Thanks to Comedy Central, I just realized the perfect fictional portrayal of George W. Bush, decades before the fact–Charles Grodin’s act as a Saturday Night Live guest host who, in a running-gag storyline, didn’t realize it was live and didn’t show up until the day of the show. The gag climaxed with Grodin stumbling through a fake public-service ad, “Hire the Incompetent.”

ELSEWHERE:

“Instant Ramen–The Invention That Changed the 20th Century World” (found by Larkfarm).

The amazing breadth and scope of Yugoslav cuss words….