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Skate Expectations - Speedskating Team Training

Season 6 • 01/19/2010

Stephen enters the dangerous world of competitive sliding over ice on a thin blade.

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02:28

Massachusetts Special Election
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The Massachusetts Senate race is the kind of national election Stephen loves -- the type that gets decided by one state.
01/18/2010
05:35

Emily Pilloton
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Emily Pilloton wants to create things that aren't just well designed, but have a positive social impact.
01/18/2010
00:28

Intro - 1/18/10
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Stephen wants to dig for coal, and Emily Pilloton helps the world's needy with industrial design.
01/18/2010
06:41

Coal Comfort - Margaret Palmer
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Margaret Palmer believes there's a better way to mine for coal than blowing the tops off mountains.
01/18/2010
00:16

Sign Off - Home Barbershop Quartet Game
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Stephen sings goodnight for all of you playing along with the home barbershop quartet game.
01/18/2010
03:46

Own a Piece of Histor-Me - Original Interview Table
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Jack up the price of Stephen's original interview table since all proceeds will go to Haiti Disaster Relief.
01/18/2010
00:32

Intro - 1/19/10
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Stephen needs a clean pint of urine before he can make an Olympic team, and Stephen Bosworth discusses North Korea.
01/19/2010
06:38

Skate Expectations - Speedskating Team Training - Tucker Fredricks
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Stephen will crush Shani Davis in a speedskating race, but first Tucker Fredricks needs to teach him how to skate.
01/19/2010
02:37

Onward Christian Soldiers
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Technically, "Jesus rifles" aren't a holy war -- they're more like an armor-piercing Sunday school.
01/19/2010
00:10

Sign Off - Teleprompter in Italics
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Stephen leans sideways to read the teleprompter in italics.
01/19/2010
04:58

Skate Expectations - Speedskating Team Training
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Now that Stephen has saved speedskating by raising $300,000, he's sure to make the Olympic team.
01/19/2010
06:27

Skate Expectations - Speedskating Team Training - Colbert vs. Davis
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Stephen faces off against Shani Davis to win the last place on the U.S. Speedskating team.
01/20/2010
00:37

Intro - 1/20/10
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Stephen races Shani Davis and tells the touching human story of how he overcame adversity to interview Dick Ebersol.
01/20/2010
02:48

Skate Expectations - Speedskating Race
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Stephen calls on the Colbert Nation to raise $200 million for NBC and prepares to race Shani Davis.
01/20/2010
06:44

Dick Ebersol
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Dick Ebersol invites Stephen to cover the Olympics as a member of the NBC team and receives a check from the Colbert Nation.
01/20/2010
03:06

Boston Dream Guy
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Stephen owes Massachusetts an apology after voters elect Scott Brown to the Senate.
01/20/2010
00:19

Sign Off - Raise Money for Haiti Relief
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Don't forget to bid on Stephen's desk and watch Jon Stewart on "Hope for Haiti" tomorrow night.
01/21/2010
06:08

John Farmer
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John Farmer reveals that the government misrepresented the responsiveness of the national command structure on 9/11.
01/21/2010
04:22

ThreatDown - Airport Security Edition
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A senior citizen tries to board a plane with a sword hidden inside his cane, and an eight-year-old boy is on the TSA watch list.
01/21/2010
00:32

Intro - 1/21/10
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Stephen reviews Obama's first year in office, examines airport terrorism and discusses national security with John Farmer.
01/21/2010
01:00

Own a Piece of Histor-Me - Legendary Interview Table
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Own the legendary interview table where Stephen was baptized by Richard Branson and tongued by Jane Fonda.
01/21/2010
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