The Colbert Report

The Word - Spectacle

Season 1 • 12/01/2005

Death is just life to the extreme.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel is a proud liberal who is considered mainstream on her stances in ending the war in Iraq and on national health care.
11/30/2005
02:50

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The Word - Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay

Pope Benedict decrees that men who have not had homosexual encounters for three years have only "transitory" homosexual tendencies and still qualify to be priests.
11/30/2005
00:08

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Fract - Nobody Messes with House

The actor who plays "House, M.D." is British, but he plays an American.
11/30/2005
00:38

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Intro - 11/30/05

Stephen discusses Bush's plan for victory in Iraq, learns about America's 10 sexiest union organizers and talks to Congressperson Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
11/30/2005
01:09

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Around the World in 11.6 Seconds - Media

Stephen reports the international news in 11.6 seconds.
11/30/2005
00:30

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Intro - 12/1/05

In tonight's episode, Stephen weighs the merits of your new face transplant.
12/01/2005
04:49

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Richard Clarke

Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke discusses his new book of fiction, "The Scorpion's Gate."
12/01/2005
02:15

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Giant Gold Washer

The Winter Olympics are Stephen's favorite time of the every four years.
12/01/2005
01:31

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Face Transplant

Stephen honors the heroes who toil to plump our sunken cheeks, hoist our drooping buttocks and thread serrated plastic sutures through the fatty layers beneath our necks.
12/01/2005
04:04

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Tip/Wag - Seattle

Something crashes in Seattle, and this time it's not Windows 98.
12/01/2005
04:50

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The Word - Spectacle

The threat of lethal injection is the number one reason Stephen hasn't murdered anyone yet.
12/01/2005
04:03

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Kennedy Center Honors

Stephen doesn't understand why Ted Kennedy gets to decide who the best artists are in this country.
12/05/2005
02:37

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This Week in History - December 4th-10th

Prohibition ended when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment -- no surprise considering the booze-drenched land of debauchery Utah has become.
12/05/2005
01:51

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Colbert Nation Citizen Award

Lock your doors and windows, America. There's an escaped criminal on the loose.
12/05/2005
05:21

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd proves that when you send a woman to do a man's job, they wind up abolishing men.
12/05/2005
01:50

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Apology

Bobby breaks away from the pack in the horserace of shame.
12/05/2005
03:49

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The Word - XMas

Wishing a non-believer "Merry Christmas" is no different than inviting a foreign exchange student to a Fourth of July barbeque
12/05/2005
00:37

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Intro - 12/5/05

Tonight, Stephen covers the Kennedy Center awards and asks Maureen Dowd if he's necessary.
12/05/2005
05:53

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Anderson Cooper

Stephen is getting tired of all the comparisons between himself and Anderson Cooper.
12/06/2005
02:35

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The Word - Backsies

The free ride is over now that corporations are adopting the beloved childhood ritual of backsies.
12/06/2005
00:31

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Season of Giving

Stephen frowns on nameless acts of charity because they're the coward's way out.
12/06/2005
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