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Headlines - Plane in Vain

Season 3 • 03/04/1999

NASA recreates the Wright Brothers' first flight complete with layovers.

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01:06

Other News - Drunken Donuts
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Citing a 50 percent drop in sales and major revenue losses, Dunkin' Donuts decides to close its only Moscow branch.
03/03/1999
02:58

Back in Black - Pope's CD
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Lewis Black grooves to Pope John Paul II's new CD, which when listened to backwards, proves that the pope is dead.
03/04/1999
02:14

Headlines - Shania's Twain
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Shania's first televised concert gets so hot, fireworks start coming out of her Twain.
03/04/1999
00:11

Moment of Zen - Merlot Chugs
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Merlot the magician chugs a bottle of wine.
03/04/1999
01:10

Other News - Night Train in Vain
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The Wine Market Council is trying to get people to drink wine more often, like when they're eating dinner or driving.
03/04/1999
01:01

This Just In - Thomas Paine in Vain
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Massachusetts relaxes its gun control laws for Revolutionary War re-enactors, leaving the state wide open to blunderbussing.
03/04/1999
03:47

Big Foot-Long
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Vance DeGeneres heads to the Poconos, where a local resident recounts an interaction with a hot dog-hungry Bigfoot.
03/04/1999
04:00

Ryan Phillippe
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Ryan Phillippe is relegated to infomercial status on "The View" once Barbara Walters procures an interview with Monica Lewinsky.
03/04/1999
00:35

Recap - 3/4/99
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Jon recaps the day's events, fixating one more time on Shania's Twain.
03/04/1999
01:16

Corrections/Retractions/Apologies - Shania's Twain
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Jon apologizes for accusing Shania Twain of shooting fireworks from her groin.
03/04/1999
01:11

Headlines - Plane in Vain
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NASA attempts to recreate the first flight, right down to the three hour layover in Atlanta.
03/04/1999
01:05

Headlines - Little Voice
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George Stephanopoulos releases a tell-all book about the counseling and medication he received aboard the Clinton roller coaster.
03/08/1999
01:11

Other News - The Terminated
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A Japanese official is terminated for allowing Arnold Schwarzenegger into the country without a passport.
03/08/1999
00:34

Recap - 3/8/99
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Jon recaps the day's events, including a question about the health concerns involved in directing Tom Cruise.
03/08/1999
04:07

Ian McKellen
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Ian McKellen talks about the life of James Whale and the differences between prejudice in America and in Britain .
03/08/1999
00:13

Moment of Zen - Splashdown
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A hot air balloon splashes down in the middle of the ocean.
03/08/1999
00:51

Headlines - Piece of Astronaut
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NASA sends a all-woman mission to determine the effects of space on nagging and changing clothes.
03/08/1999
03:34

Face the Music
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Vance DeGeneres travels to bucolic Colorado, where the judicial system is drowning out drive-by blarings with Wayne Newton.
03/08/1999
03:17

Out at the Movies with Frank DeCaro - Best Supporting Lightning Round
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Frank DeCaro likes Lynn Redgrave and James Coburn for Best Suppoting nods, but he loves Ed Harris.
03/08/1999
00:46

Intro - Heightism
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Jon is spooked by the appearances of a freakishly large man in the audience.
03/08/1999
01:58

Weekend Roundup - Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick is dead and his work is incomprehensible.
03/08/1999
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