The Colbert Report

18th GOP Debate

Season 8 • 01/24/2012

The Florida GOP debate turns out to be a total dud.

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03:19

Newt Gingrich's South Carolina Kill
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Newt Gingrich seals his victory in the South Carolina primary debates by going after America's most dangerous enemy: debate moderators.
01/23/2012
00:07

Sign Off - Sniffing a Marker
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Stephen sniffs a marker and says goodnight.
01/23/2012
07:05

Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally - Cain-elot Revisited
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The establishment may have thwarted Stephen's campaign for President of the United States of South Carolina, but there is one moment it can never take away from him.
01/23/2012
04:17

Herman Cain's Bittersweet South Carolina Victory
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Herman Cain beat every candidate in the South Carolina primary who was no longer trying to win, leading Stephen to officially end his presidential exploratory committee.
01/23/2012
01:18

Colbert Super PAC - Hostage Crisis - Day 2
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Jon Stewart continues to hold the Colbert Super PAC hostage, so Stephen urges Colbert Nation to comfort his frightened money by sending it more of itself.
01/24/2012
03:48

Rick Santorum's Senior Pandering
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During a Florida town hall meeting, Rick Santorum fails to correct an elderly woman claiming that Barack Obama is an avowed Muslim and a noncitizen.
01/24/2012
00:30

Intro - 1/24/12
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Stephen enters the world of children's literature, Rick Santorum takes fire from the Left, and Andrew Sullivan makes his seventh appearance on The Colbert Report.
01/24/2012
07:32

Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 1
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Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak contemplates the complexity of children and the simplicity of Newt Gingrich.
01/24/2012
06:19

Andrew Sullivan
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The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan analyzes the picture that GOP candidates have painted of Barack Obama and extolls the president's numerous achievements.
01/24/2012
00:06

Sign Off - Reading "Bumble-Ardy"
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Stephen says goodnight from behind Maurice Sendak's "Bumble-Ardy."
01/24/2012
00:52

18th GOP Debate
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The Florida GOP debate leaves one question lingering in everyone's mind: who cares?
01/24/2012
00:08

Sign Off - Colonel Tuxedo's Cat Food
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Stephen cracks open a can of the premium cat-meat stew that he endorses in China.
01/25/2012
05:35

Terry Gross
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NPR host Terry Gross talks about her 25-year career in public radio and offers the inside scoop on her interviews with Grover Norquist and Bill O'Reilly.
01/25/2012
04:23

2012 State of the Union Address & GOP Rebuttals
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Once again, President Barack Obama ruins another perfectly good night of TV by addressing yet another joint session of Congress, and the GOP offers its rebuttals.
01/25/2012
03:45

Un-American News - China Edition
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Chinese tycoon and friend of the show Long Liyuan dies after indulging in a poisoned meal of slow-boiled cat-meat stew.
01/25/2012
07:05

Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 2
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Maurice Sendak considers the state of children's literature and gets high on markers.
01/25/2012
06:27

The Great Available Panel
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John Harwood, Katrina vanden Heuvel and David Cassidy share their thoughts on Newt Gingrich's sex appeal, Mitt Romney's wealth and Connecticut's tacos.
01/26/2012
06:22

Drew Barrymore
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Drew Barrymore recalls working with Steven Spielberg as a little girl and thinks about recording a whale CD to promote her movie "Big Miracle."
01/26/2012
01:15

Sean Hannity's "The Great American Panel"
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Sean Hannity, inexplicable football in hand, dissects the news with political luminaries during his "Great American Panel" segment.
01/26/2012
00:06

Sign Off - Football Throwing
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Stephen says goodnight and tosses a football into the audience.
01/26/2012
05:29

Mitt Romney & Newt Gingrich in Florida
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Mitt Romney proves that his principles are as unwavering as his hair, and Keith Ablow finds Newt Gingrich irresistible even if the Republican establishment doesn't.
01/26/2012
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