Rep. Dan Maffei On Colbert: Prostitutes, Cocaine, NAMBLA, Oh My! (VIDEO)

Stephen Colbert's latest iteration of his awkward-moment inducing series, "Better Know A District," went after new comedic ground by revisiting one of the series most notorious, and hilarious, moments. On Tuesday, Colbert presented his interview with Rep. Dan Maffei of New York's 25th congressional district.

The freshman Democrat came across as genial and game, a bit overexcited about his proximity to Syracuse, perhaps a too easy mark for a 'man/boy love' joke. But overall, Maffei's good humor served him well -- at least better than his beer-shotgunning skills, which proved to be a bit of a failure.

Maffei, a self-described nerd, allowed himself to be filmed wearing a fake beard and mustache, along with Colbert, the premise being that they would behave like their "evil twins" in a manner according to an old Star Trek episode. Through this device, Colbert managed to stage a redux of his famous interview with Florida Rep. Robert Wexler, during which he got Wexler to admit that cocaine and hookers were both "fun things to do." Using the evil twin beards, Colbert managed the following exchange:

COLBERT: Evil Congressman Maffei, let's say a few things the good Congressman Maffei would never say. Complete this sentence.

MAFFEI: Yes.

COLBERT: I enjoy cocaine because...

MAFFEI: You know.. I...

COLBERT: You are not Congressman Maffei. You are now evil your evil twin.

MAFFEI: I enjoy cocaine because...

COLBERT: Say, "This gives me joy."

MAFFEI: It gives me joy!

COLBERT: Well said. "I enjoy the company of prostitutes for the the following reasons..."

MAFFEI: I enjoy the company of prostitutes for the following reasons: it represses women, it's generally illegal...

COLBERT: And this gives you joy?

MAFFEI: It does.

Uhm...okay. Maffei may have been a little too ready to talk about prostitutes, there.

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Comments

[RJII]

02:40 PM on 04/09/2009

hilarious

[karela]

10:15 AM on 04/09/2009

The guy was a good sport. I liked him better than I would have if he'd acted like a stuffed shirt.

[justdan]

10:03 AM on 04/09/2009

Please Stephen, come to my home district ("The fightin' 7th") in central Virginia and "better know" my congressma­n: Eric Cantor! Now THAT would be interestin­g.

[gatogato]

11:17 PM on 04/08/2009

Kudos to both.

[GlenRast]

10:51 PM on 04/08/2009

For those who don't know him he's been talking a lot to people who are being screwed by credit card companies and could become a major force in the drive to end the arbitrary tripling of interest rates.

[Smirk]

10:38 PM on 04/08/2009

Maffei is truly a good sport. That was the funniest interview I've seen in the entire "Better Know a District" series.

[Fyrefly86]

11:54 PM on 04/10/2009

Robert Wexler and Eleanor Holmes Norton were good too....

[700rpm]

09:33 PM on 04/08/2009

What a great and human thing for Muffy to do. Right up there with a pie in the face. As a friend of mine once commented, "The sooner we realize we're all just goobers, the better off we'll be."

[RipCity]

08:30 PM on 04/08/2009

Stephen Colbert IS the god.

[LeeCalif]

07:56 PM on 04/08/2009

Well done, Congressma­n Maffei !!

Signed,
An Impressed Contributo­r

[grapegrower]

07:38 PM on 04/08/2009

it was a hilarious moment only superceded by queen noor being even a better sport later on the same program.
arise sir stephen!

[LittlePurpleUSA]

06:33 PM on 04/08/2009

Saw this last night. HILARIOUS! I wish Colbert will come to my district and rag on Tim Bishop.

[TruthmongerII]

05:22 PM on 04/08/2009

Lisa, you would be thinking of Lenin, and not John ;)

[lisakaz2]

02:48 PM on 04/08/2009

That pic of Colbert is great. Bettter than Esteban. Who does it remind me of? Lenin? Snidely Whiplash? Help someone!

[peterg76]

02:37 PM on 04/08/2009

Someone who claimed to not enjoy cocaine and prostitute­s - that would be impressive­.

[frantaylor]

04:39 PM on 04/08/2009

"Why should I go out for hamburger when I can get steak at home?"

- Paul Newman

[Koolmorning]

06:53 PM on 04/08/2009

Nonsense!

Let he who never lusted over a cheap fast encounter with a juicy Burger in the middle of the night cast the first stone.

[Feanor]

08:33 PM on 04/08/2009

I prefer to have both.

[trimom]

01:50 PM on 04/08/2009

The Congressma­n was a good sport. He knew what he was doing and went along anyway. Good fun.

Although, I wonder who had to clean the beer from the carpets.