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cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger

Season 9 • 09/10/2013

Either MTV booked J.D. Salinger for the VMAs, or he died in 2010.

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Egypt's Stork Bust

With tensions running high in Egypt, everyone suspects everyone else of espionage, including birds.
09/09/2013
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Ronald Reagan on the Syrian Conflict

Conservatives like Bill O'Reilly have an unconditional ability to know what Super Reagan would do at any given time.
09/09/2013
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Billie Jean King

Tennis legend Billie Jean King talks about her 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs.
09/09/2013
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Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles

Disability rights activists support gun permits for the blind, bigger pants make Stephen feel thinner, and recent articles ruin the fun in dissected human cadavers.
09/09/2013
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Syrian Conflict Action Plan

Congress knows that the only thing less popular than attacking Syria is Congress, so clearly, Congress must approve an attack on Syria.
09/09/2013
00:09

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Sign Off - Spider Reagan

Stephen plays with political action figures.
09/09/2013
05:44

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cOlbert's Book Club - Tobias Wolff & "The Catcher in the Rye"

"This Boy's Life" author Tobias Wolff explains why he prefers Holden Caulfield to J.D. Salinger's Glass family.
09/10/2013
05:49

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cOlbert's Book Club - Shane Salerno on J.D. Salinger

"Salinger" author and director Shane Salerno talks about J.D. Salinger's lost love Oona O'Neill and the reason for Seymour Glass' suicide in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."
09/10/2013
04:56

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cOlbert's Book Club - Better Know a Salinger

J.D. Salinger flunked out of school his sophomore year because he hadn't read the sophomore book assignment -- because he hadn't written it yet.
09/10/2013
00:21

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Sign Off - cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger's Glass Family

Stephen thanks members of the fictional Glass family.
09/10/2013
03:57

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cOlbert's Book Club - J.D. Salinger

America chooses not to attack Syria, and Stephen gets ready to discuss the biggest initials in 20th century literature.
09/10/2013
03:51

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Barack Obama's Footgate & Secret Muslim Code

Conservative radio host Andrew Shea King accuses Obama of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood because he put his foot on the Oval Office desk.
09/11/2013
02:56

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America's Got Serious Reservations About This - Syria

President Obama tries to sell Americans on a Syria strike, but Russia outmaneuvers the U.S. on a chemical weapons surrender plan.
09/11/2013
04:08

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Sheryl Crow

Grammy winner Sheryl Crow talks about country music and anti-war activism.
09/11/2013
03:09

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New York City Mayoral Primary

Anti-kitten Republican Joe Lhota moves to the general election, and Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio wins the gay vote against a lesbian.
09/11/2013
02:38

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America's Got Serious Reservations About This - Syria - Rand Paul

Senator Rand Paul says no to diplomacy, no to Obama's plan and no to regime change in Syria.
09/11/2013
02:54

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Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed Photos

Vladimir Putin writes an anti-American opinion piece in The New York Times and steals pictures from Stephen's Facebook page.
09/12/2013
07:04

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Philip Mudd

Former FBI Senior Intelligence Advisor Philip Mudd talks about Al Qaeda, Syria, Colin Powell's WMD speech and enhanced interrogation techniques.
09/12/2013
07:39

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Better Know a District - Washington's 7th - Jim McDermott

Congressman Jim McDermott edits the Pledge of Allegiance, supports gay marriage and throws a large salmon Stephen's way.
09/12/2013
03:16

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Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed on U.S. Intervention in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizes Obama for promoting American exceptionalism in his Syria speech.
09/12/2013
00:05

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
09/12/2013
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