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The Week's Best Late-Night Jokes

Friday November 13, 2009

"It's been reported that outspoken anti-immigration anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN. Yeah. True story, yeah. He'll be replaced by a guy named Juan, who will do the same job for $5 an hour." -Conan O'Brien

"CBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Obama says it's all part of his plan to finally deliver on the campaign promises made by John McCain." -Jimmy Fallon

"First Lady Michelle Obama appears on ''Sesame Street' to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. It's going to be a big episode. Yes, sources say the episode gets a little tense when Ernie and Bert ask the first lady why her husband's dragging his feet on gay marriage." -Conan O'Brien

"Congressman William Jefferson, who the FBI caught with 90,000 dollars in bribe money in his freezer, has been convicted of 11 counts of bribery and corruption. Jefferson still says he did nothing wrong. He claims he just fell in with the wrong crowd - Congress." -Jay Leno

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The 100 Funniest Pictures of the Decade

Wednesday November 11, 2009

With the end of the '00s upon us, we'll be taking a look back in coming weeks at the best political humor of the decade.

We're starting with the 100 funniest political pictures, spanning the years from the 2000 Florida recount to the era of George W. Bush to age of Barack Obama, with cameos by Sarah Palin, the Clintons, and other favorite political punching bags.

Click through this series of classic photo follies and Photoshop parodies for a comical nostalgia tour of a decade marked by one political absurdity after the next.

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Jon Stewart's Hilarious Glenn Beck Impersonation

Monday November 9, 2009

This Daily Show segment is one for the ages. Watch as Jon Stewart does a brilliant, pitch-perfect imitation of Glenn Beck. There's a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck's internal organs.

This Just In:

• SNL mocks Fox News's election coverage and Glenn Beck's spelling problems

• Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler rip apart Goldman Sachs on SNL's "Weekend Update" for getting preferential access to the swine flu vaccine despite massive shortages nationwide

• Stephen Colbert wonders if "Guy-Fawkers" will be the next accidentally sexual GOP catchphrase

• Borowitz Report: Fox News Reports: Millions of Grannies Flee U.S. as Death Panels Loom

• The Onion: Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

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