The Colbert Report

Intro - Rube Goldberg Machine

Season 6 • 04/29/2010

Engineers at Syyn Labs make a Rube Goldberg machine to start the show.

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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Gulf Coast residents no longer have an oil slick the size of Rhode Island heading their way -- now it's just a wall of fire.
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Cheating Death - Tobacco Mints, Breast Milk & Hallucinogens
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Camel introduces tobacco mints, breast milk cures acne, and hallucinogens help the elderly with end-of-life anxiety.
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Gregg Easterbrook
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Instead of another moon landing, Gregg Easterbrook would like to see taxpayer money used to protect Earth against asteroids.
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Difference Makers - Robert Ekas
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Robert Ekas ensures the freedom of American society by giving the middle finger to every police officer he sees.
04/28/2010
00:33

Intro - 4/28/10
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Stephen honors our right to free speech and hopes his interview with Gregg Easterbrook goes better than the test he did with that chimp.
04/28/2010
00:11

Sign Off - Chief Wandering Meadow's Headdress
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Stephen wears the headdress of his Native American spirit guide, Chief Wandering Meadow.
04/28/2010
03:18

Tip/Wag - Scientists & KFC
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Scientists demystify the fabled Palouse earthworm, and KFC sells pink buckets of fried chicken to raise money for breast cancer.
04/29/2010
06:04

California's Proposition 14 - Abel Maldonado
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Charlie Crist drops out of Florida's Republican primary, and Abel Maldonado promotes California's Proposition 14.
04/29/2010
02:59

Wind Farm & Oil Spill
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Stephen fears for a dangerous new wind farm and doesn't understand all the fuss being made over a little oil in the ocean.
04/29/2010
03:52

OK Go
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Stephen asks Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind if they ever make videos with their groupies.
04/29/2010
00:28

Intro - Rube Goldberg Machine
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With the help of Brett Doar of Syyn Labs, Stephen starts the show with a Rube Goldberg machine.
04/29/2010
00:06

Sign Off - Lady Liberty Souvenirs
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Stephen wears a green foam crown and eats candy from his M&M Lady Liberty.
05/03/2010
07:11

FDA Salt Regulation - Lori Roman & Michael Jacobson
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Lori Roman and Michael Jacobson debate the FDA's plan to limit the amount of salt allowed in processed food.
05/03/2010
03:10

Times Square Terrorism
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They may take our safety and security, but they will never take our rhinestone-studded Big Apple thongs and porn shop anal beads.
05/03/2010
03:10

BP's Undersea Dome
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Stephen demonstrates BP's plan to clean up the oil leak with a fish bowl, a bag of oil and a pair of nose hair clippers.
05/03/2010
06:06

Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren supports financial regulation that will put rules back in place and rein Wall Street in a little bit.
05/03/2010
04:22

Boom! Doesn't Go the Dynamite
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The FBI releases the audio of Faisal Shahzad's last-minute phone call to the Taliban prior to his arrest.
05/04/2010
03:30

Stephen Hawking Is Such an A-Hole - Time Travel
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Stephen "Hef on Wheels" Hawking wouldn't go back in time to kill Hitler or save Jesus -- he'd tag Marilyn Monroe in her prime.
05/04/2010
05:50

Mark Moffett
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Mark Moffett describes the elaborate social structures of ants that include market economies and nationalism.
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05:12

The Word - Flight Risk
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Michael J. Fox interrupts Stephen so they can talk about his new book, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future."
05/04/2010
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Intro - 5/4/10
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Authorities capture the attempted Times Square bombing suspect, and Mark Moffett says humans have a lot in common with ants.
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