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Can Stephen Colbert save America?

A new book argues that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are good for democracy. But is it taking late-night comedy too seriously?
By Louis Bayard

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  • Friday, April 4, 2008 07:58 PM

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    Evidence to Colbert's greatness...

    "If I were a waiter, and I were to offer you two different slices of pizza. One was half Hawaiian, and you weren't entirely sure what it was going to taste like, and the other one was plain, with cheese, and had been under a heat lamp for thirty-five years. I mean it had seen everything. Which would you go for?"

    Just wanted to post that.

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