The best of recent jokes by late-night comedians:

David Letterman

“They have just released another posthumous Osama bin Laden video. If you listen carefully you can hear his last words: ‘Will somebody please answer the damn door!’ ”

Jimmy Fallon

“Officials say Lindsay Lohan began her house arrest. When he heard about it, Arnold Schwarzenegger was like, ‘Don’t worry, Lindsay. Sometimes everything you need is right in your own house.’ ”

“Bristol Palin said she doesn’t plan on having any more babies anytime soon. Then she added, ‘But that never stopped me before.’ ”

Jimmy Kimmel

“There are rumors that Sarah Palin will run for president. It’s a big decision. On one hand, running for president is a long and grueling process that goes on for months and years. But she could just quit halfway through, right?”

Conan O’Brien

“The United States was able to find and kill Osama bin Laden because of a tip from one of his wives. When she saw a picture of his body, she said, ‘Now who can’t drive the car?’ ”

“President Obama was in Ireland last week. While he was there, his Secret Service codename was ‘the black guy that’s in Ireland.’ ”

Jay Leno

“Sarah Palin may run for president. Doesn’t that thought make you nostalgic for last week when you only thought the world was going to end?”

“This weekend Sarah Palin begins a nationwide bus tour, which I think is a good way for her to learn the names of all the states.”