Whorer Show

When you think of Howard Kurtz and K Street, perhaps the 1000 block, N.W., comes to mind. But Howard the Putz has made his dramatic debut on the HBO series "K Street," and he's even less convincing playing a journalist than he is when he's claiming not to be a Republican. (Anyone who believes the latter should ask why he featured John "Thumb" Fund in a segment bashing the Clark campaign.)

The best part, though, is that Kurtz brags about writing his own dialogue for the HBO show -- this dialogue:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "K STREET")

KURTZ, "K STREET": Who are you shilling for today?

JOHN SLATTERY, ACTOR, "K STREET": The RIAA.

KURTZ: Recording industry?

SLATTERY: Yes.

KURTZ: What's the angle? Why would I want to write about it?

SLATTERY: Because these guys are caught between a rock and a hard place. This business -- the retail and record business -- the business, as they know it, as we know it, is really (ph) gone. It is going away. Every record store in the country, save maybe Wal-Mart and Best Buy, gone. The future of the business is totally online.

KURTZ: You want my honest reaction?

SLATTERY: Yes.

KURTZ: Because I'm not going to pull any punches with you.

SLATTERY : Go ahead.

KURTZ: I try to look at all sides of an issue. I think there's a reasonable case to be made here.

Howie says he didn't have a script and he was reacting like he would in "real life." I'm not going to pull any punches here either. That dialogue sucks. Big time. Ronald Reagan movies had better dialogue. If I had HBO, I would cancel it based on that dialogue alone.