The Colbert Report (2011) Season 7
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.
01 Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
1/3/2011
02 Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
1/4/2011
03 America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
1/5/2011
04 Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
1/6/2011
05 Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
1/10/2011
06 Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
1/11/2011
07 50 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
1/12/2011
08 Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
1/13/2011
09 Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
1/17/2011
10 Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
1/18/2011
11 Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
1/19/2011
12 Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
1/20/2011
13 House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
1/24/2011
14 Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
1/25/2011
Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis 15 Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
1/26/2011
Dr. Daryl Bem, Brian Greene 16 Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
1/27/2011
Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit 17 There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
1/31/2011
Leslie Dach, Michael Lewis 18 Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
2/1/2011
19 America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
2/2/2011
20 Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
2/3/2011
21 Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
2/14/2011
Christiane Amanpour, David Albright 22 President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
2/15/2011
23 Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
2/16/2011
24 Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
2/17/2011
25 Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
2/21/2011
Randi Weingarten, Bing West 26 Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
2/22/2011
27 Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
2/23/2011
Glenn Greenwald, Mike Huckabee 28 Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
2/24/2011
29 Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
2/28/2011
30 Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
3/1/2011
31 There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
3/2/2011
32 Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
3/3/2011
33 Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
3/7/2011
34 Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
3/8/2011
35 Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
3/9/2011
36 Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
3/10/2011
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers 37 Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
3/21/2011
38 The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
3/22/2011
39 Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
3/23/2011
40 Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
3/24/2011
41 Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
3/28/2011
42 Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
3/29/2011
43 Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
3/30/2011
44 The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
3/31/2011
45 Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
4/4/2011
46 Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
4/5/2011
47 Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
4/6/2011
48 Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
4/7/2011
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage 49 Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
4/11/2011
50 Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
4/12/2011
51 Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
4/13/2011
52 Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
4/14/2011
53 n this episode, Stephen recovers from a Catholic bender, and Donald Trump leads in the potential Republican candidate polls. Masturbation cures restless leg syndrome, and Ron Paul criticizes the Federal Reserve.
4/25/2011
54 The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
4/26/2011
55 The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
4/27/2011
56 Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
4/28/2011
57 Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
5/2/2011
58 Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
5/3/2011
59 "Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
5/4/2011
60 Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
5/5/2011
61 Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
5/9/2011
62 A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
5/10/2011
63 Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
5/11/2011
64 Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
5/12/2011
65 Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
5/16/2011
66 Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
5/17/2011
67 Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
5/18/2011
68 John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
5/19/2011
69 Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
5/31/2011
70 Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
6/1/2011
71 Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
6/2/2011
72 Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
6/6/2011
73 Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
6/7/2011
74 Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
6/8/2011
75 Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
6/9/2011
76 Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
6/13/2011
77 Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
6/14/2011
78 Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
6/15/2011
79 Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
6/20/2011
80 Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
6/21/2011
81 Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
6/22/2011
82 Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
6/23/2011
83 Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
6/27/2011
84 The Supreme Court throws out a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and Alexandra Pelosi discusses her documentary on immigrant naturalization in the U.S.
6/28/2011
85 The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
6/29/2011
86 The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
6/30/2011
87 The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
7/11/2011
88 Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
7/12/2011
89 The Republican Party has a fresh young face that's only 235 years old, and David McCullough has a new book about Americans in Paris.
7/13/2011
90 The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
7/14/2011
91 Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
7/18/2011
92 Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
7/19/2011
93 A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
7/20/2011
94 California passes a law requiring public schools to teach gay history, NBC loves breasts, and neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses the secret lives of the brain.
7/21/2011
95 The media assumes Norway's native gunman is Muslim, Summer's Eve uses vaginal puppetry to market their product to vaginas, and Brian Cox reveals the mysteries of space.
7/25/2011
96 Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
7/26/2011
97 Home-owning vampire Patrick Rodgers turns the tables on Wells Fargo, electric car drivers face a critical deadline, and Missy Cummings develops a new breed of flying robots.
7/27/2011
98 John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
7/28/2011
99 Stephen tells the "Billy Goats Gruff" debt ceiling story, an Alabama company turns ashes into bullets, and Zappos' C.E.O. Tony Hsieh talks about delivering happiness.
8/1/2011
100 Scandal rocks Newt Gingrich's Twitterverse, David Leonhardt knows how to save America's credit rating, and Al Hunt thinks everyone lost the debt ceiling deal.
8/2/2011
101 A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
8/3/2011
102 Wisconsin Democrats get bad absentee ballot applications, Stephen takes over MLB's Twitter feed, and Anthony Bourdain describes the grossest things he's ever eaten.
8/4/2011
103 America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
8/8/2011
104 The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
8/9/2011
105 Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
8/10/2011
106 Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
8/11/2011
107 Stephen apologizes to WOI in Des Moines, Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll, and Ambassador Susan Rice discusses the role of the United Nations.
8/15/2011
108 Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
8/16/2011
109 Rick Perry hires Colbert Super PAC's treasurer, Rick Santorum puts gay marriage into everyday napkin terms, and Jeff Bridges looks good by having fun.
8/17/2011
110 America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
8/18/2011
111 People enjoy a story more when they know how it ends, Prescott Group unveils its toning shoes, and Tim Pawlenty explains why he pulled out of the presidential race.
9/6/2011
112 The TSA makes changes to airport security, controversy surrounds Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial, and Robin Wright discusses the cultural impact of the Arab Spring.
9/7/2011
113 The GOP debate drives Stephen to watch MSNBC, Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, and Tom Brokaw follows the progress of 9/11 victims' family members.
9/8/2011
114 Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
9/12/2011
115 Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
9/13/2011
116 Fox News objects to Barack Obama's jobs bill binder clip, Stephen unveils his postal solution, and Michael Moore talks about his memoir "Here Comes Trouble."
9/14/2011
117 Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
9/15/2011
118 Barack Obama unveils his deficit reduction plan; the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" changes everything; and Jeffrey Kluger examines the bond between siblings.
9/20/2011
119 Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
9/21/2011
120 A defunct satellite threatens the earth, the Marine Corps limits troops to silent farts in Afghanistan, and Jeremy Ben-Ami discusses the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
9/22/2011
121 America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
9/26/2011
122 Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
9/27/2011
123 Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
9/28/2011
124 Karl Rove's fundraising takes a turn, Trevor Potter arms Stephen with a 501(c)(4), Kevin Kline hosts The Donating Game, and Mark Cuban talks billionaires.
9/29/2011
