It's funny because it's true

The kids at Kasper Hauser do a dead-on spoof of This American Life. Why? Because they love (I suspect). The only thing missing is Ira's ostentatious mouth smacks and pops.

And really, doesn't TAL deserve a little poke in the ribs? More than a decade later, the show can totters on the brink of becoming the kind of sacred cow it set out to barbeque. (And isn't it just a little creepy that Alex Blumberg sounds SO much like Ira?)

Anyhoo, can't wait to see the TV version on Showtime. But I may have to.