Why Garry Trudeau is overpaid.

Doonesbury has been a national treasure for going on four decades now. Not a day goes by that I don't check out the strip. Trudeau's two newest collections are two of the very best books (yes. books.) published this year, and hopefully will take their rightful place on all the upcoming "Best Books of 2006" that every old school media outlet's going to publish during the Christmas buying season.

I used to think of him as a brilliant man who had to somehow come up with someone or something to satire. Seemed very difficult. A lot of pressure.

But I was wrong. This wide, wide world of sports is just so RIPE. There's so many people that deserve to be skewered. Look at Borat. The man is already a legend for filming what other people say to him. How hard is that? Just go to the local Wal-Mart, pretend you're from Russia, and start filming. People will absolutely give you gems, man. Gems. Without having any clue that they are ridiculous.

So, yeah. Trudeau is overpaid and overrated. What a country.