Amuse Bouche: John Cleese and Richard Lewis are no Matt Damon

When Matt Damon said the possibility of Sarah Palin becoming president was “a really scary thing,” he might have been right, but he was also speaking just a few days after we learned who John McCain’s running mate was going to be.

More than a month after Damon’s interview with CBS aired, aging comedians are looking to hop aboard the Palin bashing bandwagon to get some much-needed buzz.

In an interview with seesmic.com, posted on YouTube on Monday, John Cleese calls Palin a parrot who just repeats lines McCain’s handlers have fed her.

Not exactly the most original piece of insight.

But on Monday’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, guest Richard Lewis took the prize for most long-winded and unnecessary Palin diatribe.

(Skip to 1:15 in, then prepare for six-plus minutes of rambling.)

OK, we get it Richard.

Neither comic said anything that Damon hadn’t said better and more succinctly back in September.

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