The idea of Lenny Bruce, but maybe not a lot of the actual jokes.

I see there is not the "Era of That's Not Funny" on this post.

Althouse is insightful about many things, but comedy can be a bit of a blind spot for her at times.

I am not saying that she does not have a sense of humor; I am saying that her sense of humor often has a lawyerly sort of tunnel-vision that does not let down its guard. 

Well: maybe it's not a tunnel, but rather a bubble, or perhaps an Audi rather than an old-school van with an airbrushed scene of warrior chicks and totally rockin' clouds on the side. Like this.

Inside that Audi tunnel-bubble:

The New Yorker.

David Sedaris.

Seinfeld.

My Dinner With Andre.

The idea of Lenny Bruce, but maybe not a lot of the actual jokes.


In other words, things that have a dry sense of detachment, with the proper sensitivities and strata.

Perhaps this post could get a "Things Althouse Doesn't Find Funny" tag.