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His hits came fast 'n furious when there was music that make fun of itself so hard....His schtick is dated but he's ingrained in musical satire with all of the greats-

Short List that pops to mind from as many eras I can muster without google:

Rosemary Clooney
Betty Hutton
The Residents
Spinal Tap
Shel Silverstein
Mrs.Alva Miller
Garfunkel and Oats
Tom Lehrer
Jimmy Fallon
Louden Wainwright Jr.
Biff Rose (I cheated)

List goes on but my brain won't...

Fallon kills me with this;
http://videosift.com/video/Neil-Young-Bruce-Springsteen-Whip-My-Hair

I prefer this version of Jim Lehrer waaaay more over the real one.

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^ In short, it's because TDS is far more popular than any "real" news program.

TDS faces the doom & gloom of corporate interests taking over television (as featured in the awesome flick, Network) and turned that fact around to be entertaining but not at the expense of being informative.

It's not a perfect show, however. I recommend Jim Lehrer in addition to TDS.

But still...

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(not really of course, but this one's been killed -- it's for the redirect)

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Ta Monk!

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OMG I really hate CNN nowadays. They really can't stop tugging their own dick, for real! Rick Sanchez and Wolf Blitzer epitomize this. Both total tools. It's like what Jim Lehrer said: no one has the balls to be BORING anymore.

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Tom Lehrer:We Will All Go Together When We Go
This song is performed by Tom Lehrer and appears on the album Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer (1997).

When you attend a funeral,
It is sad to think that sooner o'
Later those you love will do the same for you.
And you may have thought it tragic,
Not to mention other adjec-
Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)
No more ashes, no more sackcloth.
And an armband made of black cloth
Will some day never more adorn a sleeve.
For if the bomb that drops on you
Gets your friends and neighbors too,
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.

And we will all go together when we go.
What a comforting fact that is to know.
Universal bereavement,
An inspiring achievement,
Yes, we all will go together when we go.

We will all go together when we go.
All suffuse with an incandescent glow.
No one will have the endurance
To collect on his insurance,
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.

Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
There will be no more misery
When the world is our rotisserie,
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.

Down by the old maelstrom,
There'll be a storm before the calm.

And we will all bake together when we bake.
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
With complete participation
In that grand incineration,
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.

Oh we will all char together when we char.
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Just sing out a Te Deum
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
And the party will be „come-as-you-are.“

Oh we will all burn together when we burn.
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
When it's time for the fallout
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.

You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dolla's.

And we will all go together when we go.
Ev'ry Hottenhot an' ev'ry Eskimo.
When the air becomes uranious,
And we will all go simultaneous.
Yes we all will go together
When we all go together,
Yes, we all will go together when we go.

http://lyricwiki.org/Tom_Lehrer:We_Will_All_Go_Together_When_We_Go

Tom Lehrer:So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)
This song is performed by Tom Lehrer and appears on the album That Was The Year That Was (1993).

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the Bomb
So don't wait up for me
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter
You can see me
On your TV

While we're attacking frontally
Watch Brinkally and Huntally
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust
Yeah!

Little Johnny Jones
He was a US pilot
And no shrinking violet
Was he, he was mighty proud
When World War III was declared
He wasn't scared
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the Bomb
So don't wait up for me
But though I may roam
I'll come back to my home
Although it may be
A pile of debris

Remember, mommy,
I'm off to get a commie
So send me a salami
And try to smile somehow
I'll look for you
When the war is over
An hour and a half from now!

http://lyricwiki.org/Tom_Lehrer:So_Long,_Mom_(A_Song_For_World_War_III)