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Laughter is absolutely essential, esp. during our days of national madness... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #1
Personally, I don't think I could have survived vanlassie Aug 2013 #2
I think Jon is looking to exit the next time the contracts come due... WCGreen Aug 2013 #3
just serves to underscore the power of progressive sensibilities sigmasix Aug 2013 #4
Sorry to disagree with you but,, ho hum ........... wandy Aug 2013 #5
Kurt was at least two generations ago... WCGreen Aug 2013 #6
My thoughts exactly. FSogol Aug 2013 #11
Vonnegut said much........... wandy Aug 2013 #18
Does he write all his own material? Generic Other Aug 2013 #7
He does write some of his stuff including his books... WCGreen Aug 2013 #8
And you would compare someone who writes "some" of his stuff Generic Other Aug 2013 #9
I am meerly poiting out that Colbert, as was Twain, the premier satarists of their time... WCGreen Aug 2013 #10
The question is who will be remembered a century from now? Generic Other Aug 2013 #13
Many of the past greats you mention are unknown to the current generation. randome Aug 2013 #25
It is no insult to Colbert to say he is no Twain; Twain was beyond all superlatives REP Aug 2013 #12
Most comic voices have a dark edge, don't they? Generic Other Aug 2013 #14
Twain was very bitter but tried to fight it REP Aug 2013 #16
Well when you lose all your money in bad investments and you bury two of your daughters... WCGreen Aug 2013 #20
No he's not in Twain's league malaise Aug 2013 #15
The thing is Twain was the premier Saturist of his era... WCGreen Aug 2013 #22
You're 100% correct re satire malaise Aug 2013 #23
Maybe that's the problem Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #17
The White House Correspondents Dinner GreatCaesarsGhost Aug 2013 #19
Yep, a modern classic.... WCGreen Aug 2013 #21
I bought the DVD at the c-span store. Graybeard Aug 2013 #27
Can't say. scarletlib Aug 2013 #24
Yes. Humorist, satarist and prolific. KurtNYC Aug 2013 #26
I'd say he is more like the Will Rogers of our time, Twain was a novelist and story teller as well Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #28
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