Okay - Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and the others, they've come to define political satire in the United States. Soon, however, Comedy Central is going to face some competition from the "fair and balanced " agit-prop channel FOX News.
It's going to be a extreme right Daily Show and, judging by the cast, it's bound to be - crap. The new show, "The Half Hour News Hour," will feature such accomplished gagsters as Rush Limbaugh, reprising the role of President of the United States of America, and Ann Coulter as his Veep. Anyone who's ever caught Limbaugh's or Coulter's own programmes has to be left wondering why they thought they needed a new vehicle for comedy.
As I don't get FOX News I won't be able to tune in but I think the show title may need some tweaking. With the likes of Coulter and Limbaugh maybe they should change it from HHNH to "Back Passage."
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