The Colbert Report
Fract - The Star Spangled Banner
Season 1 E 26 • 12/06/2005
It's a common misconception that Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."

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01:51
The Colbert ReportS1 E25
Colbert Nation Citizen Award
Lock your doors and windows, America. There's an escaped criminal on the loose.
12/05/2005
05:21
The Colbert ReportS1 E25
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd proves that when you send a woman to do a man's job, they wind up abolishing men.
12/05/2005
01:50
The Colbert ReportS1 E25
Apology
Bobby breaks away from the pack in the horserace of shame.
12/05/2005
03:49
The Colbert ReportS1 E25
The Word - XMas
Wishing a non-believer "Merry Christmas" is no different than inviting a foreign exchange student to a Fourth of July barbeque
12/05/2005
00:37
The Colbert ReportS1 E25
Intro - 12/5/05
Tonight, Stephen covers the Kennedy Center awards and asks Maureen Dowd if he's necessary.
12/05/2005
05:53
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
Anderson Cooper
Stephen is getting tired of all the comparisons between himself and Anderson Cooper.
12/06/2005
02:35
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
The Word - Backsies
The free ride is over now that corporations are adopting the beloved childhood ritual of backsies.
12/06/2005
00:31
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
Season of Giving
Stephen frowns on nameless acts of charity because they're the coward's way out.
12/06/2005
07:00
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
Better Know a District - Virginia's 8th - Jim Moran
There is nothing Stephen can do to get Jim Moran to take a swing at him.
12/06/2005
00:38
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
Intro - 12/6/05
Stephen Colbert introduces tonight's topics, including Americans dying poor and ABC's new anchors. Plus, Representative Jim Moran and Anderson Cooper stop by.
12/06/2005
00:09
The Colbert ReportS1 E26
Fract - The Star Spangled Banner
It's a common misconception that Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."
12/06/2005
00:36
The Colbert ReportS1 E27
Intro - 12/7/05
Tonight, Stephen sits down with Congressional Quarterly columnist Craig Crawford and previews the war on Christmas.
12/07/2005
03:14
The Colbert ReportS1 E27
The Word - Hell, No!
Americans aren't willing to just give Hugo Chavez their hearts and minds, but they'll trade them for oil.
12/07/2005
04:46
The Colbert ReportS1 E27
Burritos Happy Holidays
Stephen finds a blatant example of anti-Christmas secularism run amok.
12/07/2005
05:33
The Colbert ReportS1 E27
ThreatDown - Threats
Another terrorist attack is "inevitable" now that the 9/11 Commission has told the terrorists it is.
12/07/2005
05:28
The Colbert ReportS1 E27
Craig Crawford
Stephen and Craig Crawford go way back to their youthful days at the alternative congressional paper, the Congressional Fortnightly.
12/07/2005
01:58
The Colbert ReportS1 E28
The Mallomar
Stephen responds to an uplifting story in The New York Times about the Mallomar cookie.
12/08/2005
02:02
The Colbert ReportS1 E28
Papa Bear Nailed Him
After witnessing Bill "Papa Bear" O'Reilly nail journalist Joel Stein, Stephen makes an addition to the Nailed Hall of Fame.
12/08/2005
00:33
The Colbert ReportS1 E28
Intro - 12/8/07
Papa Bear nails someone, Christmas movies that Jesus would pan and a visit from Peggy Noonan on this episode of The Colbert Report.
12/08/2005
01:33
The Colbert ReportS1 E28
Nationwide Secret Santa
An article about a town-wide Secret Santa program inspires Stephen to up the ante by starting one nationwide.
12/08/2005
07:52
The Colbert ReportS1 E28
Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan speaks with Stephen about her new book and President Bush's bad luck.
12/08/2005
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