May 2011
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Exclusive Interview: Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T....
As promised, here are Parts I and II of an interview conducted by the webmaster of No Fact Zone, DB Ferguson, with the star of the Comedy Central show ‘The Colbert Report’, Stephen Colbert. The first part of the interview was conducted on Tuesday, May 17th, and the second part on Thursday, May 19th.
(Photo Credit - Mark Malkoff, backstage at the Colbert Report, October 20, 2008)
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You Are All Mrs. Colbert
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Everyone get your Kleenexes out
Well, Zoners, I guess this is just about it. My second to last post. I still have to post the interview with Stephen, which will happen tomorrow. And yes, you will definitely...
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Episode 7068 (5/19/2011) - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
EPISODE NUMBER: 7068 (May 19, 2011) GUESTS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar SEGMENTS: John Lithgow Performs Gingrich Press Release; Better Know a District - Illinois’ Fightin’ 18th (Aaron Schock); Clergy-Matic Ecclesi-Action Center 3:16; History of Life on Earth VIDEOS: Wednesday, May 19, 2011
John Lithgow better start preparing his next Emmy® acceptance speech for ‘Outstanding Performance...
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So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
My goodness, what a long, strange trip it’s been. I may have had to fall off the blog lately (work and lots of overseas travel sucked up my time), but you people have been a huge part of my life for almost four and a half years now — unbelievable!
So how, I thought to myself, can I possibly come up with anything like a coherent post with which to say goodbye? Answer: I can only...
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Stephen's Fave Film -- PLUS his BFF at Barnes &...
Hello, everyone!
As long as we’re still up, we’ll keep bringing you all the news that’s fit to print. (Hmm—someone should use that line…) And here are two tidbits, one about an interview with Stephen and the other about Jimmy Fallon.
Today, in the New York Times, Stephen chatted about the seminal film Network —his favorite movie—in the Arts Beat...
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Keeping in touch with our Zoner family
I’ve been sincerely touched while reading all of those of you who have talked about how much your Zoner friends have meant to you. This post is a place for you to exchange user names and online contact info so that everyone can keep in touch. In addition to sharing your Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and Tumblr handles, there’s also been some discussion about forming some “Zoner...
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It's the End of the World as We Know It
Greetings, Zoners. It’s hard to believe that our fun here is drawing to a close, but the Rapture waits for no one. It’s time for me to wrap up my tenure as a Completist, then pack for the Rapture. (We can take stuff with us, right? Because I’m totally taking my Flatpoint High t-shirt and my Colbert Report “C” hat.) I’ve had an amazing time here, both as a Zoner...
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Stephen Colbert: World's Worst Boss or World's...
I know, I know: you all dream of working for Stephen Colbert. You imagine he would be the greatest boss in the world - kind of like a super-cool Jim Anderson father to your inner Kathy or Bud. I imagine working for Stephen on ‘The Colbert Report’ is kind of like working for DB on the No Fact Zone: a cool boss, funny and talented work-mates, and an intelligent and appreciative...
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Episode 7067 (5/18/2011) - Austan Goolsbee
EPISODE NUMBER: 7067 (May 18, 2011) GUESTS: Pander-tron 8000, Austan Goolsbee SEGMENTS: Osama bin Laden’s Replacement, Tip/Wag - Ohio Legislature & Facebook, Breaking Newt - Pander-tron 8000 VIDEOS: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Be sure to check out the web exclusive and unedited Austan Goolsbee Extended Interview Parts 1, 2, and 3. I definitely have to see that toilet everyone’s...
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The Joy Machine
Hey Zoners! The countdown to Rapture continues, and before I get taken up, I want to say how much I have loved being a part of this amazing community. NFZ has been a special home for me for the last 4 years, nearly 3 of those as a Completist. I’m tremendously proud of all the work we have done, and I’ll always be grateful to have been a part of NFZ.
When I was deciding what to...
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A Farewell from the Down Under.
G’day Zoners and welcome to my final goodbye post here at NFZ.
