Late Night Joke Target Counts by Month

Tonight Show, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Daily Show and Colbert Report

January 1 through May 31, 2008

Total # of

Joke Target

Jokes

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Clinton, Hillary

468

42

88

65

142

131

Bush, George W.

413

72

59

58

110

114

McCain, John

314

23

76

60

96

59

Obama, Barrack

247

31

35

69

64

48

Spitzer, Elliot

227

204

19

4

Romney, Mitt

123

67

52

3

1

Clinton, Bill

114

26

24

18

27

19

Cheney, Dick

81

28

6

10

18

19

Clemens, Roger

68

6

27

8

6

21

Huckabee, Mike

55

33

16

6

Castro, Fidel

47

40

7

Nader, Ralph

46

1

38

3

3

1

Edwards, John

44

22

4

2

9

7

Craig, Larry

36

3

16

11

2

4

Pope Benedict XVI,

33

30

3

Wright, Jeremiah

29

5

21

3

Giuliani, Rudolph

29

28

1

Bush, Barbara

27

3

1

20

3

Gore, Al

24

9

4

3

4

4

McGreevey, John

22

16

3

3

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

22

5

6

5

3

3

Osama bin Laden,

21

4

4

1

12

Walters, Barbara

19

1

18

Spears, Brittany

18

5

4

5

2

2

Patterson, David

17

13

2

2

Monday, June 30, 2008

Kucinich, Dennis

17

10

4

1

2

Thompson, Fred

17

17

Winehouse, Amy

15

1

3

1

10

Castro, Raoul

14

11

3

King, Larry

13

5

2

3

1

2

Petraeus, David

13

13

Mills, Heather

13

1

6

5

1

Simpson, O.J

10

1

4

3

2

Gibson, Mel

10

7

3

Hussein, Saddam

10

10

Rice, Condoleeza

10

1

1

1

3

4

Putin, Vladimir

9

1

3

5

Hilton, Paris

9

5

3

1

Richardson, Bill

9

1

5

2

1

Snipes, Wesley

9

1

2

1

5

Matthews, Chris

8

1

3

4

Jolie, Angelina

8

2

4

2

Ferraro, Geraldine

8

8

Kennedy, Ted

8

4

3

1

Stephanopoulos, George

8

8

Rove, Carl

8

2

1

1

4

Kerry, John

7

1

1

1

3

1

Jackson, Michael

7

4

1

1

1

Scalia, Antonin

7

3

4

Winfrey, Oprah

6

3

2

1

Kilpatrick, Kwame

6

6

Dean, Howard

6

1

2

3

O'Reilly, Bill

6

1

1

1

3

Letterman, David

6

2

2

1

1

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

6

1

1

4

Blitzer, Wolf

6

4

1

1

Dodd, Christopher

5

2

1

2

Vick, Michael

5

1

1

3

Sebelius, Kathleen

5

5

Carter, Jimmy

5

1

4

Sheen, Charlie

5

3

1

1

Paul, Ron

5

4

1

Gravel, Mike

5

1

1

2

1

Fonda, Jane

5

5

Jong-il, Kim

4

2

2

Bloomberg, Micheal

4

2

1

1

Rumsfeld, Donald

4

1

3

McCartney, Paul

4

1

2

1

Trump, Donald

4

1

3

Biden, Joseph

4

1

2

1

McAuliffe, Terry

4

4

Jackson, Doug

4

4

Limbaugh, Rush

4

4

Pelosi, Nancy

4

3

1

Specter, Arlen

4

4

Lowe, Rob

3

3

Anderson, Pamela

3

3

Knight, Bobby

3

3

Brady, Tom

3

2

1

Couric, Katie

3

1

1

1

Colbert, Stephen

3

1

1

1

Cyrus, Miley

3

1

2

Dobbs, Lou

3

1

1

1

Ford, Harrison

3

1

2

Dupre, Ashley

3

2

1

Dingell, John

3

3

Vanilla Ice,

3

3

Stewart, Jon

3

1

1

1

Medvedev, Dmitri

3

3

Wallace, Mike

3

3

Spears, Jamie Lynn

3

1

1

1

Robertson, Pat

3

2

1

Mukasey, Michael

3

3

Philbin, Regis

3

2

1

McGraw, Dr. Phil

3

1

2

Norris, Chuck

3

1

2

Jones, Star

2

1

1

Hannity, Sean

2

2

Bush, Laura

2

1

1

Foley, Mark

2

1

1

John, Elton

2

1

1

Kennedy, John F.

