Jon and John Take Down the Man

Dr. X sends this through taps in morse-code on a pipe in his cell in Equatorial Guinea:

"Mr. Stewart's new occasional sidekick, John Hodgman, is no one-hit wonder. He is a throwback to the kind of mild, brilliant, insidious political comedy of the 60s. If Pat Paulson, Bob Newhart, and Mort Sahl had a threesome, he would be the love-child. But I digress. This Daily Show piece on a (real) counter-insurgency essay-writing contest shows him at his best. As does this priceless bit about Greenspan. As does this bit on India and Pakistan. And here is his initial appearance, highly praised by the Laird, in which he promotes The Areas of My Expertise.

"I caution you: it is possible to get too much Hodgson if your system is not yet accustomed to him. Once you are acclimated you may attempt his Q&A for McSweeney's and the The Little Gray Book Lectures."