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Season 14 • 07/01/2009

Kristen Schaal thinks women should not be allowed to do things that don't empower them.

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07:52

Mike Kim
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Mike Kim relays the challenges of helping North Koreans escape to safety and freedom in China.
06/30/2009
02:07

Dick Cheney's Withdrawal Timeline
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Now suffering from stage four Balzheimers, Dick Cheney complains about his own Iraq troop withdrawal timeline.
06/30/2009
00:19

Moment of Zen - Joe Jackson's Plug
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Joe Jackson promotes his Ranch Records label when asked how his family is coping with Michael Jackson's death.
06/30/2009
03:26

The Departing
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The U.S. officially withdraws its urban troops and presents the Iraqis with returned keys to their own cities.
06/30/2009
06:53

The Rippy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Obitutainment - Crypts
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Jon hands out Rippy Awards for outstanding achievements in the media's coverage of Michael Jackson's death.
06/30/2009
04:38

Indecision 2008 - Franken's Time
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Samantha Bee explains that, despite Al Franken's addition to their supermajority, House Democrats are going to need a super duper majority.
07/01/2009
00:45

Daily/Colbert - Stephen Is Busy
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Stephen can't talk to Jon because he's going through a tunnel and trapped in a mineshaft.
07/01/2009
06:03

Justin Fox
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Instead of relying heavily on regulators, Justin Fox suggests simple, dumb rules to watch over the financial markets.
07/01/2009
02:49

Osama bin Laden Needs to Attack America
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CIA analyst Michael Scheuer nonchalantly proposes the needless slaughter of Americans to further his national security plan on "Glenn Beck."
07/01/2009
00:14

Moment of Zen - Don't Shower With Naked Men
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The problem with getting naked and showering with men is that if one gets the flu, you all get the flu.
07/01/2009
05:11

Burka Ban
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Since burkas are only intended to keep men from the temptation of women's bodies, Kristen Schaal wonders why women don't dress as scarecrows to keep birds out of their mouths.
07/01/2009
06:32

Robert Kenner
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Robert Kenner warns that inexpensive food will cost Americans more money in health care.
07/02/2009
05:37

Rippy Awards - Celebrity Crypts
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NBC remembers Karl Malden by connecting him to Brian Williams, and Matt Lauer tours the empty rooms of Neverland Ranch.
07/02/2009
02:15

That's Great Now Fix the Economy
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Barack Obama is an accomplished chef of Pakistani cuisine and reads the great Urdu poets. Now, he needs to fix the economy.
07/02/2009
00:17

Moment of Zen - Fireworks Safety Tips
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John King uses exploding dummies to demonstrate what not to do while handling fireworks.
07/02/2009
05:15

Shut Up, Mark Sanford
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Mark Sanford continues to read aloud from his Hello Kitty diary about his love affair with an Argentine woman.
07/02/2009
04:51

Barney Frank Pt. 1
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Barney Frank discusses the new "recovery" message of the stimulus package and the difficulties of making the economy less bad.
07/13/2009
09:48

Exclusive - Barney Frank Extended Interview Pt. 2
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Barney Frank doesn't want home ownership for low-income people -- he wants affordability.
07/13/2009
02:25

Media Covers Obama's Gaze & Oscar Mayer III's Funeral
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Barack Obama possibly checked out a young woman's derriere, and Oscar Mayer III's funeral becomes a media spectacle.
07/13/2009
05:00

Exclusive - Barney Frank Extended Interview Pt. 1
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Barney Frank believes the stimulus package is $40 billion less than it should be.
07/13/2009
04:19

Barney Frank Pt. 2
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Barney Frank doesn't want home ownership for low-income people; he wants affordable housing.
07/13/2009
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