Tuesday night’s episode of The Colbert Report hit a theme that had proved popular online throughout the day: comparing Libya’s dictator to unstable actor Charlie Sheen. The difference: Unlike most attempts at that analogy, which is unfair on its basic premise, Colbert’s proved once again hilarious.

This video is from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, broadcast Tuesday, March 2, 2011.

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