2

1

1

Jones, Marion

2

1

1

Bonds, Barry

2

1

1

Bernanke, Ben

2

2

Hagee, John Rev.

2

2

Beck, Glen

2

1

1

Kevorkian, Jack

2

2

Blaine, David

2

1

1

Villaraigosa, Antonio

2

1

1

Reagan, Nancy

2

2

Clinton, Chelsea

2

1

1

Coleman, Gary

2

2

Chertoff, Michael

2

1

1

Graham, Billy

2

2

Hume, Brit

2

1

1

Nixon, Richard

2

1

1

McClellan, Scott

2

2

Dalai Lama,

2

2

Russert, Tim

2

1

1

Alley, Kirstie

2

1

1

Dan, Mark

2

2

Richards, Keith

2

1

1

Lohan, Lindsey

2

1

1

Lewinsky, Monica

2

2

Malkin, Michelle

2

2

Turner, Ted

2

2

Bush, George

2

1

1

Nelson, Willie

2

1

1

Keilor, Garrison

2

2

Campbell, Naomi

2

2

Cunnigham, Bill

2

2

Spears, Mom

1

1

Calderone, Felipe

1

1

Santorum, Rick

1

1

Steinbrenner, George

1

1

Casey, Bob Jr.

1

1

Cruise, Tom

1

1

Dole, Elizabeth

1

1

Crocker, Ryan

1

1

Stallone, Sylvester

1

1

Sharpton, Al

1

1

Sarkosky, Nicolas

1

1

Tenant, George

1

1

DeGeneres, Ellen

1

1

Bush, Barbara (younger)

1

1

Wells, Dawn

1

1

Armstrong, Lance

1

1

Aiken, Clay

1

1

Woods, Tiger

1

1

Abdul, Paula

1

1

Buchanan, Pat

1

1

Voight, Jon

1

1

Bush, Jeb

1

1

Byrd, Robert

1

1

Busby, Francine

1

1

Bush, Jenna

1

1

Copperfield, David

1

1

Vitter, David

1

1

Bryant, Kobe

1

1

Brownback, Sam

1

1

Rain,

1

1

Springsteen, Bruce

1

1

Carville, James

1

1

Spears, Dad

1

1

Strickland, Ted

1

1

Sharpe, James

1

1

Brown, Bobby

1

1

Kristol, William

1

1

Osmond, Marie

1

1

Jackson, Jesse

1

1

Obama, Michelle

1

1

O'Brien, Soledad

1

1

Jagger, Mick

1

1

Osbourne, Ozzy

1

1

Ono, Yoko

1

1

O'Neil, Shaqille

1

1

Quadaffi, Muammar

1

1

O'Brien, Conan

1

1

Kissinger, Henry

1

1

Franks, Tommy

1

1

Newsome, Gavin

1

1

Hunter, Duncan

1

1

Kardashian, Kim

1

1

Mugabe, Robert

1

1

Lieberman, Joseph

1

1

Libby, Scooter

1

1

LaFave, Debra

1

1

Manson, Charles

1

1

Mondale, Walter

1

1

Mandela, Nelson

1

1

Michael, George

1

1

Moore, Michael

1

1

Michaels, Bret

1

1

Abbas, Mahmoud

1

1

Gifford, Kathie Lee

1

1

Richie, Nicole

1

1

Eubanks, Kevin

1

1

Fleiss, Heidi

1

1

Falwell, Jerry

1

1

Frank, Barney

1

1

Rooney, Andy

1

1

Kelly, R.

1

1

Federline, Kevin

1

1

Monson, Thomas

1

1

Reno, Janet

1

1

Reagan, Ronald

1

1

Iseman, Vicky

1

1

Gifford, Frank

1

1

Hinkley, Gordon

1

1

Penn, Sean

1

1

Gere, Richard

1

1

Pitt, Brad

1

1

Prince Charles,

1

1

Graham, Lindsey

1

1

MC Hammer,

1

1

Hefner, Hugh

1

1

Olsen, Mary Kate

1

1

Olsen, Ashley

1

1

Hayden, Michael

1

1

Hagel, Chuck

1

1

Rendel, Ed

1

1

Fosella, Vito

1

1