Episode
The Colbert Report: Dr. Andrew Weil
Overview
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".
Details
- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 54
- Air date
- 2007-04-24
Episode context
Dr. Andrew Weil is Episode 54 in Season 3 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2007-04-24.
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