The Colbert Report

"Poor" in America

Season 7 • 07/26/2011

A Heritage Foundation report proves that poor people are not living down to America's expectations.

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Vaginal Puppeteering vs. D**k Scrub

Summer's Eve's ad campaign features talking vaginas, but Stephen wants to target men's deeply troubling genitals for a change.
07/25/2011
03:10

The Colbert ReportS7
Y2-Gay

New York's first gay newlyweds, 85-year-old Connie Kopelov and 77-year-old Phyllis Siegel, seal their vows with a kiss on the cheek -- or as they call it, "scissoring."
07/25/2011
05:08

The Colbert ReportS7
Norwegian Muslish Gunman's Islam-Esque Atrocity

Just because Norway's confessed murderer is a blond, blue-eyed, Norwegian-born, anti-Muslim crusader doesn't mean he's not a swarthy, ululating madman.
07/25/2011
00:06

The Colbert ReportS7
Sign Off - The Thinker

Stephen interrupts his deep thoughts to say goodnight.
07/25/2011
03:15

The Colbert ReportS7
Herman Cain Cancels on Stephen

Herman Cain treats Stephen like some pizza crust he can just leave on his plate before moving on to a hotter slice.
07/26/2011
00:07

The Colbert ReportS7
Sign Off - America's Bucket List

Stephen says goodnight while checking off items from America's bucket list.
07/26/2011
04:21

The Colbert ReportS7
"Poor" in America - Peter Edelman

Peter Edelman explains why America can't call the troops home and beat its plowshares back into swords when it comes to fighting the war on poverty.
07/26/2011
00:30

The Colbert ReportS7
Intro - 7/26/11

Americans might soon find out what it means to be poor, Democrats will either cave or crumble over the debt ceiling, and radio host Brooke Gladstone has a graphic novel.
07/26/2011
05:39

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Brooke Gladstone

NPR host Brooke Gladstone explains why her graphic novel is similar to radio and fights the popular notion that the media control minds.
07/26/2011
03:34

The Colbert ReportS7
America's Bucket List

Before American society collapses into roving, cannibalistic motorcycle gangs, it should try bubble tea and have sex with Canada.
07/26/2011
03:17

The Colbert ReportS7
"Poor" in America

A Heritage Foundation report proves that as long as "poor" Americans have refrigerators and the strength to brush flies off their eyeballs, they're not really poor.
07/26/2011
04:23

The Colbert ReportS7
Nissan's "LEAF Wave" Deadline

Grassroots-organic-slow-food-locavore types who buy electric cars love manufactured traditions.
07/27/2011
00:25

The Colbert ReportS7
Sign Off - Surveillance Drone Crash

Stephen operates and crashes a semi-autonomous flying surveillance drone.
07/27/2011
07:26

The Colbert ReportS7
Difference Makers - Patrick Rodgers

For too long, average homeowners have been powerless against big banks, but vampire Patrick Rodgers forecloses on the foreclosers.
07/27/2011
05:34

The Colbert ReportS7
Missy Cummings

Missy Cummings wants to replace the military's cumbersome battlefield surveillance technology with lightweight, smartphone-operated drones.
07/27/2011
03:10

The Colbert ReportS7
Helium Runs Out

With America's helium supply dwindling, the country has no choice but to hunt balloons in the wild.
07/27/2011
04:08

The Colbert ReportS7
Buddy Roemer Pt. 1

Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer takes no PAC money and wants to kick the special-interest hogs off the trough.
07/28/2011
03:29

The Colbert ReportS7
Colbert Super PAC - For the Children

Little Charlie and Grace's mom won't let them have a Colbert Super PAC lemonade stand until Stephen can tell them what his Super PAC stands for.
07/28/2011
00:07

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Sign Off - Cone of Silence

Stephen says goodnight with the Colbert Super PAC Cone of Silence over his head.
07/28/2011
03:44

The Colbert ReportS7
Buddy Roemer Pt. 2

Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer needs financial help from Iowans, but Trevor Potter has warned him not to discuss his campaign plans with Stephen.
07/28/2011
05:16

The Colbert ReportS7
Colbert Super PAC - Matthew Dowd & Ham Rove

After consulting with Ham Rove and Matthew Dowd, Stephen calls on the Colbert Nation to determine the direction of his Super PAC.
07/28/2011
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