When a scandal breaks like the one surrounding Congressman Anthony Weiner and an alleged photo of his crotch in underwear, which was Tweeted to a young woman from his account, you can almost hear Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert giggling in anticipation of covering it.

The latter took to 'The Colbert Report' (Weeknights, 11:30PM ET on Comedy Central) with more puns than we were ready for.

Everyone knows the news loves puns for headlines, but Colbert took it to a whole new level, using them to tell the story.

"It's my duty to keep you informed about the swelling controversy that has cast a lengthy shadow over New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, stretching the fabric of our national discourse and throbbing like a ... "

At this point, Colbert had had enough and simply related more specifically what had happened, including putting up the picture in question. "Is this or is this not Representative Weiner's chief of staff?" he asked in response to Weiner hedging questions on that very topic.

Sure you might wonder how someone might not be able to identify whether a picture of a penis bulging in underwear is theirs or not, but politics is a tricky game, and Weiner is playing a careful game right now. As long as he continues to do so and keeps this story in the spotlight, both Stewart and Colbert are going to be very happy comedians.