that's when i put william tapley on the ridiculist, june. i hate to say this, mr.x months tardy to this particular party. let's watch some more colbert report, shall we? >> just look at what tapley has found. starting with the airport's demon horse. see if you can spot the hidden fallice here. >> tack a closer look at the mane on this blue demon horse. >> these sure look like phallic symbols to me. >> and let's roll these crusty old ridiculist from six months ago again. >> let's take a closer look at the mane on this blue demon horse. these sure look like phallic symbols to me. i don't know. what do you think, mr. cooper? >> that's right. you heard it right. he said, "mr. cooper." colbert conveniently left that part out. i did this story three different times six months ago on the ridiculist, and some of the video from the colbert report, some of the video they used came from the third eagle's video responses to my ridiculist. i like to call them ridiculi, but you get the point. in one such video the baggage area is shaped like a phallac. let's see some more colber

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take a look at number five on our countdown. >> time for the ridiculist. to admit, i struggled tonight whether or not to add this person to the list. but i decided in the end that enough is enough. so tonight we're adding a man by the name of stephen colbert to the list. now, at first i must admit i'd forgotten who stephen -- what? colbert? really? are you sure? the "t" is silent? stephen colbert, apparently. my team of professionals tell me i have been on mr. colbert's show, but i have no memory of that. anyway, a couple weeks ago i put sean hannity on the ridiculist because of a clip of his show edited to completely change the meaning of what i said. mr. colbert took issue and accused me of copying him. he went so far as to create something called the absurdu chart just to put me on it. you, sir, are nothing but a thief because your segment "the ridiculist" is a clear rip-off of my on notice board, and for stealing my idea, i am putting you and your ridiculist on my absurdu chart. >> absurdu chart, sorry. words hurt mr. colbert, words hurt. the very idea

take a look at number five on our countdown. >> time for the ridiculist.person to the list but i decided in the end that enough is enough so tonight we're adding a man by the name of stephen colbert to the list. now at first i must admit i had forgotten who stephen colbert -- what, coal-bare? you're sure? the "t" is silent, stephen colbert, my team of pr professionals tell me i have been on mr. colbert's show but i have no memory of that. anyway, a couple weeks ago i put sean hannity on the ridiculist because of a clip of his show edited to completely change the meaning of what i said. mr. colbert took issue and accused me of copying him. he went so far as to create something called the absurd u chart just to put me on it. you, sir, are nothing but a thief because your segment "the ridiculist is a clear rip-off of my on notice board, and for stealing my idea, i am putting you and your ridiculist on my absurdu chart. >> absurdu chart, sorry. words hurt mr. colbert, words hurt. the very idea i am copying you is simply ridonculist which is the original name i

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now i put him on the ridiculist and now he responded. heaven, if you mean man parts here responded again. >> i guess you could call this the rubber match. well, maybe that's not quite the correct term. >> saucy! who knew the co-prophet of the end times would have such a naughty sense of humor. i'm starting to see how he got to be the co-prophet after all. although i think his presentation was a little stiff and perhaps premature. >> i honestly believe that mr. cooper is beginning to agree with me. >> not so fast, third eagle. do you mind if i call you third eagle? i try to keep an open mind. but you lose me when you claim there is a horse at the airport covered in phalluses. in order to prove it, i would need a closer look. >> let's take a closer look at the mane on this blue demon horse. this sure look like phallic symbols to me. i don't know. what do you think, mr. cooper? maybe you think they're ice cream cones. >> note to self, don't ever go to baskin-robbins with the third eagle of the apocalypse. the ice cream parlor is satan's sna

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here's anderson. >> time now for the ridiculist.dding this cat who apparently thinks he looks like me. we saw this -- it does sort of look like me. we saw this on a blog that's called totally looks like. yes, i'm now going after defenseless animals on the ridiculist. back with you, cat, with a lot of nerve. i don't know who you are, where you're from, whether you were here to foreaware of my steely blue eyes. i once peed on the floor. interesting timing with the rampup in publicity for my upcoming daytime talk show. along you come, cat, with your white hair and aloof facial expression. nice try. we're nothing alike. just ask my staff. they'll tell you i'm not at all aloof on the days that i allow them to make eye contact. by the way, cat, don't think that i don't know that there's a whole group of you wanna-bes out there. well done, cat. but spread the word to all your friends, i'm on to your scam. i spotted this alpaca who knows there's sex in the air but doesn't care. that alpaca looks like it might be a bit of a freak in the barn

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because your segment, the "ridiculist," is a clear rip-off of my "on notice" board. i am putting you and your "ridiculist" on my absurdoo chart. all right. there you go. boom!

