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Late Night Joke Target Counts by Month

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

January 1st through December 31, 2008

Total # of

Joke Target Jokes Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

McCain, John 1359 23 76 57 96 59 105 130 103 245 346 100 18

Bush, George W. 1160 72 59 58 110 114 103 89 59 141 85 135 135

Obama, Barack 769 31 35 67 64 47 56 74 87 58 118 100 31

Palin, Sarah 712 17 277 263 133 21

Clinton, Hillary 709 41 88 65 142 131 80 14 62 17 20 34 15

Spitzer, Elliot 272 204 19 4 8 5 3 2 6 12 9

Clinton, Bill 265 26 24 18 27 19 24 14 36 22 19 23 13

Cheney, Dick 191 28 6 10 18 19 11 9 13 17 12 38 10

Romney, Mitt 135 67 52 3 1 1 1 1 5 1 3

Biden, Joseph 107 1 1 1 13 27 46 14 4

Blagojevich, Rod 105 105

Edwards, John 97 22 4 2 9 7 1 7 33 6 1 4 1

Simpson, O.J 88 1 4 3 2 1 4 2 21 22 5 23

Craig, Larry 84 3 16 11 2 4 6 5 8 11 6 8 4

Nader, Ralph 73 1 38 3 3 1 2 3 2 9 5 6

Clemens, Roger 72 6 27 8 6 21 4

Huckabee, Mike 58 33 16 6 3

Gore, Al 58 9 4 3 4 4 16 5 5 1 2 1 4

Castro, Fidel 54 40 7 2 5

Schwarzenegger, Arnold 51 5 6 5 3 3 1 4 1 5 2 4 12

bin Laden, Osama 49 4 4 1 12 13 5 1 5 3 1

Winehouse, Amy 42 1 3 1 10 2 4 1 5 3 8 4

Wurzelbacher, Sam 39 30 9

Spears, Brittany 38 5 4 5 2 2 3 7 7 1 2

Pope Benedict XVI, 37 30 3 1 1 2

Giuliani, Rudolph 36 28 1 7

Jong-il, Kim 34 2 2 10 1 18 1

Paulson, Henry 32 14 10 6 2

Wright, Jeremiah 32 5 21 3 1 2

Lieberman, Joseph 31 1 2 1 4 15 4 4

Letterman, David 28 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 13

Walters, Barbara 28 1 18 3 3 3

Bush, Barbara 28 3 1 20 3 1

Hilton, Paris 27 5 3 1 2 7 1 2 4 2

Jackson, Michael 27 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 5 3

Winfrey, Oprah 27 3 2 1 1 1 5 2 10 2

Thompson, Fred 27 17 8 2

Jackson, Jesse 26 1 21 1 2 1

Kerry, John 25 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 8 3 4

Kucinich, Dennis 25 10 4 1 2 1 5 1 1

McGreevey, John 24 16 3 3 2

King, Larry 23 5 2 3 1 2 1 5 3 1

Patterson, David 22 13 2 2 1 2 1 1

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud 21 1 1 4 3 6 4 2

Stevens, Cat 20 4 9 7

Rice, Condoleeza 20 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 3 1

Trump, Donald 19 1 3 1 1 1 6 5 1

O'Brien, Conan 19 1 1 1 5 1 6 4

Madoff, Bernie 19 19

Dick, Andy 19 8 5 2 2 2

Jolie, Angelina 19 2 4 2 1 2 3 3 2

Burress, Plaxico 17 17

Pelosi, Nancy 17 3 1 2 7 3 1

Blitzer, Wolf 17 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1

Philbin, Regis 17 2 1 3 8 3

Leno, Jay 17 2 2 2 2 1 8

Mills, Heather 17 1 6 5 1 1 1 2

Hannity, Sean 17 2 6 4 1 2 2

Colbert, Stephen 16 1 1 1 3 2 5 3

Nixon, Richard 16 1 1 1 2 1 1 9

Madonna, 16 1 1 6 6 2

Rove, Carl 15 2 1 1 4 2 4 1

Castro, Raoul 15 11 3 1

Stevens, Sen. Ted 15 2 1 8 1 3

Palin, Bristol 14 13 1