Before I get on to sharing a few of my favourite clips with you, I thought I would first share with you how I first became a fan of Stephen and “The Colbert Report”, and how I first managed to come across “No Fact Zone”.
Although it shames me to admit it, I do not actually remember the exact moment...
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Episode 7066 (5/17/2011) - Amy Kremer
EPISODE NUMBER: 7066 (May 17, 2011) GUESTS: Amy Kremer SEGMENTS: World’s Oldest Panda Dies; The Word - Enhanced Rejustification; Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Sex Scandal VIDEOS: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
How nice to hear Stephen go old-school TCR and rant about those “Godless Killing Machines”! And then to get two Stephens at once - what’s not to love? And how could Amy...
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A Few Fun Clips
Hi Zoners! For my final NFZ post, I just wanted to share three of my favorite Stephen moments with you. IT’S HAPPENING.
Stephen’s Laws of Love (Filliam H. Muffman):
Columbus Day (TDS Toss):
We Shall Overcome (Harriet Tubman’s Intergalactic Space Train):
Love you, Zoners! I will see you around! ;D
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Episode 7065 (5/16/2011) - Alison Klayman
EPISODE NUMBER: 7065 (May 16, 2011) GUESTS: Alison Klayman SEGMENTS: Mike Huckabee & Donald Trump Drop Out; Fig Newton Gingrich 2012; Stephen Files Super PAC Request VIDEOS: Monday, May 16, 2011
Feel free to comment on the episode in the comments below. We’re busy preparing for the coming End of Days, but would love to hear what you have to say!
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Episode 7064 (5/12/2011) - John Bradshaw
EPISODE NUMBER: 7064 (May 12, 2011) GUESTS: Lawrence Wright, John Bradshaw SEGMENTS: Obama’s Latino Panderfest; Terror, A New One - Lawrence Wright; If at First You Don’t Secede VIDEOS: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Please discuss the episode in the comments! We’d love to hear what you liked about the episode, or about compact florescent bulbs in general.
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Hips Don't Lie...It's Dance Overload!
Hello, everyone!
I’ve got one thing to say to you: RAAAIIINN!
Just before the Rally, when Stephen strode onto Jon’s set for one of their comic quarrels about sanity vs. fear, Jon did a little mocking dance of joy when he thought he’d one-upped Stephen. But our man wasn’t intimidated. “You don’t want to go hip-to-hip with me!” Stephen warned. Truer words were never spoken. In every comic...
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My hero
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Catch y’all on the flip side!
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Eye Candy: Be still my beating heart and forgive...
“I just want to send a special kiss to someone out there” *Kisses hand* *audible smooch sound* *Blows the kiss* Right back at you, Stephen *Smile* “Got it!” Thank you, Stephen, good night!
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Eye Candy: Walgreens Break
Sliding down into a Walgreens’ break Wondering where the stirrups might be Tries to cover Tries harder to cover Going, going … Gone! Thank you for letting us in The eyes, the sparking eyes! Yes, ridiculously wonderful! Yes! Yes! Absurd Story, Hysterical Delivery, Fantastic Break!
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Eye Candy: Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy is all grown up.
Stephen learns not only the finer points of British etiquette but the specific refinements of meeting the Royals’ etiquette. Including but not limited to, how to eat tea, how to meet the Queen and whether or not to dress left or right.
Stephen awaited his Royal Wedding invitation which never came - the British disappoint, yet again.
Lord...
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Eye Candy: Raging Art-on
Stephen Colbert as Artist and Art Critic reminds me of his astonishingly insightful and artful articulation exploration as The Daily Show’s Senior Conceptual Art Correspondent. of Christo-esque sandwich wrapping or his Mosque Diatribe. But we all know Stephen Colbert is our Object of Beauty! Our Art de triumph! Mona Lisa copied his wry smile - you owe him royalties. Picasso stole the idea of...
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Fangirl Suit Report: Week of May 9, 2011
Thanks, Zoners, one and all. I have a few last morsels for you. You’re the best! Stephen must be proud to have such an exceptional, extraordinary, amazing, superlative, astonishing, loving, caring, passionate, engaging, wonderful group of followers.
