Klassic Kolbert – Nobody Rants It Better

This week’s rant about Kurt Airport Security got me to thinking about some of my other favorite rants that I remember being done by Stephen Colbert on the ‘Colbert Report’. So here’s a collection of some of my favorites – some pretty recent, and some going way back in the vaults. Feel free to mention some of your own in the comments.

Was It Really That Bad? – Black Death (11/29/2005)
The Black Death didn’t just make more dead people, it also made less competition for those few live people. (4:54)

Canadian Baseball? (3/9/2006)
Stephen isn’t taking Canada’s victory over the United States in the World Baseball Classic lightly. (3:36)

Midterm Midtacular – Democrat Majority (11/7/2006)
The people have spoken, and apparently, they’re tired of freedom. (4:05)

Bears & Balls – Company Bailouts (2/24/2009)
Sbarro must cut costs by eliminating expensive ingredients, like cheese and tomatoes. (05:30)

This one doesn’t quite count, because it was a satire of an actual event, and not an original composition. But it’s still Stephen screaming until he turns colors, and it makes me laugh until I cry.

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