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The 18 Most Patriotic Late Night Clips of the Year (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

Posted: 07/03/2012 1:24 pm

Over the last year, the late night hosts have celebrated everything both wonderful and terrible about America (or Amercia if you're Mitt Romney). This 4th of July, let's all take a look back at the most patriotic late night clips of the year.

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  • Daily Show - National Bullsh*t Ceiling

    Last year at this time, we were all very concerned with Armadebtdon and Jason Jones was warning that we were very close to hitting the National Bullsh*t Ceiling. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/qzKNz0" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Colbert Report - Rick Parry for Iowa (and America)

    <a href="http://www.colbertsuperpac.com/episodeiv-anewhope/" target="_hplink">Colbert Super PAC</a> put its full weight behind Rick <em>Parry</em> in Iowa, including this corn porn campaign ad. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/mTLFiv" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Conan - Media Reacts To Conan's Same-Sex Wedding News

    Before he hosted the <a href="http://gtcha.me/u4Q0uF" target="_hplink">first late night same-sex wedding</a> on stage in New York, Conan O'Brien showed how the media was reacting to the big news.

  • Daily Show - Benjamin Franklin Interview

    To make up for his <a href="http://gtcha.me/ubwGmZ"target="_blank">inadvertent lies about Congress' history of working on Christmas</a>, Jon Stewart went back in time to interview Benjamin Franklin. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/vCoMk7" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • SNL - Tim Tebow Meets Jesus

    Tim Tebow (AKA the <a href="http://gtcha.me/rp5r6W"target="_blank">Rick Perry of the NFL</a>) has an encounter with Jesus in the locker room. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/vIlbqC" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Colbert Report - Rock Me Like a Herman Cain

    Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain weren't quite a united front at the <a href="http://gtcha.me/yiqcIt">"Rock Me Like a Herman Cain"</a> Rally in South Carolina. Colbert tried to the crowd of thousands that a <a href="http://gtcha.me/xiaL1N"target="_blank">vote for Herman Cain</a> is a vote for Stephen Colbert. Meanwhile, Cain maintained that people should vote for <a href="http://gtcha.me/AApr4A">"we the people"</a> (or rather, whoever they felt like voting for). [<a href="http://gtcha.me/zLMa6e" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Letterman - Obama vs. Romney Cool/Not Cool

    David Letterman brought back his classic segment "Cool/Not Cool" to judge the singing ability of <a href="http://gtcha.me/wpN6ev"target="_blank">President Obama</a> and <a href="http://gtcha.me/y6LBb0"target="_blank">Mitt Romney</a>.

  • SNL - Newt Gingrich: Moon President

    <i>SNL</i> looked forward to 2014 when Newt Gingrich finally gets his <a href="http://gtcha.me/yjrHGM"target="_blank">moon colony</a>. "May divorce be with you." [<a href="http://gtcha.me/ygfKrU" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Conan - Clint Eastwood's Over-Dramatic Super Bowl Ad

    Conan O'Brien asks, did <a href="http://gtcha.me/Aopj9z"target="_blank">Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad</a> really need to be so dramatic?

  • Jimmy Fallon - Let's Move with Michelle Obama

    Jimmy Fallon one-upped <a href="http://gtcha.me/yTvRnT"target="_blank">Ellen Degeneres' push-up contest</a> against Michelle Obama. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/zYYlMG" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Bill Maher - National Day of No Outrage

    Bill Maher brought his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/please-stop-apologizing.html?_r=2&src=tp"target="_blank"><i>New York Times</i> op-ed</a> to <i>Real Time</i> and <a href="http://gtcha.me/GXcEU2" target="_hplink">introduced a new persona for Mitt Romney</a>.

  • JImmy Fallon - Slow Jam the News with Obama

    President Obama took further steps to secure his second term by taking <a href="http://gtcha.me/zn9SaF"target="_blank">Brian Williams' place</a> and slow jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/I0kqyx" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Jimmy Kimmel - Unnecessary Censorship at the White House

    Jimmy Kimmel opens his <a href="http://gtcha.me/Ifq6Uq" target="_hplink">White House Correspondents' Dinner speech</a> with a special edition of Unnecessary Censorship.

  • Jay Leno - Obama and Romney's 'Call Me Maybe' Car Dance

    Leave it to Jay Leno to bring Obama and Romney together with the song of the summer. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/Loojgr" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Conan - US Citizenship Test: Most American Pie Edition

    Conan O'Brien attempted to prove how patriotic he is by passing the same US citizenship test that immigrants take.

  • Colbert Report - 'Amercia the Beatiful'

    In honor of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/mitt-romney-iphone-app-with-mitt-america-amercia_n_1555714.html"target="_blank">Mitt Romney's new iPhone app</a>, Stephen Colbert sang "Amercia the Beatiful" for Ronmey 2102. "SUA! SUA! SUA!" [<a href="http://gtcha.me/L0oFL6" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

  • Conan - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

    One of the many highlights of Conan O'Brien's trip to Chicago was his <a href="http://gtcha.me/LbQ3KS" target="_hplink">visit to the Abraham Lincoln Museum</a> where he met not one, but four Lincoln impersonators.

  • Daily Show - Fake President Herman Cain

    John Oliver launched a new series in which he interviews fake President Herman Cain with this segment about Nicolas Cage and National Treasure. [<a href="http://gtcha.me/Nc9NJg" target="_hplink">WATCH VIDEO</a>]

 

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Over the last year, the late night hosts have celebrated everything both wonderful and terrible about America (or Amercia if you're Mitt Romney). This 4th of July, let's all take a look back at the mo...
Over the last year, the late night hosts have celebrated everything both wonderful and terrible about America (or Amercia if you're Mitt Romney). This 4th of July, let's all take a look back at the mo...