Super Embarrassment Comedy Bros.

Given that most of my engagement with the outside world takes the form of sitting on my butt and watching things, I may as well note that I'm excited that the next season of The Office starts up tonight. I am guessing that the show will continue its trend of treating its characters more and more affectionately, as it moves still further away from (and becomes increasingly more popular than) Ricky Gervais' British original, which was less laugh-out-loud funny and way more existentially bleak. Despite the Americanized show's soapier, sitcommier instincts, it still puts the screws to its people pretty effectively, though. For those who really like their comedy the way they like their black coffee it may be sufficient to supplement the show with CBS News' video of Sarah Palin trying to answer Katie Couric's questions.