>>> tonight top ridiculist count down of 2011.er eight, flashback to the third eagle of the apocalypse and his earthy obsession. >>> we're counting down the top ten ridiculists of 2011, based on your votes, incidentally. tonight in at number eight one of our staff favorites featuring the guy who calls himself the third eagle of the apocalypse. here is anderson. >> tonight we have what i believe is the first ever ridiculist three-peat and who better to make ridiculous history than william tapley better known as -- >> the third eagle of the apocalypse and the co-prophet of the end times. >> how do you get to be the co-prophet of the end times? is it such a sought-after position that they had to divide it up? as any fan of the third eagle's youtube videos knows he is for some inexplicable reason obsessed with hidden fallacies he sees all over the denver international airport. >> they are evil. they are signs of satanism. and on this program i will point out that many of them are phalic symbols. >> a prominent penguin penis he has hig

because your segment, the "ridiculist," is a clear rip-off of my "on notice" board. i am putting you and your "ridiculist" on my absurdoo chart. all right. there you go. boom! >> who is the thief now, sir? who is the thief now? i wait your response. let's see. it's december. it takes you guys about six months. whathe

claims to see fall phalluss in the denver international airport's at work. >> time now for the ridiculist. colbert did a story about what's going on in the denver international airport. >> what is going on in denver? no one has been able to crack the code-- until you. >> phallic symbol. phallic phallic phallic phallic. shaved phallic. somebody's butt. >> i did the story three different times six months ago on the ridicculist in june. that's when i did it. june. i hate to say this, mr. colbert, you, sir, are about six months tardy to this particular phallus party. (audience reacts) >> gachl. and it was foolish of me to believe that even on my best day i could beat anderson cooper to a phallus party. (laughter) i'm sorry. i'm sorry. (cheers and applause) that's journalisticettes 10 1. once a news organization covers a story, it is off limits to every other organization! that's why after woodward and bernstein broke the watergate story, for the next six months the "new york times" simply ran the headline: see "washington post." (laughter) ander son cooper, apologize for riding your phallus t

like i said, i should be on your ridiculist if that's what i was saying. >> i'm glad you could clarifyant to say. one of the comments that jerry sandusky has made that has gotten a lot of attention was his response to bob costas, and i just want to play that for our viewers who may not be familiar with it. >> are you a pedophile? >> no. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underaged boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted? you know, no, i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. i -- but no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> to a lot of people, that raises a lot of questions and is not -- you know, usually most people if you were asked are you sexually attracted to young boys, people would just say categorically no. >> i think he does almost say categorically no at the beginning, but he repeats the question, says no, then expounds a little bit, says no. i understand why people would think the answer means something, but i've said this before and i'll say it again, a very articulate person might have said it differently

take a look. >> anderson cooper famously put gerard depardieu on his ridiculist.outube it is funny, he does this thing about him making -- having to go wee wee in the aisle. he said at least it wasn't gerard depart two. >> i have no memory of that at all. i don't know what she is talking about. what? wait. oh. all right. all right. fine, go ahead roll it but consider this your christmas present, control room. all i can say they shoulds that their lucky stars this wasn't depart two. sorry. that made me giggle. depart two. i know you got t sorry. sorry, this has actually never

