Colbert Plays "Sanction, Bomb, Marry" With Head Of Ploughshares Fund (VIDEO)

In his "Better Know a Lobby" segment, Colbert took on Ploughshares Fund, an organization dedicated to preventing the use of nuclear and biological weapons.

Colbert, an unabashed fan of the Cold War, reveled in the chance to talk nuclear warfare -- especially when given the opportunity to recreate the devastation caused by an "awesome" nuclear explosion. He took it a step further, playing a game called "Sanction, Bomb, Marry" with Joseph Cirincione, the head of the anti-WMD lobby. Cirincione reluctantly admitted he'd bomb North Korea and of course, Colbert lapped up his destruction of Ploughshare's credibility.

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[kevman08]

04:33 PM on 12/03/2009

Only Colbert could help a stand up guy make fun of themself,,,,haha!

[etiennemacchias]

10:57 AM on 12/02/2009

I literally busted out laughing at his visual imitation of a nuclear bomb going off.

Coworkers wondering what's going on... Embarrassing.

[don quixote12]

03:32 PM on 12/03/2009

I just did the exact same thing. (Ooops, nope. I'm not doing that data entry after all. :)

[rodrigo72]

10:35 AM on 12/02/2009

In Brazil, the only thing that is enriching uranium ... People increasingly poor.

Oh my God.

[cceras]

09:00 AM on 12/02/2009

Best EVER impression of a nuclear explosion. SC rocks!

[xstevejx]

01:10 AM on 12/02/2009

How many others can leave a short comment here to just to pass along their lame blog link?

[SammyDylan]

11:37 PM on 12/01/2009

Stephen Colbert is my hero.

[jasonfebery]

11:36 PM on 12/01/2009

Stephen Colbert is a genius!

http://www.jasonfebery.wordpress.com

[jdrourke]

08:44 PM on 12/01/2009

Darnit, Stephen!! I need you to rake those DC party-crashers over the coals. Do your worst, man!

http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/dear-white-house-party-crashers/

[banelos]

06:55 PM on 12/01/2009

Hilarious nuclear-explosion impression by Stephen. Kudos to the head of Ploughshares Fund, he played along for the fun of it.

[Tyler-Durden]

03:36 PM on 12/01/2009

what is funnier? his impression of the explosion, or his high-5'ing after "trashing the guy's credibility"?

Colbert IS the master. i don't know anyone funnier.

[truffleshuffle]

08:53 PM on 12/01/2009

the impression of the explosion is now one of my favorite things thats ever happened on the show

[foolsage]

12:58 AM on 12/02/2009

That was freaking hilarious. Great segment.

[LMPE]

03:14 PM on 12/01/2009

"The Colbert Report" is da bomb.

[rigmoten]

03:10 PM on 12/01/2009

Very funny.

[ChrisDWard]

02:13 PM on 12/01/2009

This was one of CR's funniest bits. The guy he was interviewing played right along with it too, and didn't get flustered or annoyed and Stephen's antics. He's hilarious.

[jeremyemilio]

10:07 AM on 12/01/2009

That impression of a nuclear explosion is by far and away the very best impression I have ever seen in my entire life.

[pirx]

08:16 PM on 12/01/2009

Second. Perhaps because I am of a certain age, (i.e. I practiced ducking under my desk during the missile crisis) have been seeing that same stock footage of nuclear explosions for as long as I can remember. I loved that recreation.

I still give the Emmy to Jon Stewart for the Glenn Beck riff, but Colbert's Bomb gives him some serious competition.

[rini]

08:46 PM on 12/01/2009

His bomb was the bomb.