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Senate Democrat Suggests Trying to Keep the State Legislature Off the Daily Show

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 1 2013 at 12:57 PM

Democratic Senator Steve Gallardo

Democratic state Senator Steve Gallardo seems to get it -- every year, legislators make asses of themselves by passing, or even just by proposing, ridiculous laws.

We've seen all kinds of pleas from the few legislators who don't want to play along with the "meth lab of democracy," but we like Gallardo's plea before the Senate yesterday, as some of the ultra-right-wingers were proposing to let regular Arizonans decide whether they think the federal government's doing something unconstitutional -- this is how we all end up looking like asses on national television.

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-Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Colbert Report

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 22 2013 at 3:58 PM

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Comedy Central

The joke's on Arizona so much that we had to separate the state's best appearances on Comedy Central "news" shows into two lists.

Last week, we brought you some of the best Arizona-themed segments from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Now, we've gone through the Colbert Report's archives, to bring you the other half of the best Arizona-based mockery on television.

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-Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 15 2013 at 2:05 PM

Categories: Laugh Track, List This

In case you haven't noticed, the state of Arizona gets a hell of a lot of play on Comedy Central's "news" programs.

Really, there's plenty of material for the writers to work with, and it seems like it's hard to go a month without seeing Arizona being the butt of either Jon Stewart's or Stephen Colbert's jokes. So, going through a search of the Daily Show's Arizona-related clips -- 152 of them, according to the website -- we've picked out the top 10 Arizona appearances for your sigh-inducing enjoyment.

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Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal Star as Complete Asses on the Colbert Report

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Feb. 13 2013 at 1:00 PM

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Comedy Central

Please reset the "days without an Arizona-related Comedy Central news segment" counter back to zero.

Thanks to Sheriff Joe Arpaio taking this weekend to exploit dead children by inviting the media and a pseudo-celebrity to a simulated school shooting, Arpaio and Steven Seagal were featured on yesterday's edition of the Colbert Report.

See also:
-Is Steven Seagal a Certified Doofus?
-Arpaio's Posse Doing a School-Shooting Simulation With Steven Seagal
-Steven Seagal Resigned Rather Than Face IA Investigation
-New Times Rolls With Joe Arpaio's School-Patrol Posse; Nobody Dies
-Joe Arpaio Releases List of Posse-Patrolled Schools, Talks Publicity Stunts

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arizona, colbert report, guns, joe arpaio, newtown shooting, nra, sandy hook elementary shooting, school shooting, shooting, stephen colbert, steven seagal

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Charles Barkley Pretty Much Took Over ABC 15 Last Night (Videos)

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jan. 28 2013 at 8:23 AM

Categories: Laugh Track, Weather or Not

abc15.com

There's King Charles, doin' the weather.

Remember what Godzilla did to Tokyo? That's pretty much what Charles Barkley did to ABC 15 last night.

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-Further Proof Charles Barkley is the Worst Golfer Ever (VIDEO)

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Joe Arpaio's Posse: The COPS Episode (Kind of)

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Jan. 8 2013 at 1:45 PM

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Comedy Central

As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to dispatch volunteer members of his "posse" to go fiddle-fart around public schools with guns, our colleague Stephen Lemons points out that the posse members sure aren't cops.

However, as is usually the case when the day's news-of-the-dumb comes from Arizona, there's a relevant segment from the Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

See also:
-Joe Arpaio's School-Patrolling Posse Not POST Certified; I.E., They Ain't Cops
-Joe Arpaio's Posse People Starting Armed School Patrols; Which Schools Yet Unknown

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The McCain Train

Flashback: John McCain Calling John Kerry "Mr. Secretary"

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Dec. 24 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Laugh Track, The McCain Train

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Senator John McCain

In a move that wasn't exactly unexpected, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for the secretary of state post to replace Hillary Clinton.

That reminds us of the moment earlier this month when Senator John McCain -- who essentially forced out Obama's original pick for the spot, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice -- called Kerry "Mr. Secretary."

See also:
-John McCain Gets His Way: Susan Rice Out of the Running for Secretary of State
-John McCain Royally Clowned on Benghazi by Jon Stewart: Remember the WMD
-John McCain's Getting Clowned for His Latest Complaint About the Benghazi Situation
-John McCain's Theory of Obama Misleading Public on Benghazi May Be in the Toilet
-John McCain Has Officially Made President Obama Angry Over the Benghazi Ordeal

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arizona, barack obama, benghazi, john kerry, john mccain, libya, president obama, susan rice

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For the Ladies

12 News Anchor Mark Curtis' Mustache May Cause Female Orgasms (Says Stephen Colbert)

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Dec. 5 2012 at 12:52 PM

Categories: For the Ladies, Laugh Track, Media, Schmedia

That mustache is a possible catalyst for female orgasms.

The porn-star mustache on the upper lip of 12 News anchor Mark Curtis may help women reach orgasm during sex -- at least, according to the Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert.

Explaining treatments for what Colbert calls Low-T and Low-O (testosterone, and orgasm, respectively), Colbert referenced a 12 News segment of Curtis explaining Tefina, a nasal spray that a lot of people are calling the "female Viagra."

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Fred Thompson Jokes About Gilbert Woman Running Over Husband, Is Insulting to Humor

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Nov. 19 2012 at 3:18 PM

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Fred Thompson has zero good jokes.

Somehow, we found out today that former U.S. Senator and one-time awful presidential candidate Fred Thompson tells jokes on Twitter.

"AZ woman ran over husband w/ SUV because he didn't vote for Romney," one of Thompson's alleged jokes says. "Well, on the bright side, Obamacare covers treadmark removal."

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-Man Run Over by Wife for Not Voting Against Obama May Be Permanently Disfigured

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arizona, barack obama, election 2012, fred thompson, holly solomon, jokes, president obama

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Daily Show Hits the "Meth Lab of Democracy" Again to Show Government Gridlock Isn't Bad

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Nov. 16 2012 at 2:02 PM

Categories: Laugh Track

Yet again, Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart found a reason to hit up Arizona -- or the "meth lab of democracy," as its host calls it.

See also:
-After Election Day, AZ's Far Right Now Has a Fight on Its Hands
-Jon Stewart Calls Arizona "The Meth Lab of Democracy" for Wild West Legislation
-Daily Show Makes Fool of Tucson Schools Official Over Ban of Ethnic Studies Classes

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