Well, first, derive anything you can from my pity. Then go listen to some episodes.
Watching them do the show at the Carolina Theater in Durham was fun. Besides the usual amusement that is the show's stock in trade, it was something of an eye opener–although I guess I had unconsciously know that there had to be a lot of editing and other stuff going on behind the curtains, I never imagined how much.
Oh, and Charlie Pierce is probably right–Elihu Root has to be the funniest name in the history of American politics.