The Colbert Report

Bill Bryson

Season 6 • 10/14/2010

Bill Bryson discusses the history of hallways, sex in the Middle Ages and the cost of comfort.

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Tax Shelter Skelter

The upcoming expiration of the Bush tax cuts force the super rich to go to boot camp to bond with their like-minded friends.
10/13/2010
00:32

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Intro - 10/13/10

It's not fair to tax rich people until you've driven a mile in their limousine, and Austan Goolsbee gives Obama economic advice.
10/13/2010
07:17

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Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee says that extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy won't pull the American economy out of recession.
10/13/2010
05:08

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Sport Report - Steroids, Commonwealth Games & Brett Favre's Sexting

Brent Musburger endorses steroid use, athletes overcome the Commonwealth Games, and Brett Favre allegedly texted naked photos of himself.
10/13/2010
00:13

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Sign Off - Tic-Tac-Toe With Austan Goolsbee

Stephen loses a game of Tic-Tac-Toe to Austan Goolsbee.
10/13/2010
03:21

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America Helps Rescue Chilean Miners

Stephen doesn't want to miss out on the trapped Chilean miner craze, so he rescues his intern from a locker
10/13/2010
00:15

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Sign Off - Oprah Is Wonderful

Stephen just wants to tell Oprah that he was kidding and she's wonderful.
10/14/2010
03:49

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Transitive Property of Christine O'Donnell

Following Christine O'Donnell's ironclad logic, Stephen concludes that masturbating equals being gay.
10/14/2010
05:48

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People Who Are Destroying America - Landscaping Goats

Horny goats head to a Department of Defense nuclear sub base after stealing all the landscaping jobs.
10/14/2010
03:56

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Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Chinatown Bus Tickets

Since Oprah won't send Stephen's audience to D.C., he buys them tickets for the Shin Wu Chinatown bus.
10/14/2010
05:52

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Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson tells the history of the world by questioning the common things we take for granted, in his book, "At Home."
10/14/2010
05:21

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Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte wants to give laptop computers to children in third-world countries so they can communicate with the rest of the world.
10/25/2010
03:21

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The Word - Midterm Erection

A large number of lady politicians say it's time that America ditches the ballot box in favor of the measuring stick.
10/25/2010
06:31

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Who's Honoring Me Now? - Colbert Nation Five Years of Excellence Award

Stephen receives the Colbert Nation Five Years of Excellence Award and assembles a montage of his most world-changing moments.
10/25/2010
03:07

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Indecision 2010 - Revenge of the Fallen - Sean Bielat & Ken Buck

Sean Bielat and Ken Buck can't help being politically opportunistic election year gay-baiters -- they were born that way.
10/25/2010
01:13

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Sign Off - Fifth Anniversary Portrait

Stephen's new portrait commemorates his speedskating team victory and Grammy Award.
10/25/2010
00:40

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Intro - 10/26/10

Stephen looks at how corporate spending affects elections from the Domino's Pizza Pipin' Hot Extra Cheesy Update Corner, and Garry Wills writes a book about himself.
10/26/2010
03:29

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Stephen Appears in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

Stephen fills in the New York Times crossword puzzle with stuff about himself every day, and this time it actually works.
10/26/2010
05:02

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The Word - Invisible Inc.

Americans should buy nameless products from anonymous corporations who then give untraceable money to faceless congressmen to pass unknowable laws.
10/26/2010
00:28

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Sign Off - Stream Elvis Costello's National Ransom

After you're done listening to Elvis Costello's "National Ransom," go buy something for 10 bucks.
10/26/2010
05:32

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Garry Wills

Garry Wills calls himself a disciple of Doris Kearns Goodwin and says the Tea Party movement is a racist endeavor.
10/26/2010
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