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The NY Times heralds the arrival of of The Showbiz Show with David Spade [Ed.note—Premiering tonight—what, you haven't been reading the banner ads littering this site? Tinseltown is finally being ripped a new one!] with a delightful mix of fawning, playful mussing of the rascal host's hair, and unrepentant blowjoberry. As you've been told time and time again, the show will be The Daily Show for Hollywood, an idea seemingly so obvious that Comedy Central was flummoxed that the concept hadn't been tried previously:

Mr. Spade more than proved that point at a show rehearsal Sept. 7 when he, with ninjalike precision, sliced and diced his way through boldfaced names like George Clooney, Courtney Love, Angelina Jolie, and Paris Hilton. [...]

"In this culture where celebrity takes up an unimaginable share of the oxygen," [Comedy Central president Doug Herzog] said, "the time is ripe for this type of show. It's hard to believe that nobody has done something like this before."

Actually, some people have. For years, "Talk Soup," on the E! Network, has had hosts like Greg Kinnear and Aisha Tyler eviscerate daytime talk shows. And VH1's "Best Week Ever" invites quipsters to poke fun at the pop culture events of the week. But neither of these shows has ever featured a bona fide celebrity, an insider, torpedoing his colleagues.

It's true, the jokes cut so much deeper when delivered by the insider ninja who keeps surprising us with new and hilarious ways to tell his customers "No!" in those Capital One commercials. But even if he gets a little rough with them, Spade's Hollywood pals will surely appreciate the ribbing; we bet that after tonight's show, Clooney will sidle up to him in the hottub and the two will share a hearty laugh about the show, then flip a coin to see who gets to go home with Krista Allen.