Colbert Report Planet Pluto Smackdown

Oo, yeah.
Stephen Colbert brings back Neil deGrasse Tyson and does an IAU smackdown.
Charon, Ceres and Xena get it.

Wait for the YouTube, someone will have it for us by morning I'm sure.

He was very good. Stephen was pretty good also.

Here is original Neil Tyson appearance on YouTube while we wait for someone to get last nights clip up...

And here it is
Thanks to Robert at Rev. BigDumbChimp

Awesome. Absolutely f'ing awesome.

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I was laughing my ass off at that last night. I think I've searched 5 times this morning on YouTube to see if it had been posted yet.

Neil Young was awesome as well.