How great is the Daily Show

Still going strong. And paired with the Colbert Report, it's a late evening hour of belly laughs I just can't resist. I could pick at a nit here or there, but on the whole they're just plain funny. If national and international conditions were better - would there still be humor? Am I conditioned now to only laugh at the idiocy of the administration or the foolish strutting of cable news? Is this why there isn't a sitcom out there (Simpsons aren't a sitcom, right?) that has captured even my slightest interest?