Apparently I’m not the only one who has sorely missed The Daily Show since the writers’ strike has been on. NPR did an interview with one of the writers yesterday.

The recent news has been chock full of incidents and situations crying out for Jon Stewart and company to distill into a golden comedic nutshell, one that explodes in your brain and leaves you laughing helplessly all through the commercial break. Just for one example, what about Bush’s stance on Iran since we learned about the NIE (which apparently Cheney has been trying to keep from release for nearly a year)? Even Dan Froomkin, not known as a funnyman, called that an example of neck-snapping spin.

But no. We’ll just have to keep trudging through this gray Kafka-esque nightmare, unenlightened by the satiric gems that give us the perspective (and belly laughs) we so badly need. [FWIW, I’m with the writers on this one. The web is revolutionizing the delivery of entertainment and they have to be compensated fairly for that.]

Okay, back to drum edits. You all have a good weekend, okay?