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"A Love Affair That Rocketed Out Of Control": FNC And Space Puns

Rachel Sklar |  Posted Wednesday February 7, 2007 at 09:05 AM

Okay, so a murderous astronaut love triangle doesn't exactly come along every day - still, we're not sure that's an excuse for simultaneous space puns, as Greta Van Susteren intoned last night that "police think it's a love affair that rocketed out of control" (if by "out of control" you mean "drove 900 miles in a diaper to confront a rival") while meanwhile the chyron read "LUST IN SPACE" (okay, that one's sort of awesome). We also appreciated the impeccable timing not only of Stephen Colbert ("I'm attacking America's enemies like a spurned astronaut!") but that of his guest, Ohio Congressman Zack — wait for it — Space.

There's a "Sally Ride" joke in here somewhere...please help us find it, or just send us any other goofy astronaut-related space puns so we have an excuse to post our favorite photo of the Millennium Falcon.*

*It's this one.

Also, we just noticed that we'd incorrectly stated that this occurred "tonight" when it was actually "last night" because we started the post "last night" and finished it "this morning" and forgotten to "correctly update." It's fixed now. ETP regrets the error. Also, yes, Klingon-speakers, we know; it was intentional. Sometimes it just amuses us to mess with you.