The Colbert Report

The Word - Ploy-cott

Season 4 • 06/16/2008

Stephen pretends to boycott the Beijing Olympics.

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00:30

Intro - 6/11/08
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Airlines suffer from high fuel prices and other countries are dying to find out who is going to ignore them next.
06/11/2008
05:25

Dickson Despommier
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Stephen asks Dickson Despommier if growing food in vertical towers is an elitist way to farm.
06/12/2008
02:49

We the MEdiator
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Clint Eastwood is not Spike Lee's father and they are not on a plantation, although that'd make a hilarious antebellum buddy comedy.
06/12/2008
04:21

Stephen Colbert's Make McCain Exciting Challenge!
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You the heroes have stepped up to answer John McCain's call to spice up his speech in Stephen Colbert's Make McCain Exciting Challenge.
06/12/2008
00:28

Intro - 6/12/08
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Are Native Americans' needs being met this election? If not, would they settle for some lovely beads?
06/12/2008
06:57

Winona LaDuke
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Stephen asks former Green Party vice presidential candidate and Native American activist Winona LaDuke what it's like to be an oppressed elitist.
06/12/2008
00:30

Intro - 6/16/08
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Stephen questions whether the U.S. should boycott the Olympics, introduces enemies at home, and discusses intelligent design with Kenneth Miller.
06/16/2008
04:11

The Enemy Within - Wizard Teachers
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Stephen interviews a substitute teacher in Florida who was fired for wizardry.
06/16/2008
06:32

Kenneth Miller
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Kenneth Miller compares advocates of intelligent design to welfare queens waiting for the government to give them a handout.
06/16/2008
01:46

Tim Russert Tribute
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Stephen pays homage to Tim Russert by showing his interview on "Meet the Press."
06/16/2008
03:40

The Word - Ploy-cott
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Let the other countries boycott the Beijing Olympics, but America has to go.
06/16/2008
06:32

Jonathan Zittrain
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Jonathan Zittrain wants to save the good chaos of the Internet and separate it from the bad chaos that will stomp on everything.
06/17/2008
05:50

Neal Katyal
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Stephen asks Neal Katyal if his goal of bringing rights to the prisoners at Guantanamo is his private jihad.
06/17/2008
01:33

Peabody Award
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Stephen upholds his Peabody Award-winning news coverage by announcing the new world record for smashing watermelons with your head.
06/17/2008
00:38

Intro - 6/17/08
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The Supreme Court gives Gitmo detainees the right to challenge their detention in court. The first open court date? August 4, 2850.
06/17/2008
04:37

Sport Report - Timbersports Championship
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Mike Forrester enters the final four in the STIHL Timbersports championship right where he needs to be -- in fifth.
06/17/2008
00:30

Peabody on Mantel
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Stephen places his Peabody Award on the mantle.
06/17/2008
05:57

Barack Obama's Church Search - Dr. Uma Mysorekar
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Stephen helps Barack Obama find a new religion by exploring Hinduism with Hindu Temple Society of North America President Uma Mysorekar.
06/18/2008
02:34

The New Smurfs Movie
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If Stephen is going to play any Smurf in the new Smurfs movie, it'll be Ballsy Smurf.
06/18/2008
05:34

Junot Diaz
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Stephen asks Junot Diaz how he won the Pulitzer if he wasn't born in America.
06/18/2008
04:42

The Word - Lexicon Artist
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Using language to turn failed policy into ideals that transcend debate is the best way to get people to think of John McCain as transcen-presidential.
06/18/2008
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