John Hogdman presents another Not a Trailer for his book More Information Than You Require. [Boing Boing]

Is that not enough of the Hodg for you today? John Hodgman talks about mole men. [TIME]

Ricky Gervais's favorite romantic comedy is Billy Wilder's classic The Apartment, not to be confused with my favorite romantic comedy Jerry O'Connell's classic Joe's Apartment. [BBC News]

You were mad about Palin being on SNL? Alec Baldwin wants to know what reality you are in! Tell 'em, Alec! [Huffington Post]

On the other hand, Chevy Chase thought she sucked moose erections. Whatever, Chevy! [MSNBC]

Comedians pretend they're all cold-hearted, but when one of them needs help paying medical bills, they act all human. HYPOCRITES! (j.k. this is cool) [Punchline Magazine]

Stephen Colbert voted #5 most influential man, behind some pinko terrorist named Barack Obama. [Reuters]

The Daily Show head writer and Colbert co-creator Ben Karlin's screenplay is being turned into a movie, and it's all thanks to that memo Hollywood finally got. [Reuters]

Katie Couric interviewed Sarah Silverman on CBS Sunday Morning over the weekend, and she didn't grill her one bit about which newspapers she reads or how close her house is to Russia. In the standard business, we refer to that as a double. Nonetheless, it was an entertaining interview, and now an extended version is online.

From Indecision 2008…

Human Giant's Rob Huebel gets his ass handed to him by a group of violent youngsters. You get a rare glimpse of the twisted child logic: I must beat this man until he cries, and I will run him over with my scooter even though I'm only 3 feet tall.

What could Huebel have possibly done to invoke these kids' wrath? Tell them that the election already happened, McCain was president AND they missed Halloween?

You really have to hand it to pirates. They somehow went from foul and ruthless criminals to innocuous and beloved folk heroes. Whoever handled the pirate image-rebranding deserves a raise, because, really, you'd never see Jon Stewart promoting a charity group called Story Pillagers, would you?

For more information and to make a donation visit the good people at Story Pirates today.

Back in the 40s and 50s, you couldn't throw a dead fish without making someone angry because they'd just been hit with a dead fish. But you could be certain that once the angry person calmed down, he or she could tell you a really funny Enrico Fermi joke. Or, at the very least, a dirty Robert Oppenheimer limerick. The art-form had long died out… until now. Here's John Hodgman breathing overdue new life into the genre of Enrico Fermi humor.

Oh man. What a day, right? Actually, it's only Tuesday, but what a week, am I right? Seems like one thing after another, doesn't it? Can barely start to get your head above water before some new thing comes along and pushes it back under. Basically, there's really never been a better moment for Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones to make a video where they just roll around with a bunch of puppies. I don't know how they knew, but they did, and I'm glad.

If you've been jonesing to hear comedians talk some more about politics, it's your lucky day, because we've got two new installments of PolitiBits featuring the comics from the next season of Comedy Central Presents.

Let's face it, big cities only exist so we have a place for all the homos to get abortions while the communist Muslims smoke pot and read JD Salinger books. They're a part of America the same way the septic tank is part of my factory-built modular home. As we've been told so much lately by super smart people, the real America is in small towns. So from Wasilla, Alaska to Alpine, Texas, from Pacific City, Oregon to Jefferson, Virginia, here are The Daily Show's finest reports from real American small towns.

Wasilla, Alaska

Bob Odenkirk posted a clip from the HBO pilot he created with David Cross. If I had one wish, it would be to live in a world where this became a series. [Bob and David]

Gotcha journalist Katie Couric interviews Sarah Silverman. [CBS News]

Jeff Foxworthy opens a restaurant specializing in French cuisine. Just kidding. It's southern food. [Punchline Magazine]

The Sarah Silverman Program's Jay Johnston is making new friends. [Street Carnage]

Who's has smarter viewers, The Daily Show or The Colbert Report? If you watch both shows, you are the smartest person ever. [Examiner]

John McCain's Letterman appearance might have garnered The Late Show's highest ratings in 3 years… [The Live Feed]

But Sarah Palin's SNL visit drew the highest ratings in 14 years. You mean to tell me she's more popular than old man McCain?! Poppycock! [The Live Feed]

If you ever needed proof there is a God, John Hodgman will be guest-blogging at Boing Boing. Take that, science! [Boing Boing]

If you ever needed proof there is no God, Rudy Ray Moore, the actor who played Dolemite, died at 81. [My Fox Kansas City]

I never went shopping for college school supplies. I just used whatever I found in my roommate's trash bin; pens, paper, used condoms, etc. [College Humor]

Robin Williams sues a studio for shelving a planned film called A Couple of Dicks. With a title like that, maybe he should be thanking them instead. [All Headline News]

Terry Tate tackles the tough issues as well as a chubby office guy. [Funny or Die]

Why wouldn't you want to see a chimp on a segway? Do you have a soul? [Neatorama]

Some New York Times elitist takes time away from his destroying America to do stand-up comedy. [The New York Times]

Because Hollywood got the recent memo that TV is now giving sitcom deals to actually funny people, Rob Riggle is now developing for CBS. [Variety]