Posted 8:16 AM by Gene

Ordinarily the name J. Gordon Coogler gives off a noise like a $20 car alarm, but R. Emmett has deemed fit to quote from THE EDWARD R. MURROW OF COMEDY, and for once he hits the bull's eye:

He is almost a Holy Person to the idolizers of pop culture. Like Michael Kinsley: He Makes You Laugh, which raises the question why did Kinsley not get a television show on Comedy Central?.

Here are some of Stewart's incomparable laughquakes from America:

"Though Ronald Reagan (1980-1989) was not considered Kennedyesque, many historians believe he was among our most Reaganesque commanders-in-chief" -- page 38.

"The name of Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) became synonymous with an era, not unlike his colleague Representative Pleistocene (D-MN)" -- page 61.

"The one area Kerry was decidedly unKennedyesque was with the ladies. He lost his virginity his senior year only after an intense lobbying and letter-writing campaign aimed at persuading the school slut to 'grant him franking privileges'" -- page 5.

Oh, and there is another made-for-television joke on page 192 about the lone protester at Tiananmen Square suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

We always knew America's book buyers had no taste; it seems they have no sense either.