There are many things to dread about the 2024 election. The primary reason is that fully 70% of the public agrees it does not want a race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. But another problem with the 2024 race seems likely to be the absence of good comedy.

Sure, there are opportunities to poke fun at Biden’s doddering age and increasing incoherence. But comedians have been pulling their punches on Biden’s age for more than three years. Trump has plenty of foibles and idiosyncrasies, but so many comedians have become so hysterically anti-Trump that they are more likely to denounce him than find a humorous angle.