Episode
The Colbert Report: Madeleine Bordallo
Overview
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."
Details
- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 56
- Air date
- 2007-04-26
Episode context
Madeleine Bordallo is Episode 56 in Season 3 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2007-04-26.
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