Greg Smith's very public resignation from Goldman Sachs—by way of a NY Times op-ed slamming the money first, customers last culture at the firm—got the late night comedy treatment. Stephen Colbert led off The Colbert Report with it, noted Smith's ping-pong prowess as well as, "Once he found out Goldman had a culture of greed, he left immediately after 12 years at the firm."

As for Smith's dismay, "Over the last 12 months I have seen five different managing directors refer to their own clients as 'muppets,' sometimes over internal e-mail... You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the junior analyst sitting quietly in the corner of the room hearing about 'muppets,' 'ripping eyeballs out' and 'getting paid' doesn’t exactly turn into a model citizen." May we offer this video: