Comedy writer Pedro Bartes: "The nationally televised debate last week between U.S. presidential contenders drew 52.4 million U.S. viewers. The second debate is expected to do worse, not because of lack of interest, but rather because by that time most Americans will have been forced to pawn their TV sets due to the economy."
Comedy writer Alan Ray: "The vice presidential debate is tonight. The format is 90 minutes, or as Joe Biden refers to it, 'my opening monologue.'"
Jay Leno, "The Tonight Show": "Hugh Hefner has asked Sarah Palin to pose naked for Playboy. Because right now she's busy posing as a vice-presidential candidate."
Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live": "A farmer in Ohio has carved a corn maze in his field in the likeness of Sarah Palin. The way it works? You enter and suddenly realize you're way over your head."
Comedy writer Jake Novak: "New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg wants to run for a third term in defiance of local term limit laws. Bloomberg would go back to his old job, but even he can't find a job on Wall Street anymore."
Comedy writer Jim Barach: "Delinquent auto loans are now on the rise due to the mortgage crisis. Mostly because for many American families, the auto loan has become their mortgage payment."
