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Cheney hijinks make for an easy day on the late-night circuit

Posted Feb 14th 2006 5:34PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Late Night, Talent, Industry, Programming, Music and Variety

Wow, Dick Cheney really did the late-night shows a favor, didn't he? After the Vice President accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington in the face while they were "hunting" quail, comedy writers all over the country leapt into action, penning joke after joke that linked the incident to wiretapping, weapons of mass distruction, Cheney's heart problems, and global warming (well, I don't know about that one for sure, but I'm sure someone wrote something warming-related).

This article gives a nice summary of the funnier Cheney lines from Leno, Letterman,  and The Daily Show. It also throws in lines from Jeb Bush, Senator Patrick Leahy, and White House spokesman Scott McClellan.  They're not quite as funny (though I like Leahy's line), but then again most politicians are only funny when they don't mean to be, anyway.

(Here's another summary that includes quotes from Craig Ferguson.)

Tags: daily show, dick cheney, harry whittington, jed bush, leno, letterman, patrick leahy, scott mcclellan, television, tv

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