The Flaming Lips debuted Convinced of the Hex on The Colbert Report without their usual bells and whistles (except a couple maracas), and prove that they don't need balloons and confetti to put on a great performance.  Their...

David Byrne visited the set of The Colbert Report to chat a bit and play the excellent track Life is Long from his collaboration with Brian Eno last year. Sadly, Eno did not stop by, but Byrne compensated by bringing along...

During Colbert's brief attempt to get on the presidential primary ticket in South Carolina, he followed the political rite of passage and met with Tim Russert. He got got with the actual pronunciation of his name. On Sesame...

Stories are circulating that Colbert's presidential campaign may be unlawful. Thus, he invites campaign-fundraising expert Massie Ritsch to discuss legal ways of raising the necessary billion-odd dollars needed to win an...

Droughts and floods unite in trying to destroy Halloween, one rotten pumpkin at a time. Stephen Colbert says it's a time for sacrifice, one jack o'lantern per family, but we say feel free to carve all the honeydew melons you...

While Hillary was trying to impress us Americans with her almost-human laughter over the weekend, Giuliani was aiming to earn some British respect by talking up his worldwide popularity. Apparently, Mr. Giuliani fancies...

Here's number 48 in Colbert's "Know A District” series: Illinois's 9th District. Represented by Jan Schakowsky, it's home to Lakeshore Drive, Northwestern University and the always lively, always loser-friendly confines of...

How much food can three dollars a day buy? Colbert shows Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) that subsisting on the current allotment in food stamps can actually be done -- if you eat pork rinds and marshmallow fluff. When it comes...