Colbert on Gore's Nobel

By purepedantry on October 17, 2007.

This is just priceless. Stephen Colbert talks about the vanishing awards that he can win now that Gore has the Nobel. (Sorry about the ads.)

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*sigh* Not one science blogger has yet mentioned that Colbert is now officially running for president... Where are your priorities people?

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