Vladimir Putin is a lot of things: Russian Prime Minister, a red/white belt in Judo, a Libra, a tummy-smoocher, the list goes on. But one thing he apparently is not is a Futurama fan. According to The Moscow Times, Putin's choice for the mascot at the 2014 Olympics was a snowboarding leopard, which was chosen along with a ray of light, a snowflake, a bunny and a polar bear. Not among the mascots though, is Zoich, an Olympicized homage to Hypnotoad.

Eventually, the professional jury simply refused to include Zoich, whom designer Yegor Zhigun based on the character "Hypnotoad" from the U.S. cartoon series "Futurama," on the list of finalists. The decision was in line with selection rules but de-facto voided the purpose of online voting.

"Zoich was absolutely out of consideration," a source within the Russian Olympic Committee told The Moscow Times on Sunday. "It was very depressing."

"The mascot should symbolize Russia, but imagine the impression people around the world would have when they looked at this blue toad?" said the source, who asked not to be identified because she was not authorized to speak to the media.

I spoke to another source close to the matter who added, "ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYNOTOAD!"

Meanwhile, in former Soviet Russia, Hypnotoad disqualifies you from mascot competition.

Be sure to visit the official Futurama website for clips and upcoming air-times.

What do a Grammy, Eliot Spitzer, Heineken and the city of Vancouver have in common? If you guessed they're all things that I can fit in my rectum, it seems I need to change the password on my private Flickr account. The answer I was looking for though was they are all featured in this montage of Colbert Report highlights from February, 2010.

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Hey, remember January? Me neither. It's because the government puts fluoride in the water supply to keep us complacent and dull our memories. In a moment, I won't even remember writing the first sentence of this paragraph. Luckily, The Colbert Report has a refresher of all the big stories from January 2010. Hey, remember January? Me neither. It's because the government puts fluoride in the water supply to keep us complacent and dull our memories…

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From the Tosh.0 blog…

Last month we announced Colbert's Hats Off Twitter Challenge, which asked readers to Tweet how they were keeping the Olympic spirit alive. We received lots of entries, but there can be only one winner, and that winner is Sean Smith of Chicago, Illinois. Congratulations, Sean! This is just like Shirley Jackson's The Lottery but with a neat hat instead of a bunch of rocks! Here's the winning Tweet:

Want a hat of your own? You can still buy one. 70% of net proceeds go to the US Speedskating Team.

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Is your head cold? Do you prefer only keeping your head warm by using hats won in Twitter contests that are also somehow related to The Colbert Report? If you answered yes to either question, boy do I have a hat for you!

Recently, The Colbert Nation sponsored the U.S. Speedskating Team, and 70% of the net proceeds from these special Colbert Nation U.S. Speedskating Team hats went directly to funding the team. But now, 100% of one hat is going to go to fund one Twitterers lucky head.

All you have to do is tweet how you are keeping the Olympic spirit alive. That's it! Wow, we are just giving this hat away (We are literally just giving this hat away). Tag your entries #colberthat any time between now and March 16th, and we'll announce the winner shortly thereafter. It's almost like Stephen himself is giving a hats off to you. Sorry, that was cheesy. Let me try again. Hat's an awesome Twitter contest! Perfect.

The complete official rules can be found below.

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I know you're constantly inundated with 19th-century Irish folk songs on the Internet these days. It's like every time you turn around, there's another viral video featuring "The Curragh of Kildare" or "McAlpine's Fusiliers." Traditional Irish folk music is basically the Twilight of '010. But before we put the fad to bed, here's an outtake of Stephen Colbert singing "Rocky Road to Dublin" in Vancouver.

For more of Stephen's outtakes from Vancouver, visit Verizon's Vancouverage 2010 site.

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Last night, Stephen Colbert wrapped up his Vancouverage, checking in with Canada's Stephane Colbert and interviewing singer Michael Bublé. And at the end of the interview, Stephen and Michael sang a duet of "Oh Canada" set to the tune of "The Star Spangled Banner." It may have sounded a little awkward, but you should get used to it, because when Obama and the New World Order are done turning us into a North American Union, we're going to be singing it every day in the work camps. Wake up, sheeple!

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It kind of sucks to be Canada these days. They're heavily trailing the Americans in medals at the Winter Olympics, and Americans don't even care about Winter sports. Did you know that more than half of all Americans watching the Vancouver games actually think they're just watching a new Law & Order spin-off? Though, in our defense, Richard Belzer winning bronze in the biathlon did nothing to clear up the confusion. Anyway, last night, Stephen Colbert took pity on the iceholes and took them off notice.

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Stephen Colbert has been reporting from Vancouver all week, but last night we saw him for the first time in his official capacity as the Assistant Sports Psychologist for the US Speedskating team. It was really quite moving. Sort of a more inspirational cross between Miracle and the scene in Good Will Hunting where it's not Good Will Hunting's fault.

Coverage of the Winter game continues below as John Hodgman fixes the Olympics on last night's Daily Show.

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report air Monday through Thursday starting at 11pm / 10c.

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