TVSquad

It's Martin Luther King day, ladies and gentleman. In honor of this day, the FBI will spy on all of us. What a treat!

"Nukes of Hazard": Iran announced the reinstitution of its uranium fun time. Bush responded by showing off his use of the word "diplomacy". He can use it in sentence form... but can he spell it... backwards?! Well, bottom line is that Bush really likes "diplomacy". The word, anyway.

Guest correspondent John Hodgman joined in to educate us on just how the Iranians might use the uranium if they were to make a nuclear missile. He spoke about the dangers and illustrated by showing a couple of schematics he found on the Internet (with the help of a young person). At first, Jon looked concerned, but the concern turned to confusion when he spotted apples in the "Go-A-Lator" part of the missile. He asked if uranium would be more effective than a few apples. Great. Thanks a lot, Jon. Now the Iranians know how to make nukes. Damn it. Now there's no stopping the Iranians because they've already got the technology to break those seals on their nuclear sites. On a related note: A few months ago, Hodgman was a guest on the show (promoting his book The Areas of My Expertise) and I said, "'Why isn't Hodgman a correspondent?' He's got the perfect deadpan delivery and his sense of humor fits TDS perfectly".  Whoa, use of "perfect" twice in one sentence... Not cool. Anyway, ahem -- Did the TDS gods hear me? Was this just a coincidence? Probably the latter, but still, to put it in everyday terms: Dude, I totally called it. So, someone make me a special t-shirt or something. Hodgman was hilarious as a guest correspondent. Hopefully, he'll come and do some more reports every once in a while (like Demetri Martin with his "Trendspotting" segments).

"This Week in God": Catholics (those addicted to cats) bumped out the concept of Limbo. Can they... do that? Well, I guess they can. This is all a part of a plan to make the religion more appealing to countries where there are high mortality rates for children (since unbaptized babies go to Limbo). Right on. Forget promoting birth control... Just reorganize the whole Netherworld. Rob Corddry then tried to lead a round of "Name that Chant"... It didn't go so well. Well, that's what you get for playing with an ignorant audience that doesn't bother learning about tuban throat singing.

The night's guest was Eugene Jarecki, director of Why We Fight, "a commentary on the contemporary obsession of the American elite with military power" (had to quote because I really couldn't think of a bettery way to put it). The conversation ranged from Eisenhower's warning about the industrial complex to The Matrix. All in all, it was an interesting conversation about the American people's various reactions to the war.

Jon checked in with Stephen Colbert (I seriously need a name for this part... "TDS-Colbert hook-up"?), who was super-psyched about his own South Carolina Panthers. Yes. His own. Moment of Zen: That Bush guy sure likes "diplomacy".