We’re fond of that brief age when Leftist wits expected their audience to know what had happened earlier that day in Turkey. Today, of course, they rely on their audience being ignorant. So it’s kind of depressing to see Michelle Malkin being absolutely correct in goofing on a recent sad display by Dick Cavett. We shouldn’t be surprised, though. The last time we ran into Cavett, he was literally hopping on one foot in a bid to get the attention of some photographers. Then he was literally dragged off the stage by a publicist who was probably as embarrassed for Cavett as we were that day—and as we are now.

The good news is that there’s a fine character who rightly goofs on Cavett’s pathetic legacy. “Nicholas Fehn” is a creation of Saturday Night Live regular Fred Armisen. He occasionally shows up as Fehn on “Weekend Update,” doing some crazy torn-from-today’s-headlines comedy. The joke, though, is that Fehn’s such a good Leftist that, well, he doesn’t really have to explain his incisive comedy. Seriously, it’s just, you know, so obvious, and, really, it’s very funny, and if you don’t get the joke—but you do get the joke, right? You have to, because it’s, like, right there, and it’s so damn funny, and, oh, just watch these clips…

 

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