Here is a little factory shop tour into the workings of a comedy writer writing a joke.

I got nothing in my head right now and I am going to write a joke.

OK, hey how about that Sarah Palin? She, well she hasn't been in the news this week.

I got it. President Obama is in Europe and he isn't President Bush so he didn't say anything funny.

Phew, how about, wow that Lance Armstrong is sure doing great in that, oh crap, sure I could make a lame French joke, but that is such a cheap shot.

What I got is I got nothing . . .