Slog - Comments on Desperate GOP Tries Last-Ditch Effort: Comedy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/desperate_gop_tries According to the Hollywood Reporter, FOX NEWS is prepping their own version of The Daily Show, with—SURPRISE!—a distinctly Republican bent. I love how fair and balanced (and desperate) these guys are! The half-hour show is executive produced by "24's" Joel Surnow and Manny Cota and creator Ned Rice, who previously wrote for "Politically Incorrect" and "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through This Just In Prods. It would take aim at what Surnow calls "the sacred cows of the left" that don't get made as much fun of by other comedy shows. "It's a satirical news format that would play... Copyright 2008 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:55:03 -0800 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:43:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo I'm sure that it will be a hilarious answer to the Daily Show in the exact same way that Mallard Filmore is a deliciously droll riposte to Doonesbury.

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What do conservatives laugh at? Date rape? Fag jokes?

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