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Colbert’s writers kill Hinckley

profxm, February 6, 2008October 20, 2010

Anyone else catch this Colbert Report blurb on Hinckley’s death?

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Comments (4)

  1. chanson says:
    February 6, 2008 at 1:20 am

    That is hilarious!!!

    I saw it earlier here on my brother’s blog.

    Reply
  2. chandelle says:
    February 6, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    i’m sorry, i thought it was funny. even if i was still in the church, i think i would have thought it was funny. but that’s because i worship colbert, not hinckley. come on, who wouldn’t?

    Reply
  3. Guy Noir, Private Eye says:
    February 7, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    why is it that TBMs can’t understand the meaning/application of the concept ‘adulation’???
    Is there something in MoWater that prevents an unbiased perspective?
    Hinckley was a nice, ‘gentlemanly’ Grandpa kinda guy *if you overlook this lies/ambiguity/obfuscation of LDS, Inc*.
    Hinckley’s heritage: Limited Earrings/No tattoos.
    Warm & Fuzzies RULE!

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  4. chanson says:
    February 9, 2008 at 1:50 am

    Chandelle — I know how you feel. When I posted the above comment, I asked myself “How can I be saying that a spot about Hinkley’s death is hilarious?” But really it’s nothing disrespectful about Hinkley.

    Reply

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