September 2, 2009: Exclusive - Backstage with Zev Chafets

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Exclusive - Backstage with Zev Chafets

Zev Chafets, author of "Cooperstown Confidential," gets a tour of the Colbert Report's Green Room Hall of Fame. (1:52)

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Posted: 09/02/2009
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Monday, February 26, 2007
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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Monday, October 19, 2009
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Monday, July 6, 2009
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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