Here's a great example of why Dennis Miller isn't very funny these days. It's very hard to be funny when you take the side of those in power. It's like trying to do a Marx Brothers movie and have Margaret Dumont top Groucho. Anyway, here's a monologue joke that Jay Leno did last week about the White House Easter Egg Hunt…
The White House Easter Egg Hunt will be open to the public but President Bush will not be there. Well sure. How embarrassing would that be? It's bad enough he can't find weapons of mass destruction, what if he can't find any eggs either?
And now, here's pretty much the same joke a few days later but as rearranged to suit the sensibilities of its teller, Dennis Miller…
The White House held its annual Easter Egg Roll on Sunday. The traditional Easter Egg Hunt portion of the event was cancelled, however, because the administration didn't want to yet again be accused of hiding something.
In case it isn't clear, these are actual examples from their respective monologues. Leno's joke picks on Bush. Miller's picks on unspecified people who criticize the president. Unless you're pretty rabidly pro-Bush, Leno's is funnier.