Dupre, Ashley 14 2 1 1 2 8

O'Reilly, Bill 13 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 1

Petraeus, David 13 13

Spears, Jamie Lynn 13 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3

Putin, Vladimir 12 1 3 5 1 1 1

Kennedy, Ted 12 4 3 1 2 2

McCain, Cindy 12 1 1 7 2 1

Paul, Ron 12 4 1 1 1 3 1 1

McClellan, Scott 12 2 10

Gibson, Charles 11 7 2 1 1

Matthews, Chris 11 1 3 3 2 1 1

Aiken, Clay 10 1 8 1

Obama, Michelle 10 1 7 1 1

Hussein, Saddam 10 10

Snipes, Wesley 10 1 2 1 5 1

Limbaugh, Rush 10 4 1 1 2 2

Queen Elizabeth, 9 1 1 1 6

Bloomberg, Micheal 9 2 1 1 2 1 2

Greenspan, Alan 9 4 5

Olberman, Keith 9 2 2 2 1 2

Richardson, Bill 9 1 5 2 1

Dr. Phil, McGraw 9 1 2 1 2 2 1

Scalia, Antonin 9 3 4 1 1

Carter, Jimmy 9 1 4 2 1 1

Lohan, Lindsey 9 1 1 2 2 2 1

Dean, Howard 8 1 2 3 2

Dobbs, Lou 8 1 1 1 1 4

Bale, Christian 8 8

Bernanke, Ben 8 2 1 4 1

Federline, Kevin 8 1 2 2 1 2

Ferraro, Geraldine 8 8

Hitler, Adolf 8 7 1

Bush, Laura 8 1 1 1 3 2

Kilpatrick, Kwame 8 6 1 1

Sheen, Charlie 8 3 1 1 2 1

Stephanopoulos, George 8 8

McCain, Joe 8 8

Vick, Michael 7 1 1 3 1 1

Michael, George 7 1 1 4 1

Mahoney, Tim 7 7

Couric, Katie 7 1 1 1 2 1 1

Frank, Barney 7 1 4 2

Bonds, Barry 7 1 1 2 3

Gramm, Phil 7 6 1

Fey, Tina 6 1 4 1

LeBoeuf, Shia 6 6

Dodd, Christopher 6 2 1 2 1

Foley, Mark 6 1 1 2 2

Gravel, Mike 6 1 1 2 1 1

Striesand, Barbara 6 3 3

Rodriguez, Alex 6 1 1 4

Sarkosky, Nicolas 5 1 1 1 2

ACORN, Assoc. 5 5

Community Org for

Fonda, Jane 5 5

Buchanan, Pat 5 1 1 1 1 1

Schumer, Charles 5 1 2 2

Carville, James 5 1 1 2 1

Campbell, Naomi 5 2 2 1

Sebelius, Kathleen 5 5

Kardashian, Kim 5 1 1 1 1 1

Jones, Marion 5 1 1 1 1 1

Anderson, Pamela 5 3 1 1

McAuliffe, Terry 5 4 1

Colmes, Alan 5 2 3

Graham, Lindsey 5 1 2 2

McCartney, Paul 5 1 2 1 1

Phelps, Michael 5 5

Mukasey, Michael 5 3 2

Norris, Chuck 5 1 2 1 1

Novak, Robert 4 4

Rumsfeld, Donald 4 1 3

Vitter, David 4 1 3

Lipsky, Steve 4 4

Broun, Paul 4 4

Hagel, Chuck 4 1 3

Specter, Arlen 4 4

Villaraigosa, Antonio 4 1 1 1 1

Gonzalez, Alberto 4 1 2 1

Bush, George 4 1 1 1 1

Goodling, Monica 4 4

Chavez, Hugo 4 3 1

Favre, Bret 4 1 3

Cruise, Tom 4 1 1 2

Gates, Bill 4 2 1 1

Emanuel, Rahm 4 3 1

Simpson, Ashley 4 1 1 1 1

Palin, Todd 4 1 2 1

Reagan, Ronald 4 1 1 1 1

Jackson, Doug 4 4

Damon, Matt 4 1 2 1

Abdul, Paula 4 1 2 1

Knight, Bobby 4 3 1

Robertson, Pat 4 2 1 1

Holder, Eric 4 3 1

Stewart, Jon 4 1 1 1 1

Russert, Tim 4 1 1 2

Kelly, R. 3 1 2

Ashcroft, John 3 2 1

Johnston, Levi 3 3

Hefner, Hugh 3 1 1 1

Bush, Jeb 3 1 2

Dogg, Snoop 3 1 1 1

Ice, Vanilla 3 3

John, Elton 3 1 1 1

Wallace, Mike 3 3

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana 3 3

Lowe, Rob 3 3

Ayers, William 3 2 1

Lewinsky, Monica 3 2 1

Van Susteren, Greta 3 3

Hume, Brit 3 1 1 1

Jones, Star 3 1 1 1

