That was awesome. Thanks for posting that. And Colbert's line before closing the segment had me laughing so hard I might have woken up neighbors!
Nathan | 02.13.08 - 1:43 am | #

Ok..that was timely. It was great indeed.
phil Onochie | 02.13.08 - 1:45 am | #

that was a hoot! lol colbert was awesome!
Scholastica | 02.13.08 - 2:01 am | #

Philip Zimbardo is actually an AMAZING and increadibly important psychologist. He was behind the Standford Prison Study, and is one of modern psychology's most influential minds.

that said... funny clip.
andrew | 02.13.08 - 3:42 am | #

Awesome clip. Thanks for sharing.

and while Zimbardo may be an amazing psychologist, his theology isn't all that great (at least if this video is anything to judge by).

Oh Colbert... *shakes head*
Rosario | Homepage | 02.13.08 - 4:01 am | #

And here we have the nub. The 1971 Stanford Prison Study was important and disturbing. The amateur theologising is risible. Dawkins, another good scientist turned amateur theologian, springs to mind. Cobbler, stick to thy last.
Londiniensis | 02.13.08 - 6:50 am | #

"If God was into reconciliation . . . " Egad.

Lots wrong with Zimbardo's statement.
TNP | 02.13.08 - 7:18 am | #

Hilarious. Professors should think twice before going on Colbert's show. Meanwhile, I am impressed that Colbert can take someone's bad theology and tie it up in knots. Best theological comeback ever.
Seraphic Single | Homepage | 02.13.08 - 10:24 am | #

"I teach Sunday School, *bleep*"

If that line was on a T-shirt, I'd buy it ;-)
Fuinseoig | 02.13.08 - 10:36 am | #

Nice.
Marcel LeJeune | Homepage | 02.13.08 - 11:15 am | #

Shoot, I missed it, where can I see it???
Rob Koechl | 02.13.08 - 7:51 pm | #

Here's the comedy central url:

http://www.comedycentral.com/ mot...ml_video=149094

Enjoy!
Christopher Milton | 02.13.08 - 9:40 pm | #

Thanks Chris, I tried looking for it and didn't find it straight away - fixed!
AmericanPapist | Homepage | 02.13.08 - 10:20 pm | #

Holy ****, color me impressed. I guess I don't watch Colbert enough to expect that from him.

The "evil twin" tried his best to pull the "foul is fair and fair is foul" (Macbeth) move we see the other side doing all the time.

I'm really glad Colbert pulled out a good dose of truth in his smackdown. BTW, "Pull" is my word of the day.
GW | 02.15.08 - 2:17 pm | #