The Colbert Report

The Word - Let Them Buy Cake

Season 8 • 12/13/2011

Freedom isn't free, so it's logical that freedom of speech should cost money.

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00:07

Sign Off - Merry Christmas
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Stephen wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
12/12/2011
03:44

Norway's Butter Shortage
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Due to a high-fat low-carb diet craze, Norway has no butter and no hope of rebuilding its butter reserves.
12/12/2011
07:55

Samuel L. Jackson
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Samuel L. Jackson explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s tremendous personal sacrifice and the pressures and dangers he dealt with on a daily basis.
12/12/2011
00:36

Intro - 12/12/11
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The dictionary might have a liberal bias, an international food crisis arises, and Samuel L. Jackson plays Martin Luther King Jr. on Broadway.
12/12/2011
02:21

Christmas Cram
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Stephen decks The Colbert Report studio with a full Advent's worth of cheer.
12/12/2011
06:10

Mark Whitaker
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Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide Mark Whitaker discusses growing up in a biracial family at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in most states.
12/13/2011
00:35

Intro - 12/13/11
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The Occupy movement faces another challenge, Stephen gets caught in a plagiarism scandal, and Mark Whitaker discusses his journalistic career.
12/13/2011
04:14

Anderson Cooper's Phallus Party Accusation
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Anderson Cooper nails Stephen for covering old news, so Stephen breaks a shocking story Anderson Cooper doesn't want you to know about.
12/13/2011
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
12/13/2011
04:54

Trump's Cancellation & Stephen's South Carolina Serious, Classy Re-Announcement
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To honor the memory of Donald Trump mattering, Stephen re-announces Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate.
12/13/2011
04:24

The Word - Let Them Buy Cake
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker implements a bold new policy requiring protesters to pay for the right to protest.
12/13/2011
05:01

Stephen Colbert's Big Gay Roundup - Military Bestiality & Homosexual Penguins
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An early version of the Defense Appropriations bill repeals the rule banning bestiality in the military, and the Toronto Zoo's gay penguins turn straight.
12/14/2011
03:14

TV Hat
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TV Hat lets you focus on what matters most by blocking out unnecessary distractions -- like your spouse.
12/14/2011
06:00

Ray Odierno
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General Ray Odierno enumerates the reasons why America's employers should hire homecoming Iraq war veterans.
12/14/2011
02:16

Christine O'Donnell's Endorsement
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Christine O'Donnell likes that Mitt Romney's been consistent since he changed his mind.
12/14/2011
02:57

Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Debate - Nat Geo Wild's Response
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Ever since Donald Trump dropped out of his debate, there has been a giant ego-shaped hole in the Republican primaries, and Stephen intends to fill it with animals.
12/14/2011
01:21

2011 Goodbye
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2011 has been tough on everybody, but Stephen hopes The Colbert Report has brightened people's spirits.
12/15/2011
06:30

Daniel Craig
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Daniel Craig reveals his technique for staying sexy and arm-wrestles Stephen.
12/15/2011
05:45

The Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude - Department Store Cutbacks & Gun-Filled Christmas
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Department stores stop offering free gift wrapping, Santa lowers kids' expectations, and Arizona families fight the war on Christmas, fully armed.
12/15/2011
03:19

Fox News' Mitt Romney Photo Flub
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After Fox News' Freudian slip, Megyn Kelly clarifies that Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are not the same person, philosophically or otherwise.
12/15/2011
03:53

Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate - Network Battle
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Nat Geo Wild pulls out its lion humping footage, and Animal Planet sends honeydew melons to get in on Stephen's debate.
12/15/2011
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