Mountian vs Molehill,

Catspaw, I would think that pretty much any thread on Mudcat is a molehill in the grand scheme of things. Just because something is not monumental, doesn't mean we can't discuss it. Right? Of course you know that and just made that comment for a cheap joke. Whether I might be offended or not is irrelevant. Just as Mr. Leno knows that the French aren't going to Afghanistan to give surrender lessons. And just as he knows that the French won't complain.

That brings me at least to an interesting realization. It is a difficult job to do topical humour. A lazy joke writer, like apparantly Mr. Leno's staff can easily fall into insults, chiches and bigotry, just becase it is the easiest thing to do.

Hunour is not dead, but certian types of humour probably should be. I actually listened to Mr. Leno's entire show last night. Bottom Line, as many of you have already pointed out, his jokes are lazy, repetitive eand boring and he doesn't show much taste. The show is not worth watching. He was stereotyping Italians last night. He probably could have made his point without the pasta jokes, but he took the easy way. He seems to be really hung up on that sort of thing.

DougR, you and I agree on a lot of things. Thats what makes the differences so much fun.