The Colbert Report

High-Wire Walk over Niagara Falls

Season 8 • 06/13/2012

Niagara Falls creates a tourist attraction to attract tourists to its tourist attraction.

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00:35

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Intro - 6/12/12

The common man considers Mitt Romney, countries think about social media, and Will Allen promotes inner-city farming.
06/12/2012
01:49

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Barack Obama's Anti-Terror Leaks

An Obama administration leak releases information about anti-terror operations, but some pundits contend that it's all for Barack Obama's political gain.
06/12/2012
05:40

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Will Allen

MacArthur Genius Fellow Will Allen discusses urban farming and his book, "The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities."
06/12/2012
03:58

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Operation Artificial Swedener

Sweden lets one citizen tweet for the country every week, but Stephen finds that he is 100xs more suited for this than the entire nation of Sweden.
06/12/2012
02:55

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Barack Obama's Jobs Gaffe & Mitt Romney's Courageous Comeback

Barack Obama is totally out of touch, while Mitt Romney knocks big-government teat-moochers like firemen, policemen and teachers.
06/12/2012
05:35

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Mitt Romney's Blue-Collar Equestrian Pastime

Mitt Romney's horse Rafalca might head to the Olympics, which is exactly what Mitt needs to win over Joe Six-Pack.
06/12/2012
03:11

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The Word - Free Lunch

Pennsylvania cafeteria workers capture a huge victory, but Stephen prays that cops and nurses don't follow suit.
06/13/2012
06:27

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The Enemy Within - Apes Armed with iPads

Orangutan Outreach teaches monkeys to use iPads, but Executive Director Richard Zimmerman insists that apes do not know cyber-attack code yet.
06/13/2012
06:21

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Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band talks about fame, military school and the band's first flight on his Boeing 720, in his memoir, "My Cross to Bear."
06/13/2012
00:06

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
06/13/2012
04:22

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High-Wire Walk over Niagara Falls

Daredevil Nik Wallenda prepares for the first tightrope walk across Niagara Falls, the most life-threatening event on network television since any football game.
06/13/2012
05:15

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Super PAC Super Cash & 24-Hour Political Ad Channels

America's TV networks could run out of political ad airtime, but Hawaii's breakthrough in free speech offers a solution.
06/14/2012
03:08

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Marijuana Legalization as Election Hot-Button Issue

Pro-pot initiatives could give Barack Obama the election edge since marijuana legalization is the ultimate grassroots campaign.
06/14/2012
01:32

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Sign Off - Bon Voyage, Peter Gwinn

Stephen takes a fond look back at Peter Gwinn's most memorable show moments.
06/14/2012
05:22

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Steve Coll

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll talks about ExxonMobil's corporate model, management and international reputation.
06/14/2012
05:29

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Cheating Death - Penis Curvature Cures & Single Women Sleep Aids

The angle of the dangle can become a serious medical issue, and Stephen's favorite sleep aid, CNN Headline News, says women sleep better with a bed buddy.
06/14/2012
03:26

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Press Interruption at Barack Obama's Immigration Address

Conservative blogger Neil Munro cuts the president's immigration speech short, and Stephen reveals that he is also a member of the White House Press Corps reserve.
06/18/2012
06:49

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Paul Krugman

Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman discusses America's recessions and depressions, the effect of affluence on politics, and Europe's big economic mistake.
06/18/2012
00:06

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
06/18/2012
05:31

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Operation Artificial Swedener - Sweden's Response

Sweden reacts to Stephen's Twitter- takeover operation, mandating that only Swedes may participate in their national tweets.
06/18/2012
04:25

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Barack Obama's Immigration Policy Change

Stephen reveals an election conspiracy theory, and Latinos seek a man of principle like Mitt Romney.
06/18/2012
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