The Colbert Report

Obama's Simplified BP Oil Spill Speech

Season 6 • 06/17/2010

Stephen simplifies Obama's speech on the BP oil spill in a way that the American people can understand.

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Tip/Wag - Marshall Islands & Disney World Fate
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BP operates its oil rig under the Marshall Islands flag, and a couple believes fate brought them together.
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Intro - 6/16/10
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Stephen hopes the surprising find in Afghanistan is Carmen Sandiego, and Devo performs from an album based on market research.
06/16/2010
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The Word - $tay the Cour$e
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Afghanistan is like a slot machine that America has been warming up for nine years, and it's about to pay off.
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Obama's BP Oil Spill Speech
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Obama unites the country with his speech addressing the BP oil spill, and Stephen finds an alternative energy source in Devo's belongings.
06/16/2010
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Devo
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Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale employed focus groups to help them choose songs, blue hats and suits inspired by Kim Jong-il.
06/16/2010
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Brevity Is the Soul of Twit
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Comedy Central's Address the Mess will give a dollar to the Gulf of America Fund every time you heroes retweet Stephen's tribute to oil-soaked birds.
06/16/2010
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Sign Off - Retweet for the Gulf of America Fund
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Comedy Central will donate one dollar to the Gulf of America Fund for every time you retweet Stephen's tweet.
06/17/2010
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South Carolina's 4th District Primary - Bob Inglis
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Bob Inglis should quit Congress and get a job at Olive Garden to convince the people of South Carolina he's not an incumbent.
06/17/2010
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Colbert Platinum - Summer Travel Edition
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A hotel in Abu Dhabi installs a gold vending machine, and fine-art transport companies shuttle your masterpieces.
06/17/2010
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David Mamet
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David Mamet believes the theater is dead because they're showing nothing but revivals that weren't good 40 years ago.
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Obama's Simplified BP Oil Spill Speech
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This is how you speak about the BP oil spill in the way Americans can understand: See Spot. See Spot spread. Stop, Spot, stop.
06/17/2010
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Sign Off - Spare Cursed Monkey's Paw
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Please send your spare cursed monkeys' paws Stephen's way -- he's got a bit of a zombie problem.
06/21/2010
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Fallback Position - Astronaut Pt. 1
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Stephen admits to Steve Lindsey that he lashes out in zero gravity, has a spastic colon and needs a lot of time alone.
06/21/2010
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Joe Barton's Misconstrued Misconstruction
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Joe Barton apologizes for his misconstrued misconstruction, and pundits call the BP escrow account unconstitutional.
06/21/2010
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Wes Moore
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Wes Moore speaks to the importance of small decisions and role models by comparing himself to the imprisoned Wes Moore.
06/21/2010
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US Ties With Slovenia
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Stanley McChrystal Talks to Rolling Stone
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General Stanley McChrystal must have been high on Afghani heroin when he criticized the commander-in-chief in front of a Rolling Stone reporter.
06/22/2010
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
06/22/2010
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Stephen begins his astronaut training by working in zero gravity, running on his space treadmill and test-driving moon wheels.
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