If it were Ann Coulter and Jon Stewart, or Al Franken, I would be all over that action. George Carlin, alas, lost his edge decades ago in the wake of his health problems, and I'm tempted to suppose that this is a Rove-style ratfuck intended to make Coulter look good by comparison, if such a thing can be imagined. Although, to his credit, Carlin was sharp and funny for a lot longer than some -- Dennis Miller for instance. I would mind Dennis Miller's politics alot less if he still had the goods, but apparently one of the ways in which "everything changed" was that Dennis Miller started believing that absolutely any material would rate laughs so long as it was uttered in a sarcastic tone.

Ulrika - Hey, I completely agree with you on Carlin and Miller (which is a shame, cause I really liked both of them at one time). But now, they've become pretty rabid in their political material to the point where it's a complete turnoff. Carlin seems to go off on the deep end to an extreme position and Miller just seems to tell the same (new) jokes over and over again nowadays and the new jokes aren't as good as his old ones.

For me, it's more of a rabid dog against a rabid dog kind of train wreck.

i'd lump Bill Maher into that same boat
with Carlin and Miller,
personally.

then again,
Stewart is starting to lose "the funny"
because so many of their guests now
are so overtly political
and he's so caught up
in the "hard hitting interview"
that he forgets to bring it.

i mean,
its all well and good
to watch the mouth piece of the GOP
squirm for 6 minutes
but i enjoy the show a lot more
watching John get hysterical
with some guest
that he's worked on films with
come on the show and just be a laugh riot.

and the fake news story segments
with the heavily editted interviews
designed to make everyone look stupid or awkward
are downright difficult to watch.
i generally leave the room during that segment.
's why i gave up on the Colbert Report.
they seem to have forgotten
they're on the COMEDY Central network.