The Great White Wank

Sounds rather awesome:

The Iraqi reporter who assaulted George W. Bush with his footwear is getting an extension on his 15 minutes of fame. Muntathar al-Zaidi will be immortalized in Will Ferrell's Broadway show, "You're Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush."

The comic recently previewed the play at the Largo Theater in L.A., and word is, the audience laughed louder than people do at clips of Bush waving hello to Stevie Wonder...

"You're Welcome, America" is set moments after Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony and is what blogger and sneak-previewer Lawrence Denes describes as "less of a performance and more of an hour-and-a-half-long intimate conversation with George Bush, [who is] reminiscing on his life and career."

Blithely seeking audience reaction, Ferrell goes full throttle on the topic of the Iraq War. "What it comes down to is whether or not you can go to bed at night knowing the decisions you've made, and I have always been able to -mostly because I can fall asleep pretty much anywhere," he says. "I mean, I love sleep."