The Colbert Report
DIY Cold Medicine
Season 2 E 159 • 12/18/2006
Stephen was sick all weekend and cold medicine wasn't doing the trick, so he reverse-engineered some crank and made some Sudafed which he snorted.

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01:50
The Colbert ReportS2 E158
Blood in the Water - Bruce Tinsley's DUI
Cartoonist Bruce Tinsley, who draws the comic strip "Mallard Fillmore," was arrested for DUI, and the left-wing media jumped all over it -- in that it was reported.
12/14/2006
03:33
The Colbert ReportS2 E158
The Word - Clarity
The Kimberly Process tracks diamonds from mine to store to make sure that incoming diamonds are conflict free -- until they reach married couples.
12/14/2006
02:29
The Colbert ReportS2 E158
The American People Are to Blame
Tom DeLay says the will of the American people is no longer behind the war in Iraq and Stephen agrees -- the public should be ready to chew what the president has bitten off.
12/14/2006
01:30
The Colbert ReportS2 E158
Finger Strengthening
The Decemberists stole Stephen's Green Screen Challenge, he called them out, and they challenged him to a guitar solo contest -- so he's been practicing.
12/14/2006
01:22
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
The Jingle-Terns
Stephen tried to get holiday song artists, the Jingle Dogs on his show but it didn't work out. So, he presents the Jingle-Terns, his caroling inters.
12/18/2006
00:31
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
Intro - 12/18/06
Dick Cheney says goodbye to Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen takes some time to discus art and gets an idea from former head of General Electric Jack Welch.
12/18/2006
06:27
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
Jack Welch
Stephen asks Jack Welch how he's making it on a fixed income and has him sign a copy of his book, "Winning," for his father-in-law.
12/18/2006
02:33
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
Profiles in Balls
Dick Cheney had balls, but Nancy Pelosi doesn't -- although, she could.
12/18/2006
03:09
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
The Word - The Draft
Stephen feels the draft should be reinstated so that America can go back to the days of Vietnam when they hated protesters more than the war.
12/18/2006
03:44
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
Tip/Wag - Art Edition
Stephen tips his hat to the exhibition "Bodies" and wags his finger at Picasso, Rodin and Nazi gingerbread men.
12/18/2006
01:41
The Colbert ReportS2 E159
DIY Cold Medicine
Stephen was sick all weekend and cold medicine wasn't doing the trick, so he reverse-engineered some crank and made some Sudafed which he snorted.
12/18/2006
07:07
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra talks to Stephen about life after death, maintaining a youthful biology and his book, which costs 24 dollars.
12/19/2006
06:22
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
Stephen Goes to Harvard
The election on his mind, Stephen takes a trip to Harvard University, where he sets the students of the John F. Kennedy School of Government straight.
12/19/2006
02:47
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
Person of the Year
With the power of the Internet in their hands, the Colbert Nation has become Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
12/19/2006
02:56
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
The Word - Tit for Tat
An outraged Stephen speaks out against beauty queen Tara Conner for publicly exhibiting her sexuality, and proposes a change in the pageant scoring system.
12/19/2006
00:31
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
Intro - 12/19/06
Miss USA gets in trouble for drinking, Stephen tries to live in the basement of Harvard and new age guru Deepak Chopra stops by.
12/19/2006
00:23
The Colbert ReportS2 E160
Face-Off Preview
With the upcoming challenge against the Decemberists' guitarist, Chris Funk, Stephen does a little tapping on his electric guitar to hold us over.
12/19/2006
00:59
The Colbert ReportS2 E161
Intro - 12/20/06
Morley Safer gets us revved up for tonight's guitar solo challenge, when The Decemberists and Stephen face off to determine who is the Socrates of Shred.
12/20/2006
05:08
The Colbert ReportS2 E161
ShredDown - The Judgment
The results are in. The judges and audience cast their votes and Henry Kissinger announces the winner.
12/20/2006
03:05
The Colbert ReportS2 E161
ShredDown
Stephen introduces a tough panel of ShredDown dispute judges: Eliot Spitzer, Anthony DeCurtis and Jim Anderson.
12/20/2006
02:12
The Colbert ReportS2 E161
Chris Funk
Henry Kissinger provides the "starting gun" of the competition by declaring that "it is time to rock," and then Chris Funk offers his shredding solo.
12/20/2006
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