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Essay Contest

Season 11 • 04/25/2006

John Hodgman picks the best civilian essay on how to defeat the Iraqi insurgency.

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04:07

Happy Earth Day
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Mommy, I want to be the superhero that tells us what our house is made of.
04/24/2006
01:36

Monarchy Update - Queen of the Stone Age
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You can be rich, you can be poor, but you can't buy taste.
04/24/2006
07:26

Efraim Halevy
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Jon and Efraim Halevy discuss the Middle East, the CIA and the war in Iraq.
04/24/2006
03:05

Monarchy Update - The King and Them
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All want to be king or queen, but only the ones smart enough to come out of the right vagina get the title.
04/24/2006
01:07

Daily/Colbert - Proofreader
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Stephen Colbert speaks in typos because his proofreader is out sick.
04/25/2006
00:26

Moment of Zen - Magnum, P.I.
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In a "Magnum, P.I." clip, Tom Selleck drives off after a car falls over a cliff.
04/25/2006
02:39

Oil and Trouble
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Rob Corddry believes President Bush's record in the oil industry undeniably shows that he knows very little about how it works.
04/25/2006
01:13

Intro - Tall Tom Selleck
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Tom Selleck wrestles crocodiles in his dressing room.
04/25/2006
03:27

Headlines - My Name is Oil
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President Bush's long-term strategy is to power our automobiles with something other than gasoline, which is derived from oil.
04/25/2006
05:33

Tom Selleck
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Tom Selleck talks about the colon in the title of his new movie.
04/25/2006
04:41

Essay Contest
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John Hodgman judges a U.S. Army essay contest called, "Countering Insurgency."
04/25/2006
05:24

The Big House
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Some congressmen do everything in their power to escape congress.
04/26/2006
01:25

Headlines - Airbus
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Airbus is considering adding standing room only "seats" to their planes.
04/26/2006
00:57

Daily/Colbert - Naked Pictures of Famous People
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Stephen Colbert has a bunch of copies of Jon's book in his office -- they weren't exactly flying off the shelves.
04/26/2006
06:24

Kimberley Strassel
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Kimberley Strassel explains how gas and oil corporations are making record amounts of money.
04/26/2006
02:04

Antiquities Roadshow
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Scientists in Bosnia have discovered a 2,000-year-old step pyramid, the first ever found in Europe.
04/26/2006
00:31

Moment of Zen - FOX News
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Senator George Allen thinks Tony Snow will bring the pulse of the American people to the White House.
04/26/2006
03:36

Headlines - New Press Secretary
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Big announcement from the White House: someone new is going to make the big announcements from the White House.
04/26/2006
04:24

Poll Smoking - President's Approval Rating
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In order to outdo his father's record low approval rating, President George W. Bush may beat a nun to death with a tire iron.
04/27/2006
00:13

Moment of Zen - Clinton Portraits
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President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton's official White House portraits go on display.
04/27/2006
00:57

Daily/Colbert - Movie Review
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Robin Williams is back, ellipsis, in rare comic form -- Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report.
04/27/2006
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