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Frank the Roommate

Season 5 • 07/29/2009

Viacom's profits drop by 32%, so Stephen has to get a roommate.

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04:57

Womb Raiders - Orly Taitz
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Stephen thanks Orly Taitz for being one of the few people willing to compare the Obama administration to Nazi Germany.
07/28/2009
05:45

Arianna Huffington
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Arianna Huffington was born in the United States, but she cultivated an accent to give herself an air of being an ethnic minority.
07/28/2009
02:11

President Obama's Teachable Moment
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Obama's teaching: if you arrest a black man under questionable circumstances, you get to have a beer with the president.
07/28/2009
00:20

Sign Off - Devil's Tricks
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One of the greatest tricks the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
07/28/2009
06:18

Womb Raiders - The Fight for the Truth Behind Obama's Birth
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Stephen wants to hear from one of the sperm that witnessed President Obama's conception in order to verify his birthplace.
07/28/2009
00:31

Intro - 7/29/09
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Lance Armstrong comes in third in the Tour de France, and Kevin Baker says Obama is the new Hoover.
07/29/2009
03:19

Sport Report - Tour de France & Robotic Baseball
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A person who isn't Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France, and Japanese robots make baseball interesting.
07/29/2009
00:21

Sign Off - Watch Without Blinking
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If you watch this episode again without blinking, you get three percent more programming.
07/29/2009
05:17

Kevin Baker
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Kevin Baker believes President Obama sees what needs to be done but is too reluctant to break with Congress.
07/29/2009
06:51

The Word - He Who Smelt It, Dealt It
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Racism is nothing more than an unpleasant nuisance that is best to ignore, like a fart.
07/29/2009
03:04

Frank the Roommate
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After Viacom's profits fall by 32%, Stephen cuts his costs by taking on a roommate.
07/29/2009
02:49

White House Beer Summit
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Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley insist on three different brands of foreign beer for their White House meeting.
07/30/2009
00:14

Intro - 7/30/09
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Stephen can't start the show because his roommate, Frank, is sitting at his desk.
07/30/2009
04:37

Kathryn Bigelow
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Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.
07/30/2009
03:55

Tip/Wag - Man-Words & Movits!
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Educators ban man-words from textbooks, and Stephen discovers America's newest pop sensation, Movits!
07/30/2009
02:06

Sign Off - Taco Bell Spokesdog
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Taco Bell's beloved spokesdog, Gidget, is on a farm upstate, playing with other dogs that are dead.
07/30/2009
05:55

MeTunes - Hit of the Summer
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Stephen can't get behind current hits from The Black Eyed Peas, Jeremih and Sean Kingston, so he creates his own song of the summer.
07/30/2009
05:07

Tony Zinni
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General Tony Zinni cites David Petraeus, Barack Obama and Richard Branson as examples of great leaders.
08/03/2009
00:03

Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for the show, everybody.
08/03/2009
05:14

Bears & Balls - How to Pay for Health Care
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Democrats want to pay for health care reform by taxing sodas and killing old people.
08/03/2009
04:46

Nailed 'Em - War on Birth Control
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The Fairfax County School Board nails a teen junkie for taking birth control in the cafeteria.
08/03/2009
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