Powell, Colin 3 3

Fuld, Richard 3 3

O'Donnell, Rosie 3 1 1 1

Ford, Harrison 3 1 2

Cyrus, Miley 3 1 2

Medvedev, Dmitri 3 3

Nelson, Willie 3 1 1 1

Bennett, Bill 3 2 1

Roker, Al 3 2 1

Prince Charles, 3 1 1 1

Dingell, John 3 3

Brady, Tom 3 2 1

Boy George, 3 2 1

Perino, Dana 3 2 1

Kristol, William 3 1 1 1

Scarborough, Joe 3 1 1 1

Booker, Corey 3 3

Mugabe, Robert 3 1 2

Cooper, Anderson 3 1 1 1

Graham, Billy 3 2 1

McConaughey, Matthew 3 1 1 1

Cornyn, John 3 3

Dan, Mark 2 2

Dole, Elizabeth 2 1 1

Chertoff, Michael 2 1 1

Alley, Kirstie 2 1 1

Jackson, Jesse Jr. 2 2

Dukakis, Mike 2 1 1

Kennedy, John F. 2 1 1

Beck, Glen 2 1 1

Clinton, Chelsea 2 1 1

Kevorkian, Jack 2 2

Coulter, Ann 2 1 1

Brokaw, Tom 2 1 1

Dalai Lama, 2 2

Bayh, Evan 2 2

Bush, Barbara (younger) 2 1 1

Bush, Jenna 2 1 1

Hagee, John Rev. 2 2

Hasselbeck, Elisabeth 2 2

Fisherman, Allen 2 2

Cunnigham, Bill 2 2

Blaine, David 2 1 1

Bentsen, Lloyd 2 2

Barr, Bob 2 2

Gibson, Mel 2 1 1

Cowell, Simon 2 1 1

Coleman, Gary 2 2

Chambliss, Saxby 2 2

Dobson, James 2 2

Bryant, Kobe 2 1 1

Hayden, Michael 2 1 1

Richie, Nicole 2 1 1

Turner, Ted 2 2

Lauer, Matt 2 2

Rendel, Ed 2 1 1

Richards, Keith 2 1 1

Rangel, Charles 2 2

Olsen, Mary Kate 2 1 1

Moore, Michael 2 1 1

Lincoln, Abraham 2 1 1

Reid, Harry 2 1 1

Sullivan, Martin 2 2

Steinbruck, Pierce 2 2

Schieffer, Bob 2 2

Napolitano, Janet 2 2

Mondale, Walter 2 1 1

Malkin, Michelle 2 2

Allen, Woody 2 1 1

Pickens, T. Boone 2 1 1

Reagan, Nancy 2 2

Wilkerson, Dianne 2 2

Quayle, Dan 2 1 1

Rivera, Geraldo 2 1 1

Keilor, Garrison 2 2

Woods, Tiger 2 1 1

Olsen, Ashley 2 1 1

Sharpton, Al 2 1 1

Wallace, Chris 2 2

Reno, Janet 2 1 1

Pitt, Brad 2 1 1

Stewart, Martha 1 1

Carlson, Tucker 1 1

Clinton, Roger 1 1

Steinbrenner, George 1 1

Rowling, J.K. 1 1

Roberts, Julia 1 1

Rickles, Don 1 1

Ray, Rachael 1 1

Cunningham, Randall 1 1

Clark, Wesley 1 1

Copperfield, David 1 1

Romer, Christina 1 1

Rain, 1 1

Rose, Pete 1 1

Rather, Dan 1 1

Drescher, Fran 1 1

DeGeneres, Ellen 1 1

Downey, Robert Jr 1 1

Cook, Peter 1 1

Conrad, Arnold 1 1

Canseco, Jose 1 1

Calderone, Felipe 1 1

Rooney, Andy 1 1

Crocker, Ryan 1 1

Crist, Charlie 1 1

Roosevelt, Franklin 1 1

Delano

Casey, Bob Jr. 1 1

Rehnquist, William 1 1

Reid, Andy 1 1

Springer, Jerry 1 1

Reynolds, Burt 1 1

Clooney, George 1 1

Warner, John 1 1

Tancredo, Tom 1 1

Brown, Bobby 1 1

Takei, George 1 1

Byrd, Robert 1 1

Brinkley, Christie 1 1

Torres, Dara 1 1

Turner, Tina 1 1

Vilsack, Tom 1 1

Voight, Jon 1 1

Spector, Phil 1 1

Axelrod, David 1 1

Thomas, Clarence 1 1

Agnew, Spiro 1 1

Williams, Montel 1 1

Al-Maliki, Nouri 1 1

Wells, Dawn 1 1

Williams, Brian 1 1

Armstrong, Lance 1 1

al muhajer, abu hamaz 1 1

Abbas, Mahmoud 1 1

Willemstad, Richard 1 1

Warren, Rick 1 1

