Comedy writer Jon Macks is still on strike from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” but he checked in on my show this afternoon, to report on how things are going on the picket line (with presidential candidate John Edwards as special guest). Since Jon doesn’t have the monologue as an outlet for the jokes filling his brain, he did some riffing on Michael Jordan’s divorce, Barry Bonds’ indictment, Lindsay Lohan’s jail stay, and more.

Listen to our conversation here.