The Writer’s Strike has taught me a few things. I don’t miss series episodic TV half as much as I thought I would. If all shows in a season went down to 6 or 13 episodes per year, I think that would be a very good thing. It also taught me another important thing: I need a weekly serving of solid, wholesome satire in my diet.<\/p>\n
Yes, THE DAILY SHOW and THE COLBERT REPORT are the only things denied me in this deserted TV land. Then they returned a week ago. They returned, without their souls. The heads and bodies were there, but the funny was down by half. I understand their return to TV in this skeleton form was needed. If they stayed off the air much longer, their studios would be in danger of shutting down forever.<\/p>\n
So I choke down the past few weeks of Colbert and Stewart’s shows like so much cold pizza. As the saying goes, it’s better than nothing at all.<\/p>\n
Then last night, last night the idea of James Burke<\/a>‘s CONNECTIONS<\/a>* in history came into play before my eyes.<\/p>\n Colbert’s history revealed:<\/strong><\/p>\n