Stephen’s Birthday Week! Hope you got loads of presents and cake … *cough* *cough* FEC, he brought the party to you, what did YOU...
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We've got our 'Welcome Jesus' T-shirts on - bring...
Zoners - I’ve been holding onto my ‘Welcome Jesus’ T-shirt since this site started in July 2006, and now I finally get to wear it! For those of you who may have missed last Monday’s “Yahweh or No Way” segment, Stephen made the announcement that according to his calculations (and the calculations from the Family Radio group), Jesus Christ should be returning on...
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Six Degrees: Ridiculist Edition.
G’day Zoners! I hope you are all enjoying your nice warm spring weather. Winter appears to have come early down in Aus, we are all freezing to death and it’ still only Autumn. Anderson Cooper, Mother Nature needs to be on your Ridiculist list!! But enough about the weather and onto this weeks Six Degrees round-up. This week Ed Helms hosts SNL, Demetri Martin has a new book out, Josh...
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All You Need To Know: Week of May 9 – May 15, 2011
The Super-PAC shenanigans are getting very, very interesting. Here’s All You Need To Know:
Episode Guides:
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly
Episode 7061 - Guest Lupe Fiasco
Episode 7062 - Guest Geoffrey Rush
Episode 7063 - Guest Eric Greitens
Episode 7064 - Guest John Bradshaw [Coming Soon!]
Who’s Honoring Him Now
“The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” Gets 4 Daytime Emmy®...
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SNL brings back the Ambiguously Gay Duo - LIVE!
Thank God for Twitter! And the Internet in general. Without them, I wouldn’t have known that Stephen made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live last night. I haven’t watched SNL in close to two decades, and right now I’m sorry I didn’t stay up for it this weekend. The Ambiguously Gay Duo returned to the show in one of the most hilarious sketches I’ve ever seen....
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Fantasy Colbert League, May 16th - 19th
Greetings, Zoners!
I’m still feeling so joyful over our favorite PAC-man’s birthday antics. I think it’s the most brilliant combination of comic shenanigans and political exploits that I’ve ever witnessed; agitprop in action. When I think of what Stephen’s accomplished this year—the rally, the congressional testimony, this scintillating new...
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Stephen Colbert visits the Federal Election...
The reports are coming in from Stephen’s trip to Washington, D.C., today to stop by the FEC and file papers to formally request an advisory opinion on the formation of Colbert Super PAC. Throughout the day, the @StephenAtHome Twitter feed had regular reminders for people to join him at 4 PM at the FEC building. Thanks to Zoner gentoo, who was present for the occasion and told us about it, we...
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Happy Birthday, Stephen T. Colbert!!
All of us here at No Fact Zone would like to offer Stephen a happy and wonderful birthday - happy birthday, Stephen! As a celebration of Stephen’s 47th birthday, here’s a lovely piece of eye candy - may he continue to be sizzling hot for many years to come!
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Fangirl Suit Report: Week of May 2, 2011
Hey, HOOOO! So glad you are out there and in my heart! Gems, each and every Zoner! Thanks for making us gleefully giddy when you are outrageously glitical.This week was the creme de la creme, the gold leaf, the egregia cum laude of the loud! The Everest of pinnacles with snow cream and cherries on top! Of course, never criticize sex for pulling down the shower curtain ’ cause no one is a...
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Episode 7063 (5/11/2011) - Eric Greitens
EPISODE NUMBER: 7063 (May 11, 2011) GUESTS: Trevor Potter, Eric Greitens SEGMENTS: Herman Cain Claims the Colbert Bump, Corp Constituency - Trevor Potter, The Rally Scores Four Emmy Nominations VIDEOS: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I was really tickled to see Stephen start off by talking about Herman Cain’s tweet thanking him for a “Colbert bump,” since I mentioned it in...
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"The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" Gets 4...
Who’s honoring Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart now?
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences! “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” received four Daytime Emmy® Nominations from the Academy, Including:
Outstanding Special Class Special
Outstanding Special Class Writing
Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing
Outstanding Achievement in...
