In honor of April Fool's Day, I'm pleased to present my latest compilation of late-night laughs courtesy of Daniel Kurtzman at About.com.
CONAN O'BRIEN
"Well, of course, this Sunday is Easter. Of course, Easter is that very, very holy day when Christians around the world honor a 2,000-year-old Jewish man who is not Larry King."
"Another political sex scandal in the New York area in the papers today. Unbelievable what's going on lately. This is the latest. A man who used to be the chauffeur for New Jersey's former governor, Jim McGreevey, is claiming that he used to have three-way sex with McGreevy and his wife. Yeah. True story. When asked about it, McGreevey said, 'That's a lie. I would never have had sex with my wife.'"
"Hillary Clinton, hard at work campaigning today. That's right. Today, Hillary Clinton said that the war would end up costing $1 trillion. Hillary wasn't talking about Iraq. She was talking about her war with Barack Obama."
This non-election, and unplanned diary is prompted by something I read yesterday about Jon Stewart's company trying to make the same deal with WGA as did Letterman/World Wide Pants. I hope that happens. Because if it doesn't, I will not be able to watch The Daily Show and, even when they eventually settle, will not be able to forgive Stewart and Colbert and anybody who appears on that show.
Just when the Writers' Guild strike is starting to put some bite into the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and beginning to hit them in the only thing they understand: the wallet, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien break ranks as scabs.
"Al Gore has won an Academy award. He's won an Emmy award. And now, he's won the Nobel prize. But what he really wants is the Latin Grammy." --David Letterman
More jokes on Gore, Larry Craig, 2008, and other news items below the fold!
Tonight, Conan O'Brien won the Emmy for best writing on a variety show -- beating out Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. To me, a late night network show beating out the Comedy Central shows is like Spaceballs beating out the latest Star Wars in the special effects category. What do you think? Who's best? Poll below...comment on why you made your choice. (Like this poll? Recommend it.)
As LiberalLucy points out, humor is good for the body and soul. In that spirit - and with a hat tip to Daniel Kurtzman at About.com - I present the best in recent political late-night humor.
Recently, FOX green lighted a new pilot. See what happened when its head-writer went up against FOX's corporately backed producers to fight for creative integrity.
Fully improvised with writers and performers from Late Night with David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, VH1's Best Week Ever, and Daily Show. It's part of The Huffington Post's Contagious Film Festival. Check it out at:
I was going to sit this election out, as I had just received my Finnish citizenship and was unaware of the issues that confronted the candidates, and felt, unlike many Red States voters', that an unqualified vote is worse than casting no vote at all.
But as Conan has exposed more and more of his bias towards the incumbent, Tarja Halonen, I'm beginning to think I need to find a candidate to support as the first round draws to a close (and possibly, the re-election of Halonen, should she draw more than 50% of the direct vote...maybe the folks administering HAVA should look at that rather than harassing New York State?)
