Mock interviews have been all the rage for almost a decade now, starting off with Stuttering John of the Howard Stern show, and Ali-G of HBO fame, and moving on to quick-minded Comedy Central geniuses like Stephen Colbert.
This clip burning up the internet today is the latest, if not the greatest, mock interview. Stephen Colbert's target is Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington DC's representative in Congress. It really is a perfect example of the genre, with the unwitting interviewee showing just the right amount of shock when Colbert makes outlandish remarks, such as the premise that Washington DC isn't actually "in" the United States, and that, by definition, she, being born in our nation's capitol, is not an American citizen.
When Representative Norton makes a mental error, and Colbert says, "You see why they don't let you have a vote?" it's just classic victim comedy.
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