Dustin Chinn
Who do you call a year after Stephen Colbert torches your little "Sheepdog and Coyote Make Nice" show? If you're the guy in charge of the White House Correspondents Association dinner you bring in Master Impressionist Rich Little. Insert your favorite "What, was Joe Piscopo/Nipsey Russell/Favorite Comedian Punching Bag unavailable? " joke now.
According to Editor and Publisher, the evening is meant to be sanguine affair:
"'My approach is to try to make it a comfortable venue that is enjoyable, funny and interesting,' said Steve Scully, president of the White House Correspondents Association, who chose Little. 'But you don't want to offend anyone.' He cited the slogan for the Washington Gridiron Dinner, which says, 'singe, don't burn.'
Scully added that getting the hottest, hippest entertainer is not always the best thing for the Washington crowd, whose participants span many different decades. 'There are some people who think if you don't know Stephen Colbert, you don't get his brand of humor,' Scully said. 'You want someone who appeals to the Bob Novaks and the bloggers of the world.'"
This just in: The CC Insider crew is a bunch of Rich Little-loving Bob Novaks.
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One's first step in wisdom is to kuesteon everything – and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
If they had balls half the size of Steve Colbert's they would have invited Steve Colbert back for a 2nd time. That actually would have shown they have a sense of humor. Or maybe that they know its true and don't care? either way I'd have to respect them for it.
I guess The Wiggles had a prior commitment.
Rich Little is the hardest working corpse in show business!