News flash: "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" remains vital!

Variety asks the question about the Obama Administration that's on everyone's mind: How will it affect "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart?" Assuming Obama governs with a modicum of competence, where oh where will the jokes come from?

Answer: Don't worry. Just because George Bush is no longer in Washington doesn't mean idiocy no longer exists.

And kudos to Variety for making a comedy show sound so dull: "A team of eight in the studio production department constantly monitors the news network and wire feeds, recording and then editing choice bits. All the show's writers and studio producers stay connected by email, and when something stands out, the clip is quickly disseminated."

But Variety doesn't stop there: They also realize, a few years belatedly but what the hey, that Stewart has become "a bona fide icon in American culture." Stewart may or may not be comfortable with that title, but he does have plans for the future: "I'm convinced that I'll leave the show two years after I become a parody of myself."

Oh, and Variety also manages to make Stephen Colbert sound boring in his effusive praise of Stewart, as well. Try getting your head around this quote, or simply imagining Colbert saying something like this on the air: "(Jon)'s telling us that this is the mechanics of the human interaction, and this is the actual message of the story."