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War on Christmas - Historical Fact-Checking Episode #17033 After receiving PolitiFact's lowest grade for his report on the founding fathers' attitudes toward Christmas, Jon goes straight to the source. (05:43) Tags: Josh Gad, Benjamin Franklin, history, on location, Philadelphia, costumes, time travel, war on Christmas, Christmas, founding fathers, Congress, religion, holidays, History Channel, Nazi, aliens, asses, fires, sex, prostitution, Jewish, cars/trucks, drugs, STDs, penises, movies

Aired: 12/12/11

Viewed: 102,712

Indecision 2008 - Franken's Time Episode #14090 Samantha Bee explains that, despite Al Franken's addition to their supermajority, House Democrats are going to need a super duper majority. (04:38) Tags: Samantha Bee, Al Franken, Minnesota, elections, Indecision, Indecision 2008, Norm Coleman, Democrats, filibusters, Senate, on location, Washington DC, founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, slavery, monsters, Saturday Night Live, impressions, competitions

Aired: 07/01/09

Viewed: 70,770

Richard Beeman Episode #14055 Richard Beeman discusses the founding fathers' disagreements and compromises in the composition of the Constitution. (06:47) Tags: Richard Beeman, interviews, books, Constitution, history, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, slavery, government, founding fathers, America

Aired: 04/23/09

Viewed: 39,478

Preview - Week of 6/21/04 Episode #8151 Rob Corddry visits the City of Brotherly Love and bites into a Philly cheesesteak with Benjamin Franklin. (0:42) Tags: Rob Corddry, Philadelphia, food, Benjamin Franklin

Aired: 06/14/04

Viewed: 491

Walter Isaacson Episode #8047 Walter Isaacson talks about the Founding Fathers and how easy it was to invent something in the 18th century. (7:07) Tags: interviews, Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin, Puritan, founding fathers, inventions, energy, discrimination

Aired: 10/22/03

Viewed: 1,097

The Philadelphia Story Episode #5012 Vamce DeGeneres shows why people may want to come back to Philadelphia and retrieve what was stolen from them the first time. (3:15) Tags: Philadelphia, Vance DeGeneres, Rocky, culture, zoos, food, Benjamin Franklin, art, on location

Aired: 08/01/00

Viewed: 632

Vance DeGeneres Reports - A Fine Shrine Episode #4023 One Philadelphia native has gone unrecognized for far too long -- The Three Stooges' Larry Fine deserves a shrine. (4:19) Tags: Vance DeGeneres, Three Stooges, peace, Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, on location

Aired: 08/18/99

Viewed: 1,472

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