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plus we wrap up the ridiculist top ten countdown with the number one ridiculist of the year.oh, i'm so happy for you. congratulations. >> i can't believe this. >> so happy for you. i'm so pleased that you're going to be my daughter-in-law. oh, congratulations. >> i can't believe this. >> after 15 years of not acting, jane fonda burst back on to the scene with her 2005 film "m "monster-in-law" with jennifer lopez. one of the best fi films you have made. >> well, it is a fantastic role and one of the best things i have done and i knew that spending 10 years with ted turner i could play outrageous and over the top in a way that was lovable, and he taught me that. it was just a fabulous part. i knew that people would come to the movie because of jennifer, and they would discover, rediscover jane fonda. >> i want to talk to you briefly about two iconic people in the world of entertainment. marilyn monroe and michael jackson. marilyn monroe movie is out and i interviewed michelle williams about the movie last week, and what do you believe is the biggest misconception about her? >>

journalism, so just go with the flow on the ridiculist. >> that was it, the number one ridiculist of the year. thank you for those, all of you, who voted for it. you can watch all top ten in our blog in the featured section of the cnn app for ipad. that does it for this edition of "360." we'll be on again at 10:00. join us saturday night and ring in the new year with me and kathy griffin. piers morgan starts now. >>> tonight, a hollywood icon in her own words. >> i'm my father's daughter in the sense that i do believe strongly in things. >> the unique and remarkable jane fonda on her politics. >> we're going to have to stop trying to be objective and start telling the truth. it has to start with the media. >> her extraordinary life and loves. how many times do you think you've properly been in love in your life? >> oh, maybe five times. it's a lot. >> her outstanding film career, from sex symbol to oscar winner. her workout empire. >> do you work out? >> i try. you know, i sort of -- it's what i call a british workout where you do it so you can carry on eating and drinking. and what

coming up, though, we're counting down anderson's top ten on the ridiculist.en joe biden got sleepy during a presidential speech? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. ♪ this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. >>> tonight we're going to start counting down the top ten ridiculists of 2011, determined by your votes on the ac 360 blog. coming in at number ten, anderson's tribute back in april to a very sleepy joe biden. >> tonight we're adding vice president joe biden. now it's not as dangerous as -- [ snoring ] -- as air traffic controllers nodding off on the job. >> to keep the promise we made to care for our seniors. it says that ten years from now, if you're a 65-year-old who's eligible for medicare, you you should have to pay nearly $6400 more than you would today. >> all right. granted, it was a pretty long speech, and president obama did have a mellifluous voice, one that can be soporific. just ask the kids at west point commencement speech. >> schools that promote academic excellence, per

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like i said, i should be on your ridiculist if that's what i was saying. >> all right. you meant to say. one of the comments that jerry sandusky has made, that has gotten a lot of attention was his response to bob costas. and i want to play that for our viewers, who may not be familiar with it. >> are you a pedophile? >> no. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys? to underage boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted? you know, i enjoy young people. i -- i love to be around them. i -- i -- but, no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> to a lot of people, that raises a lot of questions and is not -- you know, that usually, most people, if you were asked, are you sexually attracted to young boys, most people would just say, categorically, no. >> i think he does almost say categorically no at the beginning, but he repeats the question, says no, and then expounds a little bit and reaffirms the no. i understand why some people might think that the answer means something. but i've said this before and i'll say it again. a ve

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>> first, let me tell you, if i had said that, it would have been on the ridiculist.n a response to a hypothetical. i was asked by the reporter, could you think of any reason that an adult man would ever get in a shower with an adult boy or a youth. and i answered that up as an answer to a hypothetical, and when they played it, they just played the clip of my answer. so it was unfairly drawn out, i believe, and then took on a life of its own with the media. but what's important is, that's not what i'm saying that jerry sandusky was doing. what i'm saying in the aggregate was, he didn't do anything criminal at any time with any of these children or any of these boys, therefore, it doesn't really matter whether being in the shower was smart or not smart, it simply wasn't criminal. >> so just to be clear, and i'm glad you're on to correct, if this was taken out of context, as you're saying it was, by this local station, you are not claiming that jerry sandusky, that that's one of miss motivations, to teach a teenage boy how to use soap? >> no, no. and that is not what i