The Colbert Report

Intro - 9/5/13

Season 9 • 09/05/2013

The NYC mayoral race heats up, and Grammy Award winner John Prine gets the Colbert Bump.

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Gary England
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Meteorologist Gary England locates Tornado Alley on a map and defends residents of Oklahoma.
09/04/2013
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Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh - Steve Coll
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Steve Coll details President Obama's "limited military action" plan for Syria.
09/04/2013
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen spins out of his chair.
09/04/2013
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04:54

Perfect Polly
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A plastic parakeet brings retirees all the joy of owning a real parakeet -- like chirping, perching and more chirping.
09/04/2013
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Intro - 9/4/13
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Congress debates taking action in Syria, technology breeds robotic companions, and meteorologist Gary England knows tornados.
09/04/2013
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Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh
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Only 29% of Americans want the U.S. to attack Syria -- which, on the plus side, means that 29% of Americans know there is a place called Syria.
09/04/2013
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John Prine
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Folk legend John Prine recalls his time working as a mailman and explains why he's opposed to twerking.
09/05/2013
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cOlbert's Book Club & The Couch Bunker
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Stephen assigns any book by J.D. Salinger except "Catcher in the Rye" and touts the latest product in home protection.
09/05/2013
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Kitten Subway Crisis & The New York City Mayoral Race
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Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota goes after the key anti-kitten demographic after two lost kittens shut down America's largest transportation system.
09/05/2013
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04:40

Smile File - Ariel Castro & The Eric Bolling Sunshine Express
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Fox News' Eric Bolling recommends that more prisoners should hang themselves like Ariel Castro to save taxpayer dollars.
09/05/2013
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Intro - 9/5/13
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Christine Quinn and Bill de Blasio vie for New York City mayor, gun owners get good news, and acoustic legend John Prine joins Stephen.
09/05/2013
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Egypt's Stork Bust
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With tensions running high in Egypt, everyone suspects everyone else of espionage, including birds.
09/09/2013
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03:04

Ronald Reagan on the Syrian Conflict
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Conservatives like Bill O'Reilly have an unconditional ability to know what Super Reagan would do at any given time.
09/09/2013
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Billie Jean King
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King talks about her 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs.
09/09/2013
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Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles
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Disability rights activists support gun permits for the blind, bigger pants make Stephen feel thinner, and recent articles ruin the fun in dissected human cadavers.
09/09/2013
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Syrian Conflict Action Plan
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Congress knows that the only thing less popular than attacking Syria is Congress, so clearly, Congress must approve an attack on Syria.
09/09/2013
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Sign Off - Spider Reagan
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Stephen plays with political action figures.
09/09/2013
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05:44

cOlbert's Book Club - Tobias Wolff & "The Catcher in the Rye"
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"This Boy's Life" author Tobias Wolff explains why he prefers Holden Caulfield to J.D. Salinger's Glass family.
09/10/2013
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cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger
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America chooses not to attack Syria, and Stephen gets ready to discuss the biggest initials in 20th century literature.
09/10/2013
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cOlbert's Book Club - Shane Salerno on J.D. Salinger
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"Salinger" author and director Shane Salerno talks about J.D. Salinger's lost love Oona O'Neill and the reason for Seymour Glass' suicide in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."
09/10/2013
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cOlbert's Book Club - Better Know a Salinger
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J.D. Salinger flunked out of school his sophomore year because he hadn't read the sophomore book assignment -- because he hadn't written it yet.
09/10/2013
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