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The Emmys

Episode #03115

Stephen has nothing against the other Emmy nominees -- except Jon Stewart. (4:19)

Tags:  Emmy Awards,  Saginaw Spirit,  Americone Dream,  Hungarian Bridge,  Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle,  mascots,  Air Colbert,  Richard Branson,  Stephanie Colbertle the Turtle,  Sean Penn,  George Lucas,  Star Wars,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  challenges,  Jane Fonda,  Jon Stewart,  Tony Bennett,  Barry Manilow,  Jimmy,  Willie Nelson,  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,  drugs,  WristStrong,  painkillers,  Hiphopketball: A Jazzebration

Aired: 09/13/2007 | Views: 44,154
Intro - 4/19/07

Episode #03052

John Edwards spends $400 on a haircut, and Sean Penn faces off against Stephen in an epic battle of the metaphors. (0:30)

Tags:  intro,  John Edwards,  Dennis Kucinich,  Sean Penn,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  challenges

Aired: 04/19/2007 | Views: 106,497
God's Pet Chimp

Episode #03052

Human DNA has stopped evolving because God got us right the first time when he intelligently designed us. (2:35)

Tags:  trademark,  Sean Penn,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  science,  evolution,  Beppo,  God,  religion,  movies,  animals,  rage,  monkeys!

Aired: 04/19/2007 | Views: 6,543
Sean Penn

Episode #03052

Stephen asks Sean Penn if he snuck weapons of mass destruction out of Iraq in a bulky raincoat to embarrass the president. (5:00)

Tags:  interviews,  Sean Penn,  stand by our president,  celebrities,  George W. Bush,  Iraq,  wars,  Vietnam,  San Francisco,  terrorism,  WMDs,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  challenges

Aired: 04/19/2007 | Views: 135,174
Meta-Free-Phor-All: Shall I Nail Thee to a Summer's Day?

Episode #03052

Stephen has a metaphor for Sean Penn: Sean Penn is a big mean jerk, and Stephen hates him. (8:27)

Tags:  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  Robert Pinsky,  Sean Penn,  George W. Bush,  Dick Cheney,  wars,  challenges,  poetry,  celebrities,  books

Aired: 04/19/2007 | Views: 269,749
Hyperbole-Off

Episode #03052

Stephen may have lost the Meta-Free-Phor-All to Sean Penn, but he will not lose his upcoming Hyperbole-Off to George Clooney. (0:34)

Tags:  George Clooney,  Sean Penn,  Robert Pinsky,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  challenges,  poetry

Aired: 04/19/2007 | Views: 5,420
Sign Off - Upcoming Metaphor-Off

Episode #03051

Stephen's going to take on Sean Penn like white takes on rice. (0:13)

Tags:  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  Sean Penn,  challenges,  sign off

Aired: 04/18/2007 | Views: 1,922
Metaphor-Off Training

Episode #03050

To train for his Metaphor Off against Sean Penn, Stephen has been stretching his metonymies and doing synecdoche squats. (2:07)

Tags:  Sean Penn,  challenges,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  George W. Bush,  liberal,  Jimmy

Aired: 04/17/2007 | Views: 2,209
The Metaphor-Off Is On

Episode #03049

Sean Penn picks up the gauntlet after Stephen draws a line in the sand. (2:09)

Tags:  Sean Penn,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  George W. Bush,  movies,  pundits,  bacon

Aired: 04/16/2007 | Views: 1,904
The Word - Clean Slate

Episode #03049

Stephen feels the only way Alberto Gonzales can get a clean slate is to clean his own slate. (3:51)

Tags:  The Word,  Don Imus,  Alberto Gonzales,  Soledad O'Brien,  torture,  Sean Penn,  Meta-Free-Phor-All,  George W. Bush

Aired: 04/16/2007 | Views: 1,468