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Hussein Asylum - Grounding Congress

Season 7 • 08/06/2002

Congress never gets to do anything cool.

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01:46

Buttercup Test
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Our nation's lawmakers resist proposed lie detector tests.
08/05/2002
00:21

Moment of Zen - Bush Plays Golf
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President Bush makes an impassioned speech, then turns away from reporters to play golf.
08/05/2002
00:57

Talk Tough, Privileged Fun
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Ed Helms accuses Bush of being more concerned about his golf game than the unyielding terror in the Middle East.
08/05/2002
01:01

Headlines - Hussein Asylum - Take It To The Streets
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The Iraqi Army stages a rally in Baghdad to demonstrate their preparedness in the face of the inevitable U.S. invasion.
08/06/2002
00:13

Moment of Zen - Meeting of the Mustaches
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A look through the many mustachioed men that make up Saddam Hussein's cabinet.
08/06/2002
01:07

Recall Alert
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ConAgra issues a recall for a few beef products thought to be infected with E. coli.
08/06/2002
05:56

Antonio Banderas
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Antonio Banderas talks about Argentinean beef, bilingualism and "Spy Kids 2."
08/06/2002
03:40

Popular Music Omnibus - Britney Time
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Britney Spears cancels a Mexico City concert after a freak thunderstorm floods the stage.
08/06/2002
01:34

Not Fade Away, Seriously
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Bob Dylan returns to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, site of the "Dylan goes electric" scandal of 1965.
08/06/2002
03:05

Headlines - Hussein Asylum
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Saddam Hussein's regime invites members of Congress to inspect Iraq for weapons of mass destruction themselves.
08/06/2002
01:34

Hussein Asylum - Grounding Congress
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Congress is angry that the president never lets them do anything they want to do.
08/06/2002
01:33

Intro - The Anna Nicole Show
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Jon has some advice for the people who produce Anna Nicole Smith's reality show on E!
08/07/2002
05:03

Information Super Hayride
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Stephen Colbert documents the rise and fall of America's premiere Amish online retailer.
08/07/2002
05:51

Vin Diesel
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Vin Diesel explains that XXX represents the world in the same way James Bond represents England.
08/07/2002
02:59

Back in Black - Well-Earned Vacation
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President Bush takes a break, while Saddam Hussein kicks back with some of his favorite Saddams.
08/07/2002
00:14

Moment of Zen - Brazilian Campaign Rally
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A Brazilian political party's platform collapses at a festive rally in Rio de Janeiro.
08/07/2002
03:38

Headlines - London Crawling
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England's rat population has exploded to such a degree that there is now one for every person in the country.
08/07/2002
02:30

Tick Anuses
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Ed Helms explains that what these crimes lack in monetary zazz, they more than make up for in scumosity.
08/08/2002
03:30

We Love Showbiz - Angelina Jolie
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Steve Carell and Nancy Walls hope that next time they can talk less about Angelina and Billy Bob's divorce, and more about their new marriages.
08/08/2002
02:27

George W. Bush's Health
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The most stressful thing about being President is the work, but George W. Bush has cut way back on that part of the job.
08/08/2002
01:46

Headlines - P.I.N. Pricks
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Thousands of people in lower Manhattan use ATMs to steal money after 9/11, while two men hired to clear anthrax steal cash earmarked for the Afghan children's fund.
08/08/2002
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