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I'm old enough to actually know who Rich Little is. I'm guessing half the Stranger readers probably never even heard of the guy. I myself was surprised to hear that he was even still alive. He is the very personification of a safe comedian. At worst, he'll rib the Decider in Chief a bit over his accent (Rich Little's schtick for the last 50 years or so has been light hearted impersonations). He didn't need to tell us there were restrictions placed on his act, and the WHCA didn't need to deny it. We all knew it already.

Oh, and the WHCA's denial doesn't pass the giggle test. Absurd on its face. If the WHCA had any balls at all, they'd follow up last year's Dinner by hiring Jon Stewart this year (although Bush probably wouldn't even show up if they did).

Hiring Rich Little this year only proves that Colbert was right. They're a bunch of cowards.

I don't have cable and I don't watch TV. So I'd never heard of Colbert before last year's WHCA Dinner. When I first watched that clip last year, I didn't really get Colbert. And on first viewing, I didn't think it was all that funny. The subtle nuances of his parody of a right winger kind of flew past me.

I've been watching clips of him on Crooks and Liars, and other websites, over the last year, and he's really grown on me. Once I got what he was about, I find him really funny. I recently re-watched that clip of last year's WHCA Dinner, and this time I laughed my ass off. I get so much more now than I did when I first watched it.

His pairing with O'Riely was masterful. Colbert never really clobbered O'Reily blatantly, but he completely controlled every moment of both interviews, leading O'Reily around by his nose. Continuously mocking him with little jabs throughout. O'Reily could barely get a word in during either show, and looked like a total dufus. Well, he always looks like a dufus, but he's such an arrogant asshole, and he usually totally dominates his guests. To see him have no control of any kind over Colbert was a joy to watch.

As for O'R vs Colbert, the reason O'R can't hold a flame to Colbert is because ideologues rely on single-minded thinking. They require everyone to toe the party line and follow their master.
Comedians rely on the fact that there are multiple interpretations... that is the essence of humor in fact. Playing with different points of view.
Keep laughing folks! It'll keep your brain from getting washed. Serious.

In the clips I saw, the audience was laughing pretty hard. Those same clips were downloaded about 30 million times. The Wikipedia page dedicated to the event become one of the most contested wiki-pages since the site began and Colbert got certified as comedic god.

How does that equal "falling flat?"

In the clips I saw, the audience was laughing pretty hard. Those same clips were downloaded about 30 million times. The Wikipedia page dedicated to the event become one of the most contested wiki-pages since the site began and Colbert got certified as comedic god.

How does that equal "falling flat?"