Cheney Finally Delivers Monica Moment

This is how it felt during the Monica scandal. And both had a senior White House official shooting something off aimed all wrong. One hit a blue dress, the other hit a lawyer. I knew every day I would be writing Monica jokes and this Dick Cheney thing is that good. Everybody is a comedy writer after something like this, and it’s a good chance to see if you’ve got what it takes to tangle with the pros. Can you imagine all the comedy writers getting set for tomorrow night? This is the Winter Olympics of joke writing. Jon Stewart’s team, Letterman’s, Conan’s, and Leno’s. Oh yes, tomorrow morning I’ll be banging out my fair share of Cheney jokes for Leno and this thing could really have legs. Damn it, this is when the radio gig gets hurt by not having a Sunday night update. I write for over 140 stations and they’ll need comedy on this in a hurry tomorrow. Oh, well. I’ll try to land some tomorrow night on Leno. Monica jokes got pretty crude as the weeks went on. I remember she showed up with metal on her teeth at one point and I wrote that it was chrome from a trailer hitch. I asked Leno’s assistant if it was mine and she said sarcastically, “Yes. Be proud, be very proud.”
There are two times when the pros are supposed to have an edge: When it’s a really dull subject like the Federal Reserve, and a really easy one like this. Somewhere out there across this land a joke writer will deliver the best joke in America on this subject. I sure hope it’s me.