I particularly liked this from Rob Corddry, the show's "vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst":

"Tonight, the vice-president is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington.

"According to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush," Corddry said.

"Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a better place for his having spread buckshot across the entire region of Mr. Whittington's face."

In a post 9/11 world, "the American people expect their leaders to be decisive," Corddry said. "Had Cheney not have shot his friend in the face, it would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak," he dead-panned.

The 'supers' Cheney's Got a Gun and VP: No. 2 with a Bullet also made me laugh.

Stewart made this personal plea to parents:

Moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted -- it's just not worth it."

This AP story has some of Jay Leno's and David Letterman's gags.