Jay Leno, "The Tonight Show," on the Writers' Guild strike: "They are calling this the toughest time for comedy writing since those three weeks back in the '90s when Bill Clinton stopped dating."
Michael Feldman, public radio's "Whad'Ya Know?": "Pat Robertson endorses Rudy Giuliani, but says if he wears a dress again a hurricane will blow up his skirt."
Comedy writer Pedro Bartes: "Seventy-five percent of Americans said in a recent poll that the country is headed in the wrong direction. The other 25 percent is headed to Canada."
Comedy writer Patrick Gorse: "Hillary Clinton's campaign apologized for staging a question from a student during an appearance last week. A Clinton spokesman said that while it wasn't standard policy, it does prove she can run FEMA."
Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: "Hillary Clinton's campaign denied that she and her staffers failed to tip a waitress at a restaurant in Iowa last month. The waitress said that it didn't qualify as a tip when Hillary told her to 'always go with pants suits.'"
Gorse on the demolition of the 65-year-old New Frontier Casino Hotel in Las Vegas: "It was the biggest implosion there since Britney Spears performed at the MTV Video Music Awards."
Comedy writer Jim Barach on Gisele Bundchen's insistence she be paid in any currency other than U.S. dollars: "How weak has the dollar gotten that it can't even feed a supermodel?"