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Episode 7062 (5/10/2011) – Geoffrey Rush
EPISODE NUMBER: 7062 (May 10, 2011) GUESTS: Geoffrey Rush SEGMENTS: Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump Announce Future Announcements, Yahweh or No Way? - Thor and Apocalypse Billboard, Difference Makers - Donald Trump VIDEOS: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Hi, everyone!
Welcome to my first episode guide—and what a fun show it was!
Didn’t our favorite word hurdler look especially dapper tonight, with his...
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Anderson Cooper Goes There: Stephen now on the...
[caption id=”attachment_38722” align=”alignright” width=”250” caption=”Anderson Cooper Goes on the Absurd-U-Chart”][/caption]You may recall Stephen putting Anderson Cooper on the Absurd-U-Chart back in April claiming that Anderson Coopers Ridiculist was a rip off of the far superior On Notice Board. Nothing better than a ratings feud ‘round...
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Episode 7061 (5/9/2011) - Lupe Fiasco
EPISODE NUMBER: 7061 (May 9, 2011) GUESTS: Lupe Fiasco SEGMENTS: Hasidic Newspaper Removes Hillary Clinton, Herman Cain Wins the First Republican Presidential Debate, The WØRD - Autocratic for the People VIDEOS: Monday, May 9, 2011
Hi kids, sorry about the tardy episode guide. The CN site was kind of wonky early this morning, so I had to delay finishing this until after I got home from work.
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All You Need To Know: Week of May 2 – May 8, 2011
Here’s wishing Stephen a very happy birthday this week! Here’s All You Need To Know:
Episode Guides (we’re catching up, two weeks worth of episodes):
Fantasy Colbert League Weekly
Episode 7053 - Guest Ron Paul
Episode 7054 - Guest A.C. Grayling
Episode 7055 - Guest Ice-T
Episode 7056 - Guest Wade Graham
Episode 7057 - Guest Francis Fukuyama
Episode 7058 - Guest Rex Ryan
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Fantasy Colbert League, May 9 – May 12
Hello, Zoners!
I’m on vacation—but I would never miss my Fantasy League post! Fortunately, because I’m relaxing at my sister’s home, I have access to everything I need to write.
Last week brought us Stephen tramping through the Letterman set, discoursing on Donald Trump’s “wisdom,” and coining the phrase “journalistic grintegrity.” Of course, nothing is likely to equal the incredible news that...
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Episode 7060 (5/5/2011) - Bill James
EPISODE NUMBER: 7060 (May 5, 2011) GUESTS: Bill James SEGMENTS: Stephen Confesses to a Distracted Media, ThreatDown, Inaugural Republican Presidential Debate & Donald Trump’s Wisdom VIDEOS: Thursday, May 5, 2011
I’m always amused by the things Stephen says right at the top of the show that give some clue to the audience interaction before the taping. Today’s topic seemed to...
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Stephen Colbert Gets Extreme in Outside Magazine
Last month we gave the heads up that Stephen Colbert was to be on the cover of the May 2011 issue of “Outside” Magazine. We loved the preview of the cover and now that the issue is out we get the whole story of his fateful voyage from Charleston, SC to Hamilton, Bermuda in the 2005 Charleston Bermuda Race . It’s scary stuff…
Stephen Colbert’s (Shocking!) Secrets of...
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More Video from 'Company'!
And this time it’s on the official New York Philharmonic YouTube channel so we assume it won’t disappear any time soon.
Stephen Colbert dancing and singing “Side By Side” from Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Company’ performed last month, with the rest of an awesome cast.
From the video description:
The New York Philharmonic, EMK Productions and Screenvision are...
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Episode 7059 - Amy Farrell
EPISODE NUMBER: 7059 (May 4, 2011) GUESTS: Amy Farrell SEGMENTS: Terrorists: They’re Just Like Us!, Stephen Searches for Shared Bathroom Key, Movies That Are Destroying America - Saving America Edition VIDEOS: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Has anyone else noticed the new titles in the opening sequence? Monday it was “Win Laden”. It’s changed again to “Word Hurdler”.
