Still Funny After All These Years

Back in June 2004, this blogger wrote in the post entitled, "The Funniest Woman You Never Heard Of":

Now, I know why I liked "The Daily Show" (before Jon Stewart). Lizz Winstead—co-creator of The Daily Show on cable's Comedy Central—was a history major at the University of Minnesota before she dropped out of college to do standup comedy. She is (very likely) the wittiest woman in the media and she has taken on W, the Dickster, and rest of the Merry Men. The current flap over the use of Hitler's image to sully both Democrats (courtesy of W's minions) and the Republicans (thank you, Move-On.org) brought this instead from Lizz Winstead: It's really boring to say, "George Bush is Hitler." I am like, "Oh, shut up. Are you really that unoriginal?" [Pause.] "Besides, he's so much worse."

Now, 5 years later, Winstead reflects upon TV news and "The Daily Show" phenomenon. If this is (fair & balanced) truth to power, so be it.

[x Salon]
Big Think: Lizz Winstead On News And Comedy

[Lizz Winstead began spelling her name with a double-z while she lived in a sorority house at the University of Minnesota; two other women named "Liz" were living there and Winstead doubled the last letter of her name to avoid the confusion over phone calls for "Liz." Winstead was the co-founder of "The Daily Show" and she was a co-founder of Air America Radio (now Air America Media). Winstead is a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post and, since April 2009, she has appeared every Friday on MSNBC's "The Ed Show."]

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