The Colbert Report
Newt's White Whale
Season 7 E 92 • 07/19/2011

With his campaign $1 million in debt, Newt Gingrich will have to abandon Moby Dick Airways and travel on Metaphorical Unattainable Goal Bus Lines.

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The Colbert ReportS7 E91
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.
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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
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The Colbert ReportS7 E91
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.
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The Colbert ReportS7 E91
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

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
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

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
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.
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The Colbert ReportS7 E92
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.
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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

The Colbert ReportS7 E92
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
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The Colbert ReportS7 E92
Sign Off - Goodnight

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

The Colbert ReportS7 E92
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

The Colbert ReportS7 E93
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
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The Colbert ReportS7 E93
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.
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06:32

The Colbert ReportS7 E93
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 E93
Michael Sandel

Michael Sandel uses real-world examples to test big philosophical concepts and ethical questions about justice and cannibalism.
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The Colbert ReportS7 E93
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.
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The Colbert ReportS7 E94
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."
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00:06

The Colbert ReportS7 E94
Sign Off - Space Robot

Stephen does the space robot with a box of tissues.
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The Colbert ReportS7 E94
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.
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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.
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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.
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