Seasons & episodes
S3 · E49John Kerry 2007-04-16
Stephen begins by issuing a correction for having called Boyd K. Packer the "Mormon Pope" or "Mope," when he is more of a Mormon Cardinal, or "Mardinal." Colbert then compares Don Imus' firing with upcoming testimony of Alberto Gonzales before Congress regarding the U.S. Attorney firings scandal.
S3 · E50Elaine Pagels 2007-04-17
Stephen announced that he will be having a metaphor-off with Sean Penn on Thursday's show. Update on Stephanie Colburtle the turtle who was in 2nd place at the time of broadcast on the race to the Galápagos Islands, by some logic "proving Darwin wrong." Short mention of Iraqi insurgents.
S3 · E51Paulina Porizkova 2007-04-18
On Who's NOT honoring me now, Stephen complained that he was not being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. In "The Word," Stephen suggested the corporate sponsorship of the War on Terror since the "War on Terror is more than a name." Video showed promoting bovine growth hormones in dairy cows.
S3 · E52Sean Penn 2007-04-19
Stephen balks at a scientific study saying that chimpanzees are more evolved than humans in DNA. On "The Word," he talks about John Edwards' $400 haircut and considers him going over to the Republican party. Colbert then interviews Sean Penn, and leads to a Meta-Free-Phor-All hosted by Pinsky (the decider of topics for the rounds used humorous pictures and sound effects in the style of The Daily Show's "God Machine," which Colbert usually took part in).
S3 · E53Russell Simmons 2007-04-23
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S3 · E54Dr. Andrew Weil 2007-04-24
The first act opens with a remembrance of Boris Yeltsin. Stephen continues with a combative interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton regarding a recent bill to give the District of Columbia a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. In "The Word," Stephen comments on EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson's announcement that the Bush Administration's anti-global warming efforts are delivering "real results".
S3 · E55David Walker 2007-04-25
Colbert decides that a new name is necessary for the long war, and comes up with Freemerican Victernity Made in China. He then backs the idea of having illegal immigrants fight in the armed services in exchange for citizenship. He points out his position on the cover of GQ, then complains about the Four Horsemen of the A-pop-calypse: movies, television, music, and books.
S3 · E56Madeleine Bordallo 2007-04-26
Stephen is unhappy at the fact that Stephanie Colburtle The Turtle did not win The Great Turtle Race, after being bested by another turtle named Billy. He claims Billy is a male, and demands a re-race. (After explaining that one can tell the sex of a turtle by the concavity of its plastron, Stephen says that he checks the plastron on "all [his] dates, and if it's not concave, [he is] outta there."
S3 · E57Neil deGrasse Tyson / Bill Bradley 2007-04-30
"It's the last day of April. One more month 'till Speedo season! Do your squats. This is The Colbert Report.
S3 · E58Malcolm Gladwell 2007-05-01
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S3 · E59Gina Kolata 2007-05-02
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S3 · E60Conn Iggulden 2007-05-03
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S3 · E61Richard Preston 2007-05-07
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S3 · E62Nassi Nicholas Taleb 2007-05-08
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S3 · E63Salman Rushdie, Jane Fonda 2007-05-09
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S3 · E64Jann Wenner 2007-05-10
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S3 · E65William Langewiesche 2007-05-14
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S3 · E66Walter Isaacson 2007-05-15
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S3 · E67Howard Dean 2007-05-16
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S3 · E68Randy Kearse, Rep. Tom Delay 2007-05-17
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S3 · E69Jared Diamond 2007-05-21
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S3 · E70John Amaechi 2007-05-22
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S3 · E71Bay Buchanan, Bob Deans 2007-05-23
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S3 · E72Jimmy Wales 2007-05-24
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