Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era

What do we get from shows that poke fun at our serious selves like “The Daily Show” and “South Park” and what makes these shows so popular? We’ll talk this hour with Jeffrey P. Jones, Associate Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University and co-editor of the new collection “Satire 3: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era” (NYU, 2009).