Are some conservative groups serious when they say former vice president Dick Cheney should run for president in 2012? Late night talk show hosts sure hope so. Last night was a good preview of the fun Conan, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson would have during an Obama-Cheney matchup. Also in their crosshairs was Eliot Spitzer, who was rumored to be considering a run for U.S. Senate (he now says he's not). "Where does he get off?" asked a bemused Jimmy Kimmel. "Oh yeah, at the Mayflower Hotel in DC, room 871."

Politico has a good roundup of all of last night's late-night action.

When Conan O'Brien realized that Sarah Palin's farewell speech was actually poem, he knew only one person could give Palin's ode to Alaska its dramatic due: William Shatner. Luckily for Conan, the former Star Trek captain-turned pop singer just happened to be hanging out backstage...

In honor of Minnesota's newest senator, we decided to compile some of our favorite videos of the former funnyman being funny. The first video of Franken drawing a map of the contiguous 48 states - one of the few lighter moments to surface from a campaign that was as serious as a heart attack - is more impressive than ha-ha funny. But it does contain a pretty good line: "Why is Minnesota so windy? Because the Dakotas blow and Wisconsin sucks." Take that, cheese-state.

Conan O'Brien had a pretty funny bit on one of his first episodes as new host of The Tonight Show. He had Brian Williams, who spent two days inside the White House filming a pretty remarkable behind-the-scenes documentary, ask President Obama what he thought about the Conan-Leno transition. Obama's response: "There's not going to be a Washington bailout if he screws it up." Take a look.