Gore & Colbert vs. Gore & Colbert...Who ya got?

In one corner, we have former vice president Al Gore, author of Our Choice, a book explaining why the rate of global warming means Colbert may soon need gills. 

In the other...

Random bits of comedy falderol are suppose to make us feel good.

Not this time.

Damn, we miss Phil Hartman.

It's the Tonight Show stage in Burbank. This is where politicians go to fly: What with the softball questions, the fawning, the preening and the envying of the Hollywood elite...Wait, we were talking about the White House...

Not only was Stephen Colbert's Grammy win not part of the televised broadcast, but he didn't even win the spoken word prize in the first place. Colbert's sweet baritone lost to the wooden cadence of Al Gore....

Here is a long grainy clip from Maher's old show. Politically Incorrect, anyone? Remember it? Maher got kicked off network TV for saying the 9/11 terrorists weren't cowards? Doesn't ring a bell, huh...

Well, it's still worth...