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I think I want -- need -- to know what Jon Stewart was talking about with his audience during the Q&A. What was that business about kissing with toothpaste in his mouth? Man, if only fangirls kept track of Jon's Q&A stories as closely as the Stephen Colbert's.

"Indecision 2008": John McCain's getting a lot of attention for his attack ads against Barack Obama. The coverage will never, ever end about the celebrity ad, because people love talking about Paris, Britney, and Barack, no matter how much they deny it. Talk about over-analyzing this nonsense. There's no doubting that race is an issue in this... race, but the media is definitely reading too much into the small stuff.

Jason Jones as the Race Genie was hilarious, not just because of all the terrible Jew jokes, but that moustache made him look super-piratey. Still no mention of his and Samantha Bee's new baby! I'm surprised. Baby #1, Piper Bee, got so much on-air love.



"Eaters Digest" (haw haw): Bennigan's and Steak and Ale are closing. How tragic. Actually, I can kind of get how certain people can be affected about this more than others. Living in a super-huge metropolis like New York City means that one has access to a massive selection of really amazing non-chain restaurants, but tinier cities don't have much to go on but chain restaurants and consider Chipotle enough variety. Anyway... Is Denny's really serving something called "Potachos"? That sounds delightfully greasy and a wee bit nauseating. The restaurant's desperate attempts to sound, like, totally awesome, remind me of Ed Helms' report on hardcore insurance for teens. I had no idea that McDonald's is BFF with the gay community. Is it actually a reverse attack? Like, they actually hate the gays and are trying to use lots and lots of fatty foods to kill them? Or at least give them bad skin and feel sick for a little while? I suggest everyone take the safe route and eat at Captain Straight Jack's Chicken and Pussy. Or Hooters.



The night's guest was Dennis Hopper, promoting the film Elegy. This was a pretty straightforward, lighthearted interview. I would have liked to hear more about Mr. Hopper's old-school film work. A portion of the discussion was spent discussing his love of painting and the arty side of his life, which I found rather interesting. I'm always a bit wary of actors or musicians that do visual art on the side, because they're not always, uh, very good, but they still get attention because of fame from their other job. If you guys reallyd want to see an entertainment guy kicking ass at painting, take a look at the work of The Venture Bros.' Doc Hammer. Did I just use Dennis Hopper's artwork as an excuse to talk about Doc Hammer? Yeah. Yeah, I did.



Jon/Stephen: The Alphabet Game! My God, that is one of the most frustrating improv games to play, especially when the players are borderline illiterate college students. X is always "xylophone" or "xenophobe" and Z is always an arbitrary "zebra" or "ZOUNDS!", which is always -- always -- said in the auditory equivalent of all-caps.



Moment of Zen: The chain restaurants are disappearing. But now where will I turn for mediocre service and lukewarm spit burgers?