The Colbert Report

Newt's White Whale

Season 7 • 07/19/2011

To curb expenses, Newt Gingrich should have paid his nephew in Oreo Cakesters to design his website.

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Exclusive - Colbert Super PAC - Campaign Finance - Sheila Krumholz

Sheila Krumholz refuses to disclose her Social Security number and closet skeletons despite the OpenSecrets.org stance on campaign finance transparency.
07/18/2011
00:31

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Sign Off - Prerecorded Episodes

Stephen can't be sure what day it is because he prerecorded all these episodes in a 96-hour meth-fueled news binge.
07/18/2011
03:36

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Blood in the Water - Rupert Murdoch's News of the World Scandal

For some reason, the media continues to talk about the Rupert Murdoch piffle, so Steve Doocy blows the lid back onto the story.
07/18/2011
01:19

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Colbert Super PAC - Cash Crawl

To seduce the prudent, Stephen puts the names of people who have donated to Colbert Super PAC on a cash crawl.
07/18/2011
07:17

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Colbert Super PAC - Campaign Finance

Sean Parnell supports Colbert Super PAC's plan to buy an elephant, but Sheila Krumholz wants to shine a light on the taint of private money.
07/18/2011
04:59

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John Prendergast

John Prendergast talks about the birth of South Sudan, the creation of its flag and the oil curse that might plague its future.
07/18/2011
05:38

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God Calls Rick Perry

With the tough challenges facing America, Rick Perry thinks it's time to hand it over to God and ask Him to jump in.
07/19/2011
05:55

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David Carr

David Carr of the New York Times admits that papers sell based on the misery of others, but that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sells misery best.
07/19/2011
04:47

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Debt Ceiling Deadline Conspiracy

The August 2nd debt ceiling deadline could be a Muslim-Nazi-Vietcong conspiracy to keep America fiscally solvent.
07/19/2011
00:06

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight with a wave.
07/19/2011
04:05

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Newt's White Whale

With his campaign $1 million in debt, Newt Gingrich will have to abandon Moby Dick Airways and travel on Metaphorical Unattainable Goal Bus Lines.
07/19/2011
00:05

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Sign Off - Reading

Stephen interrupts his reading of Michael Sandel's "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" to say goodnight.
07/20/2011
03:43

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Humanized by Pie

After Rupert Murdoch gets hit with a pie, News Corp.'s stocks spike, the English Parliament apologizes, and even the media sharks celebrating his downfall feel bad.
07/20/2011
06:32

The Colbert ReportS7
Voter ID Laws

To safeguard against voter fraud and ensure that only the "right people" get elected, Republicans pass laws requiring voters to show government-issued photo IDs.
07/20/2011
07:09

The Colbert ReportS7
Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel uses real-world examples to test big philosophical concepts and ethical questions about justice and cannibalism.
07/20/2011
03:14

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Congressional Partisan Rancor

Allen West brings civility back to Washington by calling Debbie Wasserman Shultz a "vile coward" after she spews bile over his support for the GOP's debt reduction bill.
07/20/2011
06:15

The Colbert ReportS7
I's on Edjukashun - Gay History & Disney English

California's school curriculum includes lesson plan-on-man action, and Disney will teach Chinese kids words like "Mickey," "Mouse," and "Sew that Mickey Mouse hoodie faster."
07/21/2011
00:06

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Sign Off - Space Robot

Stephen does the space robot with a box of tissues.
07/21/2011
04:09

The Colbert ReportS7
Death of America's Space Program

America ends its space program, making Stephen's astronauts skills as obsolete as dodo husbandry, Zune programming and American manufacturing.
07/21/2011
00:34

The Colbert ReportS7
Intro - 7/21/11

Schools should only teach gay history if they teach gay is history, "The Today Show" cooking segment gets out of control, and neuroscientist David Eagleman talks brains.
07/21/2011
05:45

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David Eagleman

Neuroscientist David Eagleman likens the brain to a neural Parliament with different political parties that are battling it out to steer the ship of state.
07/21/2011
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