[Strangler Lewis]

I agree that funny/not funny is a common topic of discussion, but I don't think this is up there with "Is Chaplin funny?" or "Why do we sometimes laugh at other people's misfortune?" Asking two media critics why Stewart and Colbert are funny is like asking why Weekend Update is (was) funny. The whole conversation was just a pretense for O'Reilly to call them names for laughing at him.

I admire Colbert for keeping up the patter, but I think the show jumped the shark when it introduced Tek Janssen and other bizarre situations. Much the way "The Simpsons" jumped the shark about 20 years ago with Homer's increasingly bizarre escapades.