Something light for a Friday Afternoon

Okay, so I've used this before on the old site, it is just too hilarious not to call to attention at least one more time! Steven Colbert's Tek Jansen shows us the (f?)utility of time travel to alter the past.

[UPDATE] There seems to be a problem on the Comedy Central end of things, hopefully it will be resolved!

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