USA-England: Cold War!
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert explores the strained relations between America and England stemming from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Robert Green's spill in the platinum mining region of South Africa:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| America's Strained Relationship With England | ||||
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By
Steve Goff
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June 15, 2010; 10:58 AM ET
Categories:
2010 World Cup
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England
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TV
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U.S. men's national team
| Tags: Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, USA-England, World Cup
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Posted by: joe_hill | June 15, 2010 11:04 AM | Report abuse
I loved it -- Colbert exploited it better than the Daily Show.
But I still can't forgive him for having Mark Fisher on.
Posted by: Reignking | June 15, 2010 11:05 AM | Report abuse
Plenty of "eff bp" chants pregame where I was Saturday.
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | June 15, 2010 11:08 AM | Report abuse
Unbelievably funny!
"We are going all the way... to the next game."
Going out to get my Freedom Muffins today.
Posted by: Rand-al-Thor | June 15, 2010 11:47 AM | Report abuse
Hey, Colbert ripped off some of his lines from 270, and that's no joke . . .
But Freedom Muffins, that's very good.
Posted by: OWNTF | June 15, 2010 11:54 AM | Report abuse
He still doesn't come off as much of a soccer fan... I hate it when he does that pretend to fall asleep thing... Still one can't help like Colbert and his show...
Fox Soccer Jamie Trecker calls the English "arrogant":
Posted by: dwreck1971 | June 15, 2010 12:28 PM | Report abuse
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another good video, US v England highlights in lego form:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUnU3B6WsJ4