Today on The View, the panel was discussing politics and whether or not comedians could affect the outcome. Specifically, they mentioned the SNL skit about Sarah, wondering if comics had any influence. Then Behar suddenly injected ‘hey I was watching Keith Olbermann, and…’ You can imagine the rest.

Here’s the transcript, thanks to Justin McCarthy of Newsbusters:

BEHAR: Just one point, the comedian point, yesterday I was watching Keith Olbermann, and he was, he kept referring to- they laugh when you say his name- they kept referring to Rush Limbaugh as a comedian.

SHEPHERD: Really?

BEHAR: Now Rush Limbaugh, who I don’t think he’s funny in the least, but that’s my opinion. I mean, I would give it to him if he was funny even though I disagree with him on everything. They call him a comedian, but he is highly influential to the conservative base of the Republican party.

SHEPHERD: So why would they say-

BEHAR: Because he features himself as quite amusing, you know.

HASSELBECK: He’s not a comedian.

SHEPHERD: But you have somebody like Jon Stewart, who, you know, he does a lot of comedy on, you know, on the politics and people listen to him.

BEHAR: Yeah, but I’m just saying, to slightly disagree with you, Keith Olbermann would say he is influential on the right.

GOLDBERG: He is influential, but he’s not a comic.

HASSELBECK: He’s not a comedian.

GOLDBERG: You’re not going to go see Rush at, you know, Foxwoods. You’re not going to go see Rush at any of the clubs that you and I frequent.

BEHAR: I know, but you’re not going to see Tina Fey there either. She’s a comedic actress.

GOLDBERG: Yes, but he is not a comic. Rush Limbaugh is not a comic. He has never performed a comedy. He has not gone out, he has not worked on a comedic show. He’s not a comedic act.

BEHAR: Okay, he’s not a comic. He’s a joke.

GOLDBERG: Thank you.

[laughter]

SHEPHERD: Thank you. There’s a big difference.

By the way…who’da thunk Behar watched Keith Olbermann? Shocka!

Watch the chucklefest here.