Jim Lehrer of PBS could not be any funnier

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To help promote its upcoming miniseries Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, PBS and Baltimore-based MGH have created this surreal spot featuring the deadpan delivery of Jim Lehrer. Not to tell them how to do their jobs, but the PBS marketing folks really missed a viral goldmine here. Just think how many hits they'd get if they had Lehrer act out great moments in obscene broadcast hilarity, such as "Bill O'Reilly flips out" and "Chris

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