Author: Jokes should be taken seriously (AP)

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Author: Jokes should be taken seriously
    (AP)

 


AP - "Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke" (Rutgers University Press, 272 pages. $24.95), by Russell L. Peterson: Ask a 30-something to impersonate George H.W. Bush, and chances are you'll get the "Saturday Night Live" version Ã,â€" an imitation of former cast member Dana Carvey nasally intoning, "Not gonna do it," or "Wouldn't be prudent."


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