's worldly possessions are going up for auction.
04/24/2006
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02:08

Wok This Way
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The New York Post covers Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the White House with appropriate sensitivity.
04/24/2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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06:40

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