Bradshaw, Terry 1 1

Simpson, Jessica 1 1

Swann, Lynn 1 1

Brooks, David 1 1

Snow, Tony 1 1

Seacrest, Ryan 1 1

Stallone, Sylvester 1 1

Spears, Mom 1 1

Sharpe, James 1 1

Strickland, Ted 1 1

Timberlake, Justin 1 1

Spears, Dad 1 1

Tenant, George 1 1

Springsteen, Bruce 1 1

Boehner, John 1 1

Busby, Francine 1 1

Brownback, Sam 1 1

Shyamalan, M. Knight 1 1

Spelling, Tori 1 1

Shakira, 1 1

Summers, Lawrence 1 1

Sutphen, Mona 1 1

Santorum, Rick 1 1

Brown, Gordon 1 1

Mandela, Nelson 1 1

Perry, Rick 1 1

Helmsley, Leona 1 1

Lewis, Jerry 1 1

Lehrer, Jim 1 1

Hinkley, Gordon 1 1

Harper, Steven 1 1

Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio 1 1

Hassan, Ali 1 1

Hunter, Duncan 1 1

Hamilton, George 1 1

Morris, Dick 1 1

Harris, John 1 1

Heinz-Kerry, Teresa 1 1

McCaffrey, Barry 1 1

Harding, Tonya 1 1

Hammer, MC 1 1

Murdoch, Rupert 1 1

Murtha, John 1 1

Hoover, J. Edgar 1 1

Goodman, Jordan 1 1

Monson, Thomas 1 1

Michaels, Bret 1 1

Manson, Charles 1 1

Kim, Daniel 1 1

Khadaffi, Muammar 1 1

Kennedy, Anthony 1 1

Kerrey, Bob 1 1

Keating, Frank 1 1

Jones, Tom 1 1

Jones, Jim Gen. 1 1

Jeter, Derek 1 1

Jarrett, Valerie 1 1

Kutcher, Ashton 1 1

Haass, Richard 1 1

Kelley, Megyn 1 1

Goode, Virgil 1 1

Karzai, Hamid 1 1

Jagger, Mick 1 1

Jefferson, William 1 1

Klain, Ron 1 1

Johnson, Lyndon 1 1

Ifill, Gwen 1 1

Libby, Scooter 1 1

Iseman, Vicky 1 1

LaFave, Debra 1 1

Hasselhoff, David 1 1

Kaine, Timothy 1 1

Doocy, Steve 1 1

Ono, Yoko 1 1

Osbourne, Ozzy 1 1

Feingold, Russ 1 1

O'Neill, Paul 1 1

Franks, Tommy 1 1

Fleischer, Ari 1 1

O'Brien, Soledad 1 1

Osmond, Marie 1 1

Falwell, Jerry 1 1

Mayer, John 1 1

Eubanks, Kevin 1 1

Noonan, Peggy 1 1

Daley, Richard M. 1 1

Dion, Stephane 1 1

Daly, John 1 1

Duchovny, David 1 1

Orszag, Peter 1 1

Kissinger, Henry 1 1

Pena, Federico 1 1

Ki Moon, Ban 1 1

Penn, Sean 1 1

Palfrey, Deborah Jean 1 1

Fleiss, Heidi 1 1

Milken, Michael 1 1

Perkins, Bill 1 1

Giambi, Jason 1 1

Gates, Robert 1 1

Gretzky, Janet Jones 1 1

Maddow, Rachel 1 1

Maher, Bill 1 1

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader 1 1

Gere, Richard 1 1

Mozilo, Angelo 1 1

Ghandi, Mahatma 1 1

O'Neil, Shaqille 1 1

Messina, Jim 1 1

Fosella, Vito 1 1

Minelli, Liza 1 1

Gingrich, Newt 1 1

Gifford, Kathie Lee 1 1

Gifford, Frank 1 1

Franken, Al 1 1

Newsome, Gavin 1 1

Frum, David 1 1

Fitzgerald, Patrick 1 1

NAS, Nasir Jones 1 1

McCaskill, Claire 1 1

Martin, Jim 1 1

Thursday, February 05, 2009


Based on an analysis of the political and public affairs jokes in the monologues or opening segment of the Tonight Show, Late Show with David Letterman, Latenight with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show and since July 1st 2007 The Colbert Report.. This does not include repeat or encore performances.