Tim Slagle at Big Hollywood, one of my new favorite blog stops, points out that it’s been more than two weeks and the late-night comics are still afraid to make jokes about Barack Obama. To fill the gap, they’re continuing to bash Bush:
The old ways are dying hard. Colbert went into the vaults, all the way back to 2000, for a Bush/Gore joke. Jon Stewart did a Bush joke, as well. Ferguson set a record for Day 15; going way last century with a Bill Clinton joke (Clinton will lead the investigation into the accidental showing of porn during the Super Bowl). Stewart and Leno did Joe the Plumber jokes, Letterman did a couple Dick Cheney jokes and a Sarah Palin joke.
