George Will is actually a pretty witty guy. He usually reserves it for talking about sports, but he is the one who memorably compared Bush Sr. to a lapdog.

I'm more likely to agree with Cohen's politics, but no, I can't remember him ever demonstrating a sense of humor.

I'll see if I can try that bra on, for research purposes.

I'm tempted too.

A short essay on Colbert's performance: [link]

Even though Stephen Colbert is being showered with well-deserved praise for his masterful performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, I think something crucial needs to be emphasized -- the sheer nerve of it. Imagine if Jonathan Swift had gone into the king's court and read A Modest Proposal aloud to the assembled nobles ("Are you suggesting we are cannibals, Dr. Swift?") and you'll get the idea.

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In his book Paradigms Lost, John Simon points out that humor and wit are nearly polar opposites. Humor is inclusive: it invites everyone to join in on the laugh and feel like one of the crowd. Wit is exclusive: it addresses itself only to those who are in the know, and if the other people in the room feel uncomfortable because they don't get it -- hey, that's a bonus. Colbert's performance was a display of wit at its most lethally cutting. He went into a room with the most powerful man in the world and his courtiers, and he excluded them from the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I think my favorite part of Colbert's speech was him screwing up the "glass is 2/3 empty" joke and almost breaking character over it.

People who not only tell the emperor he has no clothes but also tell the press the same just aren't going to be appreciated.

So, there's a pub in Ireland called The Hooker Bar. Here's a nice picture: [link]

"Reality has a strong liberal bias!" is my favourite bit. My boyfriend and I have been shouting it at each other all week.

ETA: I'm going to assume that it (the pub)'s a rugby thing. Although, my boyfriend's favourite fact he learned about Dublin when we were there recently is that there are 1000 prostitutes working on any one night in the city. His second favourite is that there are more gay people per capita than in San Francisco.

Did anyone catch the sly reference to all the fallout in last night's Report? (Banishing his black friend Alan to Alan-town, where he sends banished Alans, along with Allen-comma-Woody "I didn't care for Match Point...it just wasn't funny.")

Almost as good as begging for a Pulitzer with "Okay, so let's say that Stephen Colbert is a character... and he's retarded but he doesn't know it."

Oh meta, how I love thee.

Colbert is sorta' like Aquaman, except his super ability is to talk to and control eagles. So I guess his kryptonite would be bears.

And David Blaine is sorta like Aquaman too. It's a bit of realities colliding.

It's particularly amusing to hear that the most powerful human being on the planet is capable of being bullied by a basic cable half-hour comedy host (unless, of course, Colbert is actually the most powerful human being on the planet and Bush is just the planet's biggest pussy).

May I tag you, JZ?

This war was a big boo boo and he won't admit he did wrong.

See, I'm not sure I want people on my side who think of the war as the equiavalent of a badly skinned knee.

Colbert is sorta' like Aquaman

Oh dear lord NO! Aquaman's such a dick!

I also fell in love with a guy on a message board I read yesterday who laboriously explained that Colbert is not edgy or daring and in fact is just as bad as the people he's mocking, as evidenced by the fact that before he interviews a guest on his show, he runs out into the audience for gladhanding and fawning. A couple of people tried to explain the concept of satire, and what it means for a comic actor to create a character, but it was rather hopeless.

As someone said over at TT, this guy doesn't get it so badly he's going to sprain something not getting it.

"Reality has a strong liberal bias!" is my favourite bit. My boyfriend and I have been shouting it at each other all week.

And I think I have a new tag.