Covering the Next Election

Limp from watching hours of coverage of the US midterms, channel hopping from PBS to CNN and a maze of other media, we began to think: wouldn't this be so much more entertaining if Bob and Ray were the TV anchors?

Sadly, Bob and Ray have exited to the Great Comedy Club in the Sky, but we could have Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Or Andy Borowitz and Sarah Silverman. And when the Big Orange gives his next miserable State of the Union address, wouldn't it be fine to have the old Monty Python troupe in the front row?

Finally, given a choice, we think perhaps the best election anchors would be Laurel and Hardy. Stan and Ollie would bring the right mix of absurdity and frustration, wailing and resignation.

And, at the end, Hardy could say to the voters: "Another fine mess you've gotten us into!"