Whoever said topical comedy wasn't dead on? I'm quickly becoming addicted to
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and I'm realizing how funny the guy actually is.
SNL didn't use him to his fullest extent. I mean, I completely didn't make the connection between reality TV and people's desires to vote Gray Davis off the island -- I mean, out of the house -- until Quinn connected the dots for me.
Maybe people would take a greater interest in politics if we held our next presidential race as a reality TV show, especially since more people probably got excited about and voted for
American Idol than they did about the last presidential election. If they did it that way, no one would have to worry about political ads and airtime -- they'd all get primetime coverage every week, if not more frequently. You could start off
Survivor-style -- one tribe would be the Democrats and one tribe would be the Republicans, and you could even do it in a house like
Big Brother so they wouldn't have to run around in the jungle. Every week, you vote someone out, and then the final winner goes up in a special challenge round against President Moron for the final election for the presidency.
Who's with me? Network executives and party organizers, if you decide to do it this way, I want money for my idea.