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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 5, 2017 5:39 AM UTC White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has officially been given the Muppet treatment, in a new hilarious music video. _The Late Show_ host Stephen Colbert unveiled his latest spoof of the tight-lipped, gum-chewing Trump spokesperson on Tuesday night, a mash-up featuring pink fuzzy Muppets and Spicer performing a fresh take on the classic song “Mah Na Mah Na.” The latest version of this oft-covered melody riffs on Spicer’s quotidian use of the word “phenomenal” to describe White House affairs. Colbert was also joined Tuesday by comedian Louis C.K., who had a few [unequivocal words](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNxG2PBVMlI) to share about Spicer’s boss. Watch the full clip above. ## Transcript [ LAUGH ] Guys, slow your roll. [ SOUND ] You better run, you don't even have a chance. [ SOUND ] He says it's a ban. He's using the words that the media's using. It's not a ban. I'm sorry. It's not a ban. The travel ban is not a ban which makes it not a ban. But you just called it a ban. Because I'm using your words. Is he confused or are you confused? No, I'm not confused. I think that the words that are being used to describe it are derived from what the media is calling this. He's using your words when you use the words and he uses them back. That truly, that clearly is a betrayal of what she's- Define the word. I'm not gonna define the word, Glen. Yeah, [ LAUGH ] You had to have known that I would ask that question. Okay, sit down Glenn. Just by a show of hands, who here hates Glenn? [ LAUGH ] RIght. Everybody. One, two, three, infinity. He told him he has their back and they were grateful for that. They gave him a five minute standing ovation at the end. The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation. [ LAUGH ] Which lasted a full 10 minutes! [ LAUGH ] And you can shut the tape on that. Everyone was smiling. The statement was written with the help of an individual who's about Jewish and the descendants of holocaust survivors. First of all, how could the statement, the statement be anti submitted? The guy who wrote it was super Jewish. You know he mentioned Chicago. Their murder rate's up 45, 50 %. The murder rate is over 80 %. 80 % of the people in Chicago have been murdered and are dead! [ LAUGH ] I think this was less about his family business and an attack on his daughter. Now that's Nordstrom's loss. [ LAUGH ] Because these are high, high quality products. In fact, I'm wearing one of her bangles right now. [ LAUGH ] It's beautiful, it's shimmery, it's elegant, and at $ 39. 99, it's unbelievably affordable. 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