So, Howard Kurtz, no relation to Tippy the Turtle, had talk show host and Playboy grotto ghoul Bill Maher on his show Reliable Sources over the weekend, and here’s a piece of it.

(ROLL SOT)

Another Fox host, Greg Gutfeld said, “One of the great things about Obama…”

MAHER: Who?

KURTZ: Greg Gutfeld. He’s on…

MAHER: Greg Gutfeld?

KURTZ: He’s on late at night.

MAHER: Is that a real name? Is this a trick question?

KURTZ: No, no, no. I wouldn’t do that.

MAHER: Come on. You’re making up a Fox newscaster. It’s OK. I’ll go along with it.

KURTZ: “One of the great things about Obama is how it terminated the relevance of Bill Maher. His schtick is now just a smirk in a suit.”

Are you getting under their skin?

MAHER: I guess so. Hey, when you piss off Greg Gutfeld, I think you’re doing something right.

Who is Greg Gutfeld? I know more about Jon and Kate than this guy.

Now, this is awesomely awesome for a variety of reasons that are awesome.

-One, Howard Kurtz must be under a lot of stress doing one show a week, because he completely misunderstands my commentary. It wasn’t that Maher gets under my skin, it’s that he doesn’t get under ANYONE’S skin. My point was Maher’s irrelevance has emerged out of fear of upsetting his audience’s love for Obama – so much so he’s retreated into a bland world of predictable smirking and forced applause. But I forgive Howie: he was probably blinded by Maher’s star power – a bright beacon of celebrity rarely seen on Reliable Sources – unless of course you count the fiery David Gergen.

And I do.

But even more ridiculous than Kurtz is Maher himself, complaining that his audience is too politically correct to handle jokes about Obama. What’s an “Obama joke,” according to Bill?

If I remember correctly, it went something like this: Republicans don’t like Obama, because they’re superstitious about having a “black cat” in the White House.

Now, Maher may label that an Obama joke, but anyone with half a brain (or a half more than Maher’s audience) knows it was a stereotypical jab at those racist Republicans. Meanwhile, hairpieces like Kurtz are so clueless that they happily buy into his spin of events.

Anyway, it kinda hurts my feelings that Maher doesn’t remember me. Worse, it bothers me that he doesn’t believe Greg Gutfeld is a real name. But I forgive him – he probably thinks it’s as offensive as Jonathan Leibowitz.

Tonight: we’ve got Andrew Breitbart, Juliet Huddy, and Ron Geraci. Also, a dream analyst, Lauren Lawrence. And maybe my mom (but I have to call her first and see how she’s doing).