Episode #07124

Stephen thanks some of the more diverse heroes and turns to Ham Rove for the scoop on American Crossroads' drastically improved fundraising strategy. (05:06)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  Ham Rove,  Karl Rove,  fundraising,  the heroes,  money,  competitions,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  elections,  under the desk,  Jimmy,  spit-takes,  alcohol,  poop & pee,  penises,  food,  appearances,  supernatural,  right-wing,  balls,  Irish,  Indian,  Scottish,  Greek,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07124

Colbert thanks the unsung heroes with a final, eight-tiered Heroe$ Crawl. (00:34)

Tags:  sign off,  Jimmy,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07118

The end of "don't ask, don't tell" forever changes America's perception of its military. (03:40)

Tags:  military,  troops,  gay/homosexual,  laws,  discrimination,  photos,  wars,  history,  movies,  stereotypes,  weapons,  Pentagon,  lapel pins,  World War II,  Tom Brokaw,  books,  Ray Odierno,  lookin' good,  penises,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07113

Rick Perry takes on the 800-pound gorilla in the room, being stomped on by the elephant in the room, being ridden by the emperor who has no clothes: Social Security. (04:50)

Tags:  Rick Perry,  scams,  Social Security,  global warming,  weather,  science,  death penalty,  guns,  photos,  Galileo,  space,  The Inquisition,  religion,  popes,  history,  under the desk,  marijuana,  drugs,  Jimmy,  senior citizens,  money,  wealth,  gambling,  Las Vegas,  retirement,  conservative,  Cirque de Soleil,  Texas,  Heroe$ Crawl,  environment,  The Daily Show

Episode #07112

Whenever terrorists come up with a new way to attack air travel, the TSA finds innovative ways to overreact, but all that security is about to disappear. (05:33)

Tags:  TSA,  flying,  security,  travel,  secret Muslim,  terrorism,  America,  technology,  Janet Napolitano,  Islamic,  nudity,  penises,  photos,  Jimmy,  cracks up,  food,  fashion,  9/11,  WMDs,  Saddam Hussein,  apologies,  Barack Obama,  public indecency,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07112

Robin Wright believes that, by rejecting extremism, Muslims have created the most important political turning point of the early 21st century. (07:09)

Tags:  Robin Wright,  interviews,  Middle East,  rage,  terrorism,  Islamic,  wars,  extremism,  protests,  Iraq War,  Afghanistan War,  Saddam Hussein,  Jesus,  religion,  Al Qaeda,  Egypt,  Osama bin Laden,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  Hosni Mubarak,  fashion,  weapons,  guns,  9/11,  stereotypes,  military,  Heroe$ Crawl,  international affairs,  America,  debt,  economy,  mongering

Episode #07111

Since people know how everything ends, they can either worry or they can enjoy the show. (05:21)

Tags:  The Word,  polls,  mental health,  books,  movies,  Sixth Sense,  Planet of the Apes,  Soylent Green,  Star Wars,  penises,  death,  under the desk,  food,  Heroe$ Crawl,  parents,  parenting,  literary references,  kids,  work/office

Episode #07110

Rick Parry might be the only write-in candidate to rank in the Ames straw poll top 10, but the Iowa GOP refuses to release the results for public scrutiny. (02:39)

Tags:  Rick Perry,  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  ABC5/WOI,  I Did It!,  controversies,  local news team,  Iowa,  Des Moines,  Republicans,  media,  TV,  voting,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  polls,  Twitter,  cell phones,  food,  dogs,  poop & pee,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07106

The fat cat media elites in Des Moines think they can sit in their ivory corn silos and play puppet master with national politics. (05:40)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  advertising,  Iowa,  Rick Perry,  media,  local news team,  TV,  conspiracies,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  rage,  Des Moines,  elections,  polls,  business,  voting,  mail/e-mail,  Nebraska,  Emmy Awards,  competitions,  the heroes,  fights,  audience interaction,  money,  ABC,  corruption,  education

Episode #07103

Psychiatrist Nassir Ghaemi believes that mental illness can foster great leadership, but the Republican presidential candidates are too "normal." (06:54)

Tags:  Nassir Ghaemi,  interviews,  books,  mental health,  science,  Dick Cheney,  Ronald Reagan,  doctors,  government,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  Barack Obama,  Franklin Delano Roosevelt,  the heroes,  George W. Bush,  candidates,  history

Episode #07101

Free birth control will wipe out the American race and instantly turn daughters into wanton harlots with insatiable sexual appetites. (04:42)

Tags:  insurance,  health,  men/women,  birth control,  marriage,  sex,  mongering,  Obama administration,  cracks up,  impressions,  dinosaurs,  rage,  prostitution,  Jimmy,  government,  laws,  pregnancy,  founding fathers,  mental health,  lookin' good,  the heroes,  addiction,  sexism,  teens,  Steve King,  God,  Fox News,  erectile dysfunction,  parenting,  sleep,  Viagra

Episode #07100

According to The New York Times' David Leonhardt, safeguarding America's credit rating requires reducing health costs and raising taxes. (03:59)

Tags:  David Leonhardt,  appearances,  debt,  economy,  New York Times,  America,  government,  taxes,  Tea Party,  competitions,  fights,  Social Security,  Medicare,  Republicans,  Democrats,  the heroes,  Congress,  international affairs

Episode #07099

Alabama company Holy Smoke turns loved ones' ashes into real bullets that can be used to hunt turkeys on Thanksgiving. (03:06)

Tags:  Second Amendment,  death,  guns,  weapons,  business,  mental health,  money,  photos,  family,  food,  animals,  Thanksgiving,  hunting,  circuses,  Nana & Pee-Pop,  Alabama,  inventions,  Heroe$ Crawl

Episode #07093

To safeguard against voter fraud and ensure that only the "right people" get elected, Republicans pass laws requiring voters to show government-issued photo IDs. (06:33)

Tags:  voting,  America,  discrimination,  friends,  Barack Obama,  alcohol,  corruption,  Republicans,  Democrats,  food,  elections,  Indecision,  laws,  kids,  poverty,  founding fathers,  Texas,  guns,  education,  Second Amendment,  Jimmy,  South Carolina,  African American,  John Stossel,  Ohio,  Nikki Haley,  William O'Brien,  ethnic,  growing up,  Tea Party,  statistics,  facial hair

Episode #02023

Despite all they do to keep you healthy, some people still don't appreciate pharmaceutical companies. (5:21)

Tags:  Prescott Group,  Hillary Clinton,  Nancy Pelosi,  Barack Obama,  drugs