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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 AM

The end of the satirical industrial complex?

For the past eight years, Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and other comedians have had us laughing through our tears. If Obama wins, will the laughter die?
By Thomas Schaller

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  • Monday, November 3, 2008 09:25 PM

    It's hard to bounce humor off Obama

    He doesn't yet offer up much material to use. He might but his insanely measured controlled reserve and unflapability make that hard to do.

    Fundamentally the thing that makes Bush so funny is that he never, and never will realize how funny he really is. Bush is that guy everyone knows who's too clueless to get humor. That's what makes him so easy to poke at. He's a blank wall, a man who utterly does not know himself or anyone else.

    I don't think Obama will give that up to you.

    —The Beagle of Doom Read The Beagle of Doom's other letters

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