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All’s not lost in Requiem for a Paper Bag (In honor of A&E Assistant Wyatt Williams’ last day — he’ll still be contributing regularly to the paper and blog — I present to you one of his great recent blog posts.)

‘Snoutbreak’ is the word of the week (Jon Stewart coins a new term for the swine flu.)

The Televangelist: ‘Lost’ episode 14 (The show’s 100th episode following Obama’s 100 days speech. Coincidence? I think not.)

Bench Press: Weekend sports roundup (GOkickball, the Mitty and more.)

Hollywood Product: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Curt breaks down the vengeful action flick with mutant powers.)

Atlanta stores to celebrate Free Comic Book Day tomorrow (Oxford Comics, Criminal Records, the Book Nook and many more participate.)

Read more at Culture Surfing

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Anyone else see Jon Stewart “shake his fist” at Twitter last night? It’s a painfully funny look at how the media’s scrambling to get in front of more, younger eyeballs. Stewart and “Daily Show” correspondent Sam Bee manage to put a bit of self-deprecating perspective on all of the by-the-second hysteria. Oh, hey, while we’re on the subject, make sure you’re following CL on Twitter!

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From the New Haven Advocate:

On the eve of his inauguration, painting walls at a Habitat for Humanity dwelling, Obama joshed that this was good practice as he was moving into a new house the next day.

But that MLK Day event also emphasized the critics’ worst fears: Sure, he can make fun of himself, but how easy is it for anyone else to mock a guy who’s out helping the homeless the day before one of the most jam-packed weeks of his life? Where’s the opening for humor there?

A president who takes too many vacations, or mangles speeches, or starts international conflicts when he’s barely traveled out of the country — that’s a guy ripe for the plucking. But Obama’s “no drama” persona translates to “no huma” as well.

The cartoon-Teflon concern is hardly a new one: jokesters have had two years (and Illinois newsies even longer) to come up with Barack characteristics they can exaggerate and crack wise about. All they’ve located so far is his ears.

What are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to do now?

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