Current National Threats, According to Colbert
Stephen Colbert walks us through the top three threats of the moment: Harvard professor and criminal mastermind Henry Louis Gates, Bill Gates and his weather-controlling madness, and an unemployed Wilford Brimley, who breaks into Colbert's house in search of food. Check out this clip from last night's "Colbert Report."Stephen Colbert walks us through the top three threats of the moment: Harvard professor and criminal mastermind Henry Louis Gates, Bill Gates and his weather-controlling madness, and an unemployed Wilford Brimley, who breaks into Colbert’s house in search of food. Check out this clip from last night’s “Colbert Report.”
The Colbert Report:
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| ThreatDown – Henry Louis Gates Jr., Bill Gates & Wilford Brimley | ||||
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