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Comedy, people.
I appreciate the criticisms, but let's not go overboard, hmmm? Remember that this piece was written to be delivered in front of a live audience for laughs, and within a brief space of time. Do you really think Bill should have paused when mentioning French Enlightenment to say, "Oh, and then there's Locke, of course, and this guy from here, and that guy from there, and let's not forget how exactly the influences flowed across the Channel and up the hill and across the river, et cetera, et cetera [/Yul Brynner].
That would have been about as funny as frikkin Richard Dreyfuss was as a panelist on Bill's show. Or Christopher Hitchens. Or Seth Green. Or Harry Belafonte. You know what I'm taking about, babe.