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Barney Frank Refuses to Talk to a Dining Room Table

Season 5 • 08/19/2009

Stephen welcomes a French provincial dining room table to give his take on health care.

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06:10

Tip/Wag - German Campaign, Russian Dogs & Flying Rabbis
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Vera Lengsfeld uses sex to campaign in Germany, Russian dogs take the subway, and flying rabbis ward off swine flu.
08/18/2009
05:11

Robert Wright
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Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion.
08/18/2009
01:41

Hamid Karzai Endorsement
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Hamid Karzai locks up the key human rights abusers demographic with an endorsement from warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.
08/18/2009
00:34

Intro - 8/18/09
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The German parliamentary election holds a surprise twist, and Robert Wright discusses religion's evolution.
08/18/2009
00:06

Sign Off -Shofar
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Stephen says goodnight and tries to blow his shofar.
08/18/2009
06:06

The Word - Arch Enemies
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Without Archie to focus on, Betty will have to do something sad like rediscover her own dreams and devote her life to making the world a better place.
08/18/2009
00:10

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
08/19/2009
05:03

Colbert Platinum - Urbane Nomads, Gigayacht & Michael Jackson Diamond
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Urbane Nomads offers lavish hunting expeditions, Everest Gigayacht costs $500 million, and LifeGem makes a diamond from Michael Jackson's hair.
08/19/2009
05:24

Sugar Shortage - Marion Nestle
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Marion Nestle confirms Stephen's fear that there is a sugar shortage in America, despite the fact that it's baseless.
08/19/2009
05:20

Ang Lee
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Ang Lee captures the hope and optimism of tired, dirty kids in his movie, "Taking Woodstock."
08/19/2009
03:28

Barney Frank Refuses to Talk to a Dining Room Table
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Barney Frank has no interest in arguing with a dining room table, but he can't stifle the voice of American furniture on Stephen's watch.
08/19/2009
07:19

P.K. Winsome - Anti-Obama Collectibles
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P.K. Winsome offers authentic "Barack Obama Is Hitler" mustaches to put on any pro-Obama collectible.
08/20/2009
00:24

Intro - 8/20/09
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The Earth's population nears 7 billion, and Chris Matthews discusses his documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers."
08/20/2009
04:51

Stephen's Sound Advice - How to Make Babies
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America needs to get back in the game of overpopulation by instituting a one-child minimum policy and letting teens spread sex misinformation to their peers.
08/20/2009
00:07

Sign Off - Vacation Begins
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Stephen officially starts his three-week vacation now.
08/20/2009
01:32

France Bans Elephants
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France ruins Stephen's vacation plans by banning elephants from French beaches.
08/20/2009
05:32

Chris Matthews
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Chris Matthews believes American politics would have been completely different without the Kennedys.
08/20/2009
04:01

Conservatives Are Back
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Barack Obama's speech on health care reform is so moving it almost fools Lindsey Graham into clapping.
09/14/2009
05:11

Cory Booker
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Mayor Cory Booker discusses Newark's decreasing crime rate and gives Stephen the right to pee.
09/14/2009
05:27

Better Know a Lobby - Health Care for America Now
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Richard Kirsch must choose between saving universal health care or saving an old lady from drowning.
09/14/2009
03:58

Kanye West Interrupts Taylor Swift at the VMAs
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Kanye West's attack on Taylor Swift at the VMAs was actually an attack on Stephen.
09/14/2009
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