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Political Humorists Worry

They fear they are entering years of nothing to make fun of in the administration.  

Jon Stewart has warned that we should all be aware that if he makes jokes that refer to Barack Obama's race, they should no more be taken as jokes about all black people than the jokes he has made about George Bush should be taken as jokes about all mentally challenged people.

This morning on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, they were able to find some good humor -- talking about how "Barack Obama gets to be the guy who cleans up after eight years of a drunken frat party".  And how "Sarah Palin was defeated on Tuesday along with the old white guy who kept following her around."  And, my favorite, since she has four years now to cram, "Sarah Palin is moving her family to a new house, this one with a view of a library."

But actually, all the above jokes are still about the lame duck administration.  

Yes, it could be a dry time for the comedians, but what a great time it will be for the rest of us.

There are many Sarahs in my life

There is, of course, the scary Sarah Palin, hilariously moronic when she actually does speak without a script.

There is the beautiful and brilliant Sarah Schindler (who shared the video I'm about to pass along).

There is the sweet Sarah (the dog) Nichter, a frequent, and current, houseguest of ours.

And there is the creative, clever, crude comic Sarah Silverman.  

Here she is at her best in The Great Schlep.

Driving to Provincetown

"Honey, I told you the whole world is headed to the Cape this weekend"
Terri-Lee Burger, Brooklyn, NY, winner of the Cartoon Caption Contest in the August 11 & 18, 2008 issue of The New Yorker.

Sunday comic

"In a gas station today.The candy bar doesn’t scan, so the cashier holds up the bar and, in a thick accent, calls to the other employee:
'Spunow is same price as Snickers?'
It took me and the other employee about a minute to get what she was talking about."

From blogadilla, June 18, 2008