The Best Episodes Written By Frank Lesser

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   #1 - Stone Phillips / Truthiness

   S1:E110/17/2005

   In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.

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   Writer:Frank Lesser

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