Fewer things are funnier than the clash of two cultures. Take the permissive West and Fundamentalist Islam.

Comedy writers have long enjoyed wringing laughs out of the ironic juxtaposition of bosoms and burkas. Left, a shot from Jest Magazine's culturally sensitive four-page "The Women of Afghanistan" photo spread, Nov. 2004. Right, the art from Esquire's "19 Lists You'll Never See in a Major Magazine," February 2002.

Can a joke on Leno be far behind? (Yes. And it would be far behind.)

The Women of Afghanistan [Jest]

19 Lists You'll Never See in a Major Magazine [Esquire, via Way Back Machine]

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