The Colbert Report

Salman Rushdie

Season 4 • 06/04/2008

Salman Rushdie talks about shadowing a gynecologist for a role in a movie.

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01:53

Fire at Universal
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God must have been listening to Stephen's prayers because Universal Studios went up in flames.
06/02/2008
07:15

George Will
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George Will explains conservatives understand that the government's job is to deliver the mail, defend the shores, and get out of the way.
06/03/2008
05:00

The Word - Unhealthy Competition
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The great thing about the war on terror is that if we fight it right, it can go on forever.
06/03/2008
04:04

Stephen's Sound Advice - Summer Jobs
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Interns learn valuable job skills like getting coffee, fetching copy paper, and moisturizing a TV host.
06/03/2008
02:48

Democratic Primaries Over
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Stephen goes through the stages of grief now that the Democratic primaries are over.
06/03/2008
00:28

Intro - 6/3/08
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Is Al Qaeda running out of steam? And if so, what's powering Bin Laden's dialysis machine?
06/03/2008
07:46

Libertarian Party - Bob Barr
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Stephen asks Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr if he's afraid the government will make him register his moustache.
06/04/2008
01:46

The Lost O'Reilly Tapes Pt. 2
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On January 18, 2007, William Jefferson O'Reilly was interviewed for seven minutes, but only five of those minutes made it to air.
06/04/2008
03:48

John McCain's Green Screen Challenge
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By speaking in front of a green screen, John McCain issues a bold challenge to Americans to make him seem interesting.
06/04/2008
00:33

Intro - 6/4/08
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The Democratic primaries are over. Are we positive Canada doesn't get a caucus?
06/04/2008
05:44

Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie tells Stephen why playing Helen Hunt's gynecologist appealed to him.
06/04/2008
00:31

Intro - 6/5/08
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Stephen gives advice to college graduates, or at least that's his excuse for showing up at frat parties.
06/05/2008
04:20

The Word - Oh, The Places You'll Stay
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Sure, Gandhi said, ''You must be the change that you want to see in the world," but he also drank his own urine.
06/05/2008
01:38

The Andromeda Strain
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Even during a fictional disaster threatening all of humanity, Stephen is number one!
06/05/2008
06:21

Pat Buchanan
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Pat Buchanan believes World War II was the easiest war to avoid in all of history.
06/05/2008
06:31

Sport Report - Mike Forrester
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Mike Forrester is the man who will bring the Timbersports trophy back to the country that invented recreational deforestation.
06/05/2008
05:32

ThreatDown - Secret Negro Presidents
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John McCain could turn out to be our first straight, white male president.
06/09/2008
00:34

Intro - 6/9/08
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Hillary Clinton concedes defeat in the Democratic Party and then announces she's running as a Republican.
06/09/2008
04:29

The Word - If At First You Don't Secede
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Critics claim the Confederate flag is racist, but they're just citizens of the Confederacy's longtime rival, the United States of America.
06/09/2008
02:58

Democralypse Now - Hillary Concedes
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Hillary Clinton drops out of the Democratic race and Stephen loses his best frenemy.
06/09/2008
06:13

Philip Weiss
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Stephen asks Philip Weiss if variety in your sexual married life means the missionary position with a bunch of different hats.
06/09/2008
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