The Colbert Report
Intro - 7/14/11
Season 7 E 90 • 07/14/2011

Scandal won't bring down Rupert Murdoch, Gitmo detainees get dangerous, and Jose Antonio Vargas admits to being an illegal immigrant.

Watching

00:06

The Colbert ReportS7 E89
Sign Off - Pen Toss

Stephen throws and catches a pen.
07/13/2011
06:24

The Colbert ReportS7 E89
Republicans Choose None of the Above

During debt ceiling negotiations with President Obama, the Republicans practice the old saying, “You scratch my back, I get my back scratched.”
07/13/2011
03:17

The Colbert ReportS7 E89
Flagworth 2012

Seeing an American flag can shift voters toward republicanism, so Franklin F. Flagworth should be the GOP's frontrunner.
07/13/2011
05:57

The Colbert ReportS7 E89
David McCullough

David McCullough explains why 19th century Americans moved to Paris rather than stay in the states and appreciate American mayonnaise.
07/13/2011
01:48

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
May the Best Stephen Colbert Win

Stephen's Emmy Award nominations might lead to an Emmy three-way.
07/14/2011
05:33

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Murdoch's Media Empire Might Go Down the Toilet

With News of the World gone and BSkyB out of reach, all Rupert Murdoch has to comfort him are a few media companies.
07/14/2011
00:07

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight and runs around.
07/14/2011
02:52

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Carmageddon

With the temporary closure of the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles, increased traffic on two off-peak days means someone might have to walk someplace.
07/14/2011
06:18

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Jose Antonio Vargas

Jose Antonio Vargas explains which is more difficult: coming out of the closet as a gay man or as a border gay.
07/14/2011
03:18

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Improvised Expressive Devices

Gitmo detainees craft a dangerous new weapon behind bars that may shatter our aesthetic paradigm.
07/14/2011
00:34

The Colbert ReportS7 E90
Intro - 7/14/11

Scandal won't bring down Rupert Murdoch, Gitmo detainees get dangerous, and Jose Antonio Vargas admits to being an illegal immigrant.
07/14/2011
02:31

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Epic Blockbuster

The final "Harry Potter" and Sarah Palin's documentary would make a great double feature because both movies are about outsiders plucked from obscurity by an old wizard.
07/18/2011
00:32

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Intro - 7/18/11

Everyone continues to talk about the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal, and John Prendergast discusses the two-week-old nation of South Sudan.
07/18/2011
02:05

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Exclusive - Colbert Super PAC - Campaign Finance - Sheila Krumholz

Sheila Krumholz refuses to disclose her Social Security number and closet skeletons despite the OpenSecrets.org stance on campaign finance transparency.
07/18/2011
00:31

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Sign Off - Prerecorded Episodes

Stephen can't be sure what day it is because he prerecorded all these episodes in a 96-hour meth-fueled news binge.
07/18/2011
03:36

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Blood in the Water - Rupert Murdoch's News of the World Scandal

For some reason, the media continues to talk about the Rupert Murdoch piffle, so Steve Doocy blows the lid back onto the story.
07/18/2011
01:19

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Colbert Super PAC - Cash Crawl

To seduce the prudent, Stephen puts the names of people who have donated to Colbert Super PAC on a cash crawl.
07/18/2011
07:17

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
Colbert Super PAC - Campaign Finance

Sean Parnell supports Colbert Super PAC's plan to buy an elephant, but Sheila Krumholz wants to shine a light on the taint of private money.
07/18/2011
04:59

The Colbert ReportS7 E91
John Prendergast

John Prendergast talks about the birth of South Sudan, the creation of its flag and the oil curse that might plague its future.
07/18/2011
05:38

The Colbert ReportS7 E92
God Calls Rick Perry

With the tough challenges facing America, Rick Perry thinks it's time to hand it over to God and ask Him to jump in.
07/19/2011
05:55

The Colbert ReportS7 E92
David Carr

David Carr of the New York Times admits that papers sell based on the misery of others, but that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sells misery best.
07/19/2011