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U-Va starts Colbert Arts Scholars Program
Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee Colbert continue to set an example of generosity for all of us to follow. Thanks to their generous donation, some 20 incoming University of Virginia arts students will become Colbert Arts Scholars and third and fourth year students with a major or minor in any arts field can receive an Arts Scholars Award to fund art projects.
As reported by The...
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Episode 7058 (5/3/2011) - Rex Ryan
EPISODE NUMBER: 7058 (May 3, 2011) GUESTS: Rex Ryan SEGMENTS: Osama Bin Laden is Still Dead, Obama Takes Credit for Bin Laden’s Assassination, Journalistic Grintegrity VIDEOS: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
After Monday’s slam dunk of a show, this one was a little more subdued, but there’s still plenty to talk about where Bin Laden is concerned. Yes, he’s still dead, thank...
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Episode 7057 (5/2/2011) - Francis Fukuyama
EPISODE NUMBER: 7057 (May 2, 2011) GUESTS: Richard Haass, Francis Fukuyama SEGMENTS: Long-Awaited “We Got Bin Laden” Party, Carefree Pre-9/11 World, Relations with Pakistan - Richard Haass VIDEOS: Monday, May 2, 2011
Well hey there, Zoners! We’re all caught up on past episode guides, so now we’re hopefully back to getting these posted in a little more timely manner. And I...
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Episode 7056 - Wade Graham
EPISODE NUMBER: 7056 (April 28, 2011) GUESTS: Russ Feingold, Wade Graham SEGMENTS: The ‘Report’ is in England!, the Loophole-ulator 6400, Progressives United, Terror Alert system eliminated. VIDEOS: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wow! Stephen’s in England! And the whole set is so Red-White-And-Blue! You know. Like British. Hip-Hip-Cheerio! And fog, too. It was all too smashing....
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Fantasy Colbert League, May 2 - May 5th
Hello, Zoners!
I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to another week of wonderfulness. I had everything for this post written and ready to go, but with shock and surprise, only moments ago I scrapped my original greeting. For right now, late on Sunday, I am in front of my TV set, watching President Obama, and trying to absorb the news that nearly 10 years after the attacks on the...
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Episode 7055 (4/27/2011) - Ice-T
EPISODE NUMBER: 7055 (April 27, 2011) GUESTS: Ice-T SEGMENTS: America Needs to See Obama’s Report Cards, Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger, Anderson Cooper Goes on the Absurd-U-Chart VIDEOS: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
It was pretty much a given that Stephen would address the release of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate on this episode, and he echoed my own thoughts by...
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Episode 7054 (4/26/2011) - A.C. Grayling
EPISODE NUMBER: 7054 (April 26, 2011) GUESTS: A.C. Grayling SEGMENTS: Mitt Romney’s “peacetime” gaffe, Current Events, Charles Manson believes in global warming VIDEOS: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
I mentioned in the episode guide for Monday’s show that I’m already suffering from a bit of 2012 election fatigue, and every once in a while I wish that Stephen would simply...
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Episode 7053 (4/25/2011) - Ron Paul
EPISODE NUMBER: 7053 (April 25, 2011) GUESTS: Ron Paul SEGMENTS: Stephen Goes on a Catholic Bender, Obama’s Tax Return & Road to the Trump House, Cheating Death VIDEOS: Monday, April 25, 2011
I’m always so happy when Stephen returns from a break, and this show was full of hilarity to get the week started right! First there was a new word in the opening: Word Hurdler. Just saying...
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Episode 7052 - Caroline Kennedy
EPISODE NUMBER: 7052 (April 14, 2011) GUESTS: Trevor Potter, Caroline Kennedy SEGMENTS: Obama Needs Charts and Graphs, Viacom Ruins Stephen’s PAC Dream, Colbert Super PAC, Easter Under Attack - Egg Edition VIDEOS: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Some nights the writing crew at The Colbert Report find that perfect balance of absolutely silly and spot on commentary that makes me fall in love with...
