The Colbert Report

Season of Giving

Season 1 • 12/06/2005

Christmas is the season of giving, but not the season of giving anonymously.

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Colbert Nation Citizen Award

Lock your doors and windows, America. There's an escaped criminal on the loose.
12/05/2005
05:21

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd proves that when you send a woman to do a man's job, they wind up abolishing men.
12/05/2005
01:50

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Apology

Bobby breaks away from the pack in the horserace of shame.
12/05/2005
03:49

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The Word - XMas

Wishing a non-believer "Merry Christmas" is no different than inviting a foreign exchange student to a Fourth of July barbeque
12/05/2005
00:37

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Intro - 12/5/05

Tonight, Stephen covers the Kennedy Center awards and asks Maureen Dowd if he's necessary.
12/05/2005
05:53

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Anderson Cooper

Stephen is getting tired of all the comparisons between himself and Anderson Cooper.
12/06/2005
02:35

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The Word - Backsies

The free ride is over now that corporations are adopting the beloved childhood ritual of backsies.
12/06/2005
07:00

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Better Know a District - Virginia's 8th - Jim Moran

There is nothing Stephen can do to get Jim Moran to take a swing at him.
12/06/2005
00:09

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Fract - The Star Spangled Banner

It's a common misconception that Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."
12/06/2005
00:38

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Intro - 12/6/05

Stephen Colbert introduces tonight's topics, including Americans dying poor and ABC's new anchors. Plus, Representative Jim Moran and Anderson Cooper stop by.
12/06/2005
00:31

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Season of Giving

Stephen frowns on nameless acts of charity because they're the coward's way out.
12/06/2005
00:36

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Intro - 12/7/05

Tonight, Stephen sits down with Congressional Quarterly columnist Craig Crawford and previews the war on Christmas.
12/07/2005
03:14

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The Word - Hell, No!

Americans aren't willing to just give Hugo Chavez their hearts and minds, but they'll trade them for oil.
12/07/2005
04:46

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Burritos Happy Holidays

Stephen finds a blatant example of anti-Christmas secularism run amok.
12/07/2005
05:33

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ThreatDown - Threats

Another terrorist attack is "inevitable" now that the 9/11 Commission has told the terrorists it is.
12/07/2005
05:28

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Craig Crawford

Stephen and Craig Crawford go way back to their youthful days at the alternative congressional paper, the Congressional Fortnightly.
12/07/2005
01:58

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The Mallomar

Stephen responds to an uplifting story in The New York Times about the Mallomar cookie.
12/08/2005
02:02

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Papa Bear Nailed Him

After witnessing Bill "Papa Bear" O'Reilly nail journalist Joel Stein, Stephen makes an addition to the Nailed Hall of Fame.
12/08/2005
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Intro - 12/8/07

Papa Bear nails someone, Christmas movies that Jesus would pan and a visit from Peggy Noonan on this episode of The Colbert Report.
12/08/2005
01:33

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Nationwide Secret Santa

An article about a town-wide Secret Santa program inspires Stephen to up the ante by starting one nationwide.
12/08/2005
07:52

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Peggy Noonan

Peggy Noonan speaks with Stephen about her new book and President Bush's bad luck.
12/08/2005
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