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

Meteorologist Gary England locates Tornado Alley on a map and defends residents of Oklahoma.
09/04/2013
04:44

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Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh - Steve Coll

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Steve Coll details President Obama's "limited military action" plan for Syria.
09/04/2013
00:07

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen spins out of his chair.
09/04/2013
04:54

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Perfect Polly

A plastic parakeet brings retirees all the joy of owning a real parakeet -- like chirping, perching and more chirping.
09/04/2013
00:34

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Intro - 9/4/13

Congress debates taking action in Syria, technology breeds robotic companions, and meteorologist Gary England knows tornados.
09/04/2013
05:47

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Cris-Ish in Syri-Eh

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
03:30

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John Prine

Folk legend John Prine recalls his time working as a mailman and explains why he's opposed to twerking.
09/05/2013
03:34

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cOlbert's Book Club & The Couch Bunker

Stephen assigns any book by J.D. Salinger except "Catcher in the Rye" and touts the latest product in home protection.
09/05/2013
05:00

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Kitten Subway Crisis & The New York City Mayoral Race

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
04:40

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Smile File - Ariel Castro & The Eric Bolling Sunshine Express

Fox News' Eric Bolling recommends that more prisoners should hang themselves like Ariel Castro to save taxpayer dollars.
09/05/2013
00:35

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Intro - 9/5/13

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
02:52

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Egypt's Stork Bust

With tensions running high in Egypt, everyone suspects everyone else of espionage, including birds.
09/09/2013
03:04

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Ronald Reagan on the Syrian Conflict

Conservatives like Bill O'Reilly have an unconditional ability to know what Super Reagan would do at any given time.
09/09/2013
05:59

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Billie Jean King

Tennis legend Billie Jean King talks about her 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs.
09/09/2013
04:57

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Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles

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
03:42

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Syrian Conflict Action Plan

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
00:09

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Sign Off - Spider Reagan

Stephen plays with political action figures.
09/09/2013
05:44

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cOlbert's Book Club - Tobias Wolff & "The Catcher in the Rye"

"This Boy's Life" author Tobias Wolff explains why he prefers Holden Caulfield to J.D. Salinger's Glass family.
09/10/2013
03:57

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cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger

America chooses not to attack Syria, and Stephen gets ready to discuss the biggest initials in 20th century literature.
09/10/2013
05:49

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cOlbert's Book Club - Shane Salerno on J.D. Salinger

"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
04:56

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cOlbert's Book Club - Better Know a Salinger

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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