THE WORD

TRUTHINESS

I was recently talking to friends at Comedy Central and was compelled to share that I felt the Colbert Report had surpassed The Daily Show in humor and plain old fashioned entertainment.

As the words slipped out of my mouth I thought I'd committed some form of basic cable sacrilege...Jon Stewart has provided me with years of joy. He pulls great guests, regularly cracks witty jokes and always challenges the hypocries of humanity in only the way Jon can do it...and his coverage of the 2006 mid term elections, should not be missed.

But something is missing...

OK...not just something, Stephen Colbert is missing (and what about the hysterical Steve Carell, or Mo Rocca, Nancy Walls and a handful of other talented comics...even Samantha Bee and Lewis Black are stopping by less and less frequently). Yes, Rob Corddry has done a great job of carrying the correspondent load. Please, please go see the brilliant 'Grand Heft Auto' here on CC's Motherload)...but it just aint the old Daily Show no mo.

On the other hand, The Report (ponounced rapport) is cracking with energy. I find myself laughing out loud nearly every time Colbert opens his mouth. Its called "truthiness" and ya know what, it's damn funny. And that's today's word.