If you haven’t seen this video clip, then you obviously have a life outside of the internet. What the hell is wrong with you? Don’t you know that there are video clips cherry-picked from various sources that you would never watch in the first place, just ripe for the plucking on the Youtubes and the Vimeos and the what-have-yous? What the hell do you do with all of your free time?

I’ve watched this evisceration a couple of times already, partially because I love watching people who blather about stuff they have no business talking about get utterly destroyed by those who do and partially so I can pretend that the Kevin James in question isn’t just the hack right-wing radio pundit, but also the chubby, unfunny, hack comedian from the King Of Queens.

Nice hat, douche-nozzle

I have to say that, as much as I despise terrible comedians who are granted their own sitcom purely because networks are desperate for another Seinfeld-like hit (Seinfeld wasn’t that great, and all the shows trying to re-create it are much much worse), I enjoy watching an ignorant blowhard get destroyed by a not-so-ignorant blowhard even more. Although, If I have to see another promo for “House of Payne” while watching the NBA playoffs, I’m going to shoot Ted Turner in the face with a BB gun. THAT would be “Very Funny.”

Anyway, back to my point.

Anyone that can make me have new-found respect for Chris Matthews has to be awful. It’s just a fact. I used to think that Matthews was simply a brain stem with a megaphone attached. This Kevin James guy made him look like Edward R. Murrow. It’s stunning, really. I don’t want to see the TV pundits, be they right or left-wing, as actual thinking human beings. They should be caricatures, giant inflated egos with flashy graphics. If we’re learning world history from the likes of Chris Matthews, we as a society are in big, big trouble. Actually, if we can’t discern the difference between appeasement(acquiring peace by way of concessions or gifts) and dialogue(reciprocal conversation between two or more entities), maybe we do need history lessons from the likes of Chris Matthews.

Kevin James got shown up regarding a historical moment, which is right up my alley. I love history. I read books on the dark ages for fun. I enjoy knowing about societies and cultures that came before us. There’s probably something wrong with me, but at least I have historical perspective on events in our own time. It helps me to not feel a sense of crushing doom every time Bush opens his mouth, because I understand that we’ve gotten through much worse in the past and come out(mostly) alright.

Take the Black Death, for example. That sucked, but we bounced back. So to can we bounce back from the Bush presidency and the age of anti-intellectualism that it has spawned. We can also bounce back from our current morass of reality TV and shitty sitcoms starring undeserving stand-up comics. We can endure and overcome these trials, if history is any guide.

Be strong, America. We’ll get through this.