Fox Yucks Redux

This is more Fox comedy from the new Half Hour News Hour. But be warned, do not watch this if you have a weak stomach.

This promo is introduced by the giant-headed Sean Hannity and features the trice-married, Viagra-popping, drug-addicted, former comic Rush Limbaugh as the president.

Rush makes some real knee-slappers here. He talks about Howard Dean getting much-needed meds, something Rush knows something about. I expected some El Rushbo-style advice on threatening your Latina maid so she cops your Oxycontin for you, but I was disappointed.

I was also disappointed in the joke about Cindy Sheehan's cross-country shooting spree because, I admit, I didn't get it. Did I miss something?

If he'd said Dick Cheney's shooting spree, that would be funny because of that whole Cheney-shooting-a-friend-in-the-face-thing. But Cindy Sheehan? Maybe if he'd made a joke about her losing her car keys because, you know, she lost a son in Iraq, maybe there's something funny Fox could find in there.

What was that Oscar Wilde line? "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."

See how easy it is to turn that tragic frown upside down, Rush?

No, don't thank me. I'm only trying to help.

Later, Ann Coulter makes a cameo and delivers her famous laugh-out-loud line about killing all Arab leaders and converting their people to Christianity. Nothing beats the classics, Ann. Thanks for reminding us just how hilarious you can be.

Fox comedy. And here I thought O'Reilly had that sewed up.