Don't Know Russell Brand? You Will.

I've only known about Russell for a few months, and I think he's a bloody riot. I'm wagering that within a couple of weeks, you will too.

MTV tapped him for their VMA Awards, scheduled for September 7th. That's a position that the likes of Chris Rock have held, so he's about to achieve a level of stardom that few British TV presenters/radio personalities/comedians could even dream about.

I've heard his show a couple of times and it's like Howard Stern with lot more brains. This guy is extremely clever and quick. He even has a deeper sense of satire than Stern ever did. And unlike Stern, he's just as happy poking fun of himself as the rest of the absurd world.

On his last show, he described what it was like being detained at LAX with a Tibetan monk. I laughed out loud as he told of trying to transmit mental messages to the robed man (who spoke no English): "Your Holiness, you dunt unnastand, these fings [pointing to his many rings], they mean nuffink to me."

Anyway, keep on the lookout for this bloke. He's going to be big (unless he goes to far for America's sensibilities) ... after all on the day after 9/11, he reportedly came to host his MTV show dressed as Ossama bin Laden, so who knows what he's capable of?