Friday, January 16, 2009

Farewell to eight years of comedy gold

No matter what your political leanings, it is hard to deny that there is one group of people who have most benefited from the past eight years: comedians. For stand-up, sketch and late-night talk shows, Bush has been comedy gold, so it's no surprise that comedians are jumping at their last chance to ridicule him before the so-far unmockable Barack Obama moves into the White House next week. The most high-profile event is a Will Ferrell show on Broadway, opening next week, in which the American comic reprises his spot-on impersonation of the departing commander-in-chief.

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