Der Furor

Jay Leno Hitler? Instead of annexing countries, Leno is annexing OPS - Other People's Shows? Conan O'Brien the Czechoslovakia of late night TV?  Former Spy scribe Joe Queenan - in the Wall Street Journal - jests? that "NBC will regret appeasing Leno."  If Queenan were still writing for Spy, the headline would be:  "NBC will regret sucking Leno's legendary dick."

Huff Post's Jason Linkins doesn't get Joe Queenan:  "He whiffs badly." 

He whiffs goodly - if you know anything about Queenan, a self-described "sneering churl."  It's satire, child! Baby boomer Queenan's WWII military whiff on Leno/Conan  makes sense to me.  In 2008 the satirist wrote a column comparing Rod Blagojevich to Nero.

Queenan merely picks up where this leaves off:  Mommy was appeasing Linkins with a pacifier when Queenan was waxing brilliant and churlish at Spy: