I Think He's Mocking You, NBC

It's usually pretty easy for ludicrous and stupid arguments to come off as precisely that - ludicrous and stupid. But the jockeying among late night comics has an element of the surreal to it that's making it quite funny to watch. Letterman continues to "spin" his Palin comments while there's apparently a desire for heads to roll at NBC.

Meanwhile, this is the moment when the sidekicks get into the act, as evidence by Craig Ferguson's grandstanding on Friday night in response to the edict out of Universal City that we shall all bow before King Conan:


He really had it for awhile there...but I don't know, he rode it right off the rails near the end - to his credit, he seemed to know it. That's one of the most interesting things to observe about a comedian, their capacity for self-evaluation in the middle of all the chaos. You can almost see the thought bubble over Ferguson's head spelling out, "I've lost control here and there's no way to recover!" (Not unlike Stan Van Gundy in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, come to think of it.)

And lest you think I'm the only loon paying attention to this, I'm sitting in the diner last night munching on some buffet selection and this octogenarian foursome next to me is in the middle of their own mini-focus group!

Old Lady 1: Who is is that we watch now, that Leno's off the air...
Old Man 1: You don't like Conan?
Old Lady 1: No, we don't watch him, we don't like Conan.
Old Man 2: Nobody does.
Old Lady 2: Wow, you're up late.

Really happened. This truly is the hot topic that all of America is buzzing about, from Connecticut to California. I need to focus my energy on what matters...so, how long until football season again?