The Colbert Report

Benjamin Shalom Bernanke

Season 1 • 10/25/2005

Stephen Colbert's money makes its own money.

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06:31

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Lou Dobbs

Lou Dobbs thinks America needs to stop running trade deficits and fix its broken borders.
10/24/2005
01:47

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The Word - Pussy

Bush has got a tough hard slog with Harriet Miers, but pussying out now would send a signal of weakness to the homegrown insurgency trying to derail the process.
10/24/2005
00:10

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Fract - The Wright Brothers

Most people don't know that the Wright brothers were both American.
10/24/2005
00:36

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Intro - 10/24/05

Harriet Miers is under siege, great drinking cities are in danger and Lou Dobbs of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" appears on The Colbert Report.
10/24/2005
00:41

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Yet Another Day - Soup and Pets

The Colbert morning show, Yet Another Day, looks into the hidden dangers of petting your cat.
10/25/2005
04:15

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ThreatDown - Anti-Bacterial Soap

Stephen counts down the threats from bears and eight-year-olds who kill bears.
10/25/2005
03:55

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Greg Behrendt Fields Calls

Greg Behrendt and Stephen Colbert offer relationship advice over the phone.
10/25/2005
00:34

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Intro - 10/25/05

Tonight's episode includes the Federal Reserve, David Copperfield, bears and author Greg Behrendt.
10/25/2005
02:52

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The Word - Overrated

Rosa Parks enriched our vocabulary by allowing us to call anyone who is the first person to do something the "Rosa Parks of whatever it is that person did first."
10/25/2005
05:27

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Greg Behrendt

Metaphorically speaking in terms of "Sex and the City," Greg Behrendt considers himself as a Charlotte by day and Samantha by night.
10/25/2005
01:56

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Benjamin Shalom Bernanke

You can tell by the way new Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke walks that he is an evolutionary leap forward from Alan Greenspan.
10/25/2005
05:53

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics is like jazz: it's the notes they don't play that matter.
10/26/2005
02:12

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The Pulse

Stephen comes down from his pedestal and interacts with real people like you.
10/26/2005
00:27

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Intro - 10/26/05

Coming up, Stephen interviews astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Charlize Theron continues her struggle for hot women's rights.
10/26/2005
03:40

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The Word - Perspective

There's nothing wrong with the number 2,000. Hell, five years ago we were celebrating it.
10/26/2005
03:56

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Tip/Wag - Public Nudity Advice

Stephen offers some advice on showing skin to Lauren Hutton and reads from his new book, "Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure."
10/26/2005
02:19

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Outsourcing

In India, they don't fall in love -- they learn to love.
10/26/2005
05:17

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Better Know a District - Massachusetts' 4th - Barney Frank

Stephen sits down with Congressman Barney Frank to discus life as part of a highly discriminated minority group: lefties.
10/27/2005
00:07

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Fract - The States

Statistics show that the number of states that make up America is greater than that of Canada and Mexico combined.
10/27/2005
02:20

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Lieber - White Pumpkins

Russ Lieber's hatred of white pumpkins forces Stephen to love them.
10/27/2005
02:51

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The Word - Quitter

Stephen calls out Harriet Miers for being this episode's word: a "quitter."